It is a significant step forward. I am happy that Ned asked me to play a role within this campaign.
What's important out of that is not the dollar amount, but the number of donors. These are people who like to be part of the campaign and will give regularly and over installments.
What the 93 percent says to me is that there's a tremendous opportunity. What the overall numbers show is that there's a pretty big challenge in front of us, which we've known all along.
I think it shows that a challenge would be very difficult, but very doable.
Maybe he is the candidate I should have been looking for.
We raised enough money from enough people to show we're going to be very competitive in August. We're very pleased.
Is there some irony here? Probably. But sometimes in order to enact real reform, interesting alliances have to be made.
I don't know how someone who has tried to make his entire career be based upon principles could turn around and switch parties overnight.
We're not surprised that there are people within the Republican Party that would think about endorsing Joe. He clearly is George Bush's favorite Democrat.
What I took out of it is the fact they are taking us seriously. They know we will be building a serious campaign.
