Blogging through the presidential race
Presidential contender Howard Dean is mining the internet's campaign potential in a big way. His Blog for America offers many ways to connect to Dean's platform and effort. An early benefit is to his warchest, which a July 16 post says is fatter than other Democrats' for the April through June quarter. Close to half of it came from the Internet and most of it from gifts under $200. "This reverses a decades-long trend and could represent a major positive change in presidential campaign financing, which has been monopolized by wealthy donors...."