Raised: 18544.84
Spent: 33872.55
COH: 13832.48
John had a tough time because he was working during the day until the first of the year. The problem right now is he doesn’t have enough for a killer mail piece–and so against my general philosophy of throwing money in at the last minute to candidates–go donate and volunteer now!
Two things here–Lipinski hasn’t done bumpkus in running for office except perhaps planting a clown. He hasn’t done any mailing, nor any other voter outreach besides parades. He’s relatively vulnerable. Second, I think John has his weaknesses as a candidate to date, he’s it and he’s right on the issues. If John can get his message out to Democratic voters, he wins. This isn’t a choice between progressives, but between two conservatives and a moderate-liberal Democrat.