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"It's really astounding to me that this underdog candidate is way out ahead in fundraising," said Michael Malbin, executive director of the nonpartisan Campaign Finance Institute. "He's running neck-and-neck with everybody else in large contributions. His advantage is in the small contributions."
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Malbin said former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean used such grass-roots supporters effectively for fundraising during his 2004 presidential bid, but was unable to convert them into activists. President Bush, on the other hand, was less successful using the Internet to raise money as he was in building neighborhood networks.

"Obama appears to be trying to put the two halves of the circle together," he said."