Reply #5: MSNBC: Dean expects $10 million quarter

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http://msnbc.com/news/957472.asp?0cv=CB20

--Former Vermont governor’s campaign to air new TV ads

Howard Dean’s insurgent campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday raised the bar for third-quarter fund-raising to $10.3 million and announced it would run television ads in six states starting this week.

MOMENTUM AND A surprise windfall of $7.6 million in April, May and June, has forced the former Vermont governor’s one-time small-budget operation to move into higher gear. Recent polls show Dean leading in Iowa and New Hampshire, sites of the 2004 election’s first caucus and primary votes in January.
“Based on what’s coming in at events and online, we now believe we’re on pace to set a goal of $10.3 million,” campaign manager Joe Trippi told reporters at the second-to-last stop on a four-day, 10-city tour.
He said the last Democrat to raise that much in a single quarter in an off year was Bill Clinton in 1995, when he was president.

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