Cash on hand totals:

Dean: $12,435,901
Kerry: $7,786,291
Gephart: $5,884,601
Edwards: $4,808,681
Lieberman: $4,082,580
Clark: $3,383,849
Kucinich: $785,471
CMB: $29,278
Sharpton: $24,070

Word to everyone but Dean: OWN3D!
Word to Dean: Now its time to own bush...$70,441,444 will take a lot to beat.

A 4 million spread isn't a death sentance. If Dean yet again tops the contenders next quarter by such large margins then I would start brining out hats & balloons.

Dean: $316,600
Gephart: $303,551
Lieberman: $230,117
Kerry: $178,663
Edwards: $99,366
CMB: $77,900
Sharpton: $62,867
Graham: $21,742
Kucinich: $0

cash minus debt

Dean: $12,119,301
Kerry: $7,607,628
Gephart: $5,581,050
Edwards: $4,709,315
Lieberman: $3,852,463
Kucinich: $785,471
Sharpton: (-$38,797)
CMB: (-$77,871)

I don't get it.

I do remember some posts in September about how Dean was clearly burning all his money up and that the cash on hand totals would be the significant ones for this quarter.

Glad to see that the Dean campaign is spending wisely and retaining soe cash for upcoming outlays.

And if they could put a value on early organizational structure, I bet Dean would win that one too. Tonight I got to see first hand just how organized the campaign is in California -- with all volunteers! Amazing.

3 Candidates' Spending Tops Funds Raised in Quarter

By Thomas B. Edsall
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, October 16, 2003; Page A04

Three prominent contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination -- Sens. John F. Kerry (Mass.) and John Edwards (N.C.) and Rep. Richard A. Gephardt (Mo.) -- spent more than they raised during the last quarter, depleting crucial resources as the Jan. 19 Iowa caucus and the Jan. 27 New Hampshire primary fast approach.

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) barely stayed out of the red for the quarter, raising $3.6 million and spending $3.5 million.

The third-quarter struggles of the four candidates, all members of Congress, sharply contrasted with the performance of former Vermont governor Howard Dean and retired Gen. Wesley K. Clark, who are campaigning for their party's nomination as outsiders. Both raised substantially more than they spent in the three-month period ending Sept. 30.

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Lieberman spokesman Jano Cabrera said ,"This is one of those times when money actually reflects reality." The Democratic contest, he said, has come down to "Howard Dean versus 'fill in the blank.' "

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32287-2003Oct15.html