Kick-Off Tour - Big Success
The following email was sent out by the Kucinich campaign on October 15, 2003. You can sign up to receive these emails at the official campaign website
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Too bad for the national media pundits who've wished the Kucinich campaign would just go away...because Kucinich for President has surged in recent weeks. Other campaigns have seen their fundraising decline; ours is growing!
EXCITING KICK-OFF TOUR
The tour that began in Cleveland with the formal announcement of candidacy and headed to 10 cities in 3 days has been a smash success. Large enthusiastic crowds have greeted the candidate -- Minnesota Public Radio estimated last night's Minneapolis crowd at 2,000! Local news coverage has been decent, with perhaps millions of new people learning about our campaign. Along the way, Dennis was joined and supported by such well-known figures as Ani DiFranco, Studs Terkel, Mimi Kennedy and Dr. Patch Adams.
EXCITING $$ NEWS
Unlike other campaigns that are in decline, the Kucinich campaign today announced an increase in fundraising -- $1.65 million this quarter (up from last quarter's $1.54 million). We raised nearly $1 million in September alone! With an average donation of $72, the vast majority of our funds will be federally matched. A chunk of September's funds came from the Peace Day parties, showing that house party fundraising plus Internet fundraising is the wave of the future. As a grassroots campaign with a huge volunteer base, Kucinich for President doesn't need to equal other campaigns dollar for dollar.
EXCITING ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements keep rolling in -- from Democratic leaders such as New Mexico Public Regulation Commissioner E. Shirley Baca (who praised Kucinich for "standing up to large utility companies") to Green Party leaders like Winona LaDuke ("Dennis is not a Green, but he is Green in his heart.")
A top Minnesota Democrat is State Senate Majority Leader John Hottinger; asked by reporters why he was endorsing a candidate said to have little chance of winning, Hottinger replied: "It was oft said about Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, too. Ideas launch candidates, not public relations." Another endorsing Minnesota State Senator, John Marty, praised Kucinich as coming "from the same mold" as the late Sen. Paul Wellstone.
DONATE to keep our campaign surging: toll-free (866) 413-3664 or online
https://www.kucinich.us/contribute.php
SEE/READ DENNIS' SPEECH
http://www.kucinich.us/announce-news.htm
HEAR ACTRESS MIMI KENNEDY'S tour report:
http://www.kucinich.us/announce-updates.htm
READ MINN. PUBLIC RADIO on Minneapolis rally:
http://news.mpr.org/features/2003/10/15_helmsm_kucinich/
For more info: http://www.kucinich.us/
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