Dean gets old-fashioned fundraiser

Best known for raising campaign funds via theInternet, Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean is lured to Rhode Island for two traditional gatherings.

01:00 AM EDT on Friday, August 22, 2003

BY SCOTT MacKAY
Journal Staff Writer


MIDDLETOWN -- One of the reasons former Vermont governor Howard Dean has catapulted to the front of the pack in the chase for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination is because his campaign has harnessed the power of the Internet in a way no other candidate ever has.

While other campaigns play computer catchup and pundits speculate that the Internet may do for Dean what television did for John F. Kennedy in 1960, last night's fundraiser in the shadow of St. George's, Dean's old prep school, proved that checks from the white and well-heeled have a role in a campaign better known for raising money with a mouse click.

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I'll have pictures soon.

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