Two corporate parties no more (emphasis mine):
As a fund-raiser--the first duty of a party chairman and Dean's claim to fame in '04--he isn't quite the disaster some critics suggest. Early in the last "cycle," in 2001, the Republican National Committee outraised the DNC by a 3-1 margin. So far this year, that ratio has been cut to 2-1. More important is the way it was raised. In the past the party relied on "soft money" from millionaires. But such donations are now illegal. Officials esti-mate that $12 million of the $14 million the Dean regime has collected so far this year has come from those who gave less than $250. "For people who really look hard at the numbers, he's wowing people," says Elaine Kamarck, a respected DNC member.
I'd love to see the avergae donation to the RNC, by way of comparison. I have little doubt that such revelations would reveal that there is a party of small donors, and a party of wealthy donors. Also,
as I discussed earlier today, there is blogopshere of community, and a blogopshere of aristocracy. In both cases we are the populist party. When the people are with you, the future looks very birght indeed.
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