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Sunday, February 01, 2004 |
One last money observation
Just for context: A brief note in a Washington Post story reviewing the fund-raising landscape (and how Kerry has been dumping lots of his own money or assets into the campaign):
In a signal of the danger for the Democratic nominee, President Bush reported $99.1 million in the bank as of Dec. 31, nearly seven times as much as the top five Democrats had together.
And Bush, who's just tuning up for the race, has spent more money than anyone: $33 million (to big spender Dean's $31 million) through Dec. 31, 2003.
10:01:40 PM 
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Matching funds
The Federal Election Commission just certified the latest batch of matching funds for candidates accepting public money for the campaign (Dean, Kerry, and Bush aren't among them). One surprise (to me) is that Lyndon LaRouche (the "forgotten man's candidate") has qualified to receive a million bucks in matching funds. A million.
9:43:43 PM
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More on Dean money
A site I hadn't heard of before, PoliticalMoneyLine (referred to in a Times story this evening), has new details on Dean's fundraising and spending. You can buy details of the most recent reporting period (October through December 2003) for 25 bucks, or pay $2,500 to get the full run of PolitcalMoneyLine and the FECInfoPro database for a year.
9:21:57 PM
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© Copyright 2004 Dan Brekke.
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