Why should any Democrat nominee take federal money and its consequent restrictions when their fund-raising is going to blow Bush out of the water? We thought Bush was going to be rich, rich, rich when his campaign goal was announced at $200-million--well, that's nothing compared to the $450-million promised to the Democrats by organized labor ($185-million is already in hand) and the pledge they got yesterday from Crazy George. That doesn't even include contributions from the scads of people using the internet and the usual bevy of rich liberals from the coasts.
Our biggest asset is that Dean is an absolute nut case, and the Democrat primary structure has gotten the nomination out of the smoke-filled rooms and into the hands of the most liberal kooks in the country. Hillary can come in at the last minute and confiscate Dean's committed delegates; but, the consequences upon the party and its image of being for the "little guy", "it's about about the process", etc., would be toast. Individual Democratic voters around the country would have made sincere commitments to Dean via their money and primary votes and a last minute foreclosure of their participation would look like sour grapes (and I don't think the Dean Team would let the Clinton's get away with it without a fight---and Dean's one fiesty little guy!).
You're right about the money...but the source will be from overseas...Dubya is refusing to allow the US to be used as a doormat..something that upsets the European eliteto no end...stands in the way of their global government plans. Dubya will need everything we can give him next fall.