Thread: John Edwards: Internet Fundraising Up, But How Much?

John Edwards: Internet Fundraising Up, But How Much?

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | January 1, 2008


John Edwards, working to overcome his third-place showing in the Des Moines Register poll, turned the topic to fundraising Tuesday, with his Iowa state director saying the final months of 2007 were his best yet for fundraising on the Internet.

Jennifer O'Malley Dillon, the Iowa State Director, wants voters to see Edwards as a candidate who can wage a viable national campaign if he survives Thursday's Iowa Democratic Caucus.

Rivals have made Edwards' financial support an issue. On Monday Obama Campaign Manager David Plouffe, in a briefing for reporters, said that Edwards, who is taking public financing, lacks the resources to be competitive in the Feb. 5 voting states - tantamount to a national primary when 22 states will go to the polls - because he will only have about $17 million left after Iowa.

In an email to supporters that came out Tuesday evening, as the three Democratic front-runners barnstormed across Iowa, O'Malley Dillion issued a plea to raise an additional $75,000 in the next 36 hours.

She did have a big hole in her memo: She did not mention how much money Edwards raised last quarter, saying only that it was his best of this cycle for the Internet.

"I just got word from Team Internet about what you all have accomplished -- raising more money last quarter for our campaign than any other quarter in 2007, with tens of thousands of contributors from across the country rising to change America," O'Malley Dillon wrote.

Earlier Tuesday, strategists told reporters that Clinton and Obama had both raised over $100 million in 2007, though neither campaign has yet to reveal fundraising totals for the 4th Quarter

$100 million in 2007




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I'm saying it right now

Edwards is a sleeper in the campaign

watch and see

Edwards is the worst one of the three.

Originally Posted by Bad_Hand

Edwards is the worst one of the three.

Not even close

they are all the worst of the 3

but Edwards is the best of the 3 for dems

Originally Posted by usanevada

Originally Posted by Bad_Hand

Edwards is the worst one of the three.

Not even close

they are all the worst of the 3

but Edwards is the best of the 3 for dems

I dont support any of them but what do i know about that one

edwards is by far the best of the Dems he would also be one of the easer to beat Latley Ive talked to many dems
the Dems i know want him

Yes

They will never elect Hillary for a number of reasons

Obama , way to many negatives

Edwards , a happy goof but probably the best thing they have
going right now