The Hill: Trippi: Top Dems’ fundraising success leaves ‘no excuses’

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"Trippi noted that in 2003, Dean came in last in first-quarter fundraising with about $2.6 million. However, since the governor had relied entirely on “low-dollar” donations, his campaign was able to go back to the same donors.

As a result, the Dean campaign built momentum by performing significantly better with each passing quarter.

By contrast, Trippi said, the campaigns of Edwards, Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) and eventual nominee Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), which relied heavily on maxing out donors early on, saw declines with each quarter.“If that continues to hold true, you would expect Hillary Clinton’s numbers to decline, and Barack Obama’s numbers to grow,” Trippi said.

Obama shocked the political world last week when he reported raising more than $25 million. Trippi said the significance of those figures lies in how much was raised through the more than 50,000 online donors."

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