One of the largely overlooked aspects of Dean´s recent fundraising success is the fact that the average donation size appears to be quite small - about $66 at one tally, though that isn´t the final number. He´ll get matching funds for up to $250 per person who donated, so lots of small donations are better from a candidate´s perspective than larger ones.
Just to be clear, I´m definitely not coming out and endorsing any candidate for the primary (not that I think my endorsement matters) right now and I doubt I ever will. What I´ll try to be doing is focusing on candidates who in any given week seem to be doing the right thing - not just to win the primary but to bring the party to victory in ´04. I´ll also try and criticize candidates when they are taking cheap unfair shots at each other. I like Dean because I think he´s injected a necessary jolt of adrenaline into the primary campaign which perhaps only a Beltway outsider can do.
Anyway, I may change my ´no endorsement´policy at some point, but right now it´s way too early and I´m not going to jump on anyone´s bandwagon.
