Reply #37: The assumption that money equals votes is stupid

[DaveT]

but that is what a generation of TV politics has done to the minds of "our" politicians and consultants.

Dean is raising money and then using the money to better our chances for increasing the base of Democratic voters by engendering grassroots activity all over the country.

I think the real dispute with Dean is that if he is successful he will put the lobbyist/consultants/fundraisers out of business. And that is why DUers should give what we can afford in money and time to Dean's program.