Author: Rick Klau

Garry Trudeau is my hero: (c)2003 Garry Trudeau (In the interest of full disclosure: Trudeau is a classmate of Governor Dean’s and a long-time friend who’s given his $2,000 limit.)

By all measures, this is a stunning development in the Democratic race. I documented how they pulled it off here – it really is something to behold. Some interesting statistics from today: 9,011 first-time donors today 2,000 repeat donors Average contribution of $66.85 Once matching funds come in, the $7.1m raised this quarter could easily…

Does the Internet matter? Is one voice still capable of being heard in the Clear Channel era? Yes and Yes. Tonight, Joe Trippi (campaign manager for the Dean for President campaign) announced that the campaign has raised over $7 million in the second quarter. Is this a big deal? Yes. Governor Dean raised $2.6 million…

That the Dean campaign would chalk up another first probably shouldn’t surprise anyone any more; but just in case: Governor Dean just made the first audio blog post by a Presidential candidate. AudBlog is a cool service — dial a number from your cell phone, leave a message and AudBlog posts the audio as an…

The latest entrant in the pile? Arter & Hadden, a 300 lawyer law firm in Cleveland, OH that sent this memo out last Friday: Unfortunately, we must now report that efforts to obtain the additional financing and required concessions from Arter & Hadden’s landlords to continue the law firm have been unsuccessful. As a result,…

Today is a truly historic day. After announcing they’d exceeded $6 million on Saturday night, the campaign raised another $300,000 yesterday and is striving to hit $7 million today. You can watch the progress in real time by going to the campaign blog and looking at the bat. As of 10 minutes ago, we were…

photo by Joe DeCock More than 60 people marched in Chicago’s PRIDE parade yesterday. Thanks to Joe for sending this picture in of those who marched.

I’m actually kind of surprised that I haven’t seen more people drooling over this phone. Ernie are you listening?! I currently use the no-longer-available Treo 180 (the black and white version) with T-Mobile. It’s a great phone, though I would admit to some frustration with the battery life and some stability issues. Nevertheless, it has…

Carl has posted his predictions and after a quick IM chat, I’ve decided to place a bet: I’m posting my predictions below. Whoever is closer is the winner; the loser has to donate an additional $25 to Governor Dean via the winner’s Dean All Stars account. Others are welcome to join; post your predictions in…

UNREAL. That’s the only word that can describe the transition from underdog to frontrunner. In Q1, the Dean campaign raised $2.6m – a good amount but far from the impressive numbers raised by the Kerry and Edwards campaigns. Earlier this week, the AP reported that the Dean campaign was expecting contributions in the $4.5m range.…