Edwards looks for more money
This just arrived from the Edwards campaign, asking supporters to pitch in some dough:
John Edwards is taking his campaign to South Carolina, Nevada -- and on to the Democratic Convention, the nomination and the White House. It's a fight we're going to win -- and I'm asking you to help.I'm challenging you to help us raise $1.8 million between now and January 26, the day of the South Carolina primary. Your support today allows John to keep fighting for the kind of America that all of us believe in.
I've no idea how much good $1.8 million will do him, although it sounds like a lot of money. But Edwards' money problems are not just on the fundraising side of the equation.
Because he's taking federal matching funds, he can only spend up to $50 million total for the primary, which sounds like a lot until you realize that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton can pour on pretty much whatever they can raise - conventional wisdom says this tops out out $100 million or so.
Even if Edwards can keep it close through January, that kind of disadvantage has got to hurt when it comes to the Feb. 5 Super Tuesday primaries. There's no way the man himself can be in all 20-plus states at once, so to win elsewhere he's got to get on the air in some places.
