Edwards Campaign Reports Record-Breaking Contributions Online

[JohnLocke]

Edwards Campaign Reports Record-Breaking Contributions Online
Strong finish in Iowa attracts thousands of first-time donors, putting campaign on track for best online fundraising day to date
John Edwards for President
Friday, January 4, 2008
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina – Following a strong second-place finish in the Iowa Caucuses last night, the John Edwards for President campaign announced record-breaking online fundraising totals, putting the campaign on track for its best online fundraising day to date.

"We have been absolutely overwhelmed by the response to Sen. Edwards' strong finish in Iowa," said Edwards' senior strategist Joe Trippi. "We're on track for our best online fundraising day ever, since www.JohnEdwards.com went up a year ago – and half of the contributions we're seeing are from new donors to the campaign. That speaks volumes to the strength of John Edwards' message of standing up and fighting for the middle class."

The campaign first saw an uptick in online fundraising late last night, as the results from Iowa's first-in-the-nation contest began rolling in. The surge continued overnight, and by 8:45am ET this morning the campaign's online contributions had already topped the previous day's day-long total. Between the hours of 10:00am and 11:00am ET today, the campaign experienced its best online fundraising hour ever.

Also noteworthy about Edwards' online fundraising totals today:

* Half of those who have contributed are first-time donors to the campaign
* More than ninety percent (92.6%) of today's online contributions are for amounts less than $100

John Edwards is the only Democratic candidate in the race who has never accepted a dime from PACs or Washington lobbyists. The campaign also noted that the impact of many of today's online contributions will be doubled by federal matching funds.

http://www.johnedwards.com/news/press-releases/20080104-record-breaking-contributions/

[msongs]

1. has a joe trippi candidate ever won..except for income for ol' joe? nt

[JohnLocke]

2. Ron Wyden, Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinski, Jim Moran, John Kitzhaber, Tim Holden, Jerry Baliles

...Alan Cranston, Barbara Mikulski, Bob Casey...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Trippi
http://joetrippi.com/?page_id=1374

[2hip]

3. Proud to be one of those contrbutors!

              Edwards '08 tees!

[2rth2pwr]

4. "Bunny" Mellon's man Forger is back in business? nt

[JohnLocke]

8. 92.6% under $100

[Emillereid]

5. I just contributed. I was a strong Kucinich supporter before but I've decided

to cast my lot with Edwards for now. I am very impressed with his progressive message and his call to take on big corporations. I don't know if I like Obama's conciliatory message toward republicans -- I think there are a lot of crimes that need to be investigated and I am not in the mood to forgive and forget just yet.

[kirby]

6. Privacy

I guess there is no privacy with contributions? I guard my privacy and do not give out info like phone numbers and such. Apparently, if I contribute, my name, home phone #, and home address all become public information. I did not know that and wont be contributing because of that. Hopefully Edwards can fix this broken system.

[City Lights]

7. I became a first-time donor this morning!

:hi:

[booksenkatz]

9. Me too, so did my parents

It felt right. Utterly.

[JohnLocke]

10. Kick

[Anouka]

11. oh, i'll bet, after last night. that america still exists.

hopefully, Edwards is very careful about which contributions he's accepting -- unlike Ron Paul.

[JohnLocke]

12. Kick (nt).

[weeve]

13. First time for me too !

And yes, alas, it also was under $100 . But the amount was DOUBLED , so hell YEAH !!