While at least one campaign is debating whether or not to release a bunch of old emails (and other documents) that are locked up in a building in Little Rock, Chris Dodd is sending new ones around to anyone with an address. The senior senator from Connecticut has yet to emerge from the bottom tier in most national and state polls, but — as some of our commenters have been reminding us — he’s been on a roll lately, especially among the Democratic netroots and especially with his on-line fundraising. In case they didn’t send it to you, too (and they probably did), here’s the Dodd campaign’s email chain:
Dear Friend —
I only have a few moments on my way back up to New Hampshire.
I asked my Campaign Manager for an update on what we accomplished online during the month of October, and I was so pleased with her response I wanted to make sure you saw the email chain.
She tells me that in addition to a spike in traffic and mentions on progressive blogs, we could beat John Edwards October online fundraising goal if I emailed a few people and asked them to help get us there.
So, it might be one day removed from October, but if you chipped in $27 right now we can pass another campaign in this important indicator of support.
You can contribute here:
http://www.chrisdodd.com/contributions
I’ll be in touch,
Chris
—–Original Message—–
From: Tim Tagaris [mailto:ttagaris@chrisdodd.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 10:18 PM
To: scohen@chrisdodd.com
Subject: Re: Update?Hey Sheryl,
Here’s your update:
For the month of October, we raised right around $400,000 on the internet alone.
By contrast, Biden set a goal of raising $500,000 online by the middle of November. He is halfway there, having raised $246,270 as of Tuesday morning.
Even more impressively, Edwards set a goal of raising $500,000 online in the month of October. For all the hype their internet team and Joe Trippi gets, we finished the month nipping at their heels.
Frankly, we’ve been so successful online over the past month because of the Senator’s leadership in the Senate.
People really responded favorably to his stand on preventing “retroactive immunity” for telecommunications companies that helped the Bush Administration spy on Americans.
They appreciate his Iran vote, consistent leadership on Iraq and really are beginning to recognize that when he takes a position on an issue, the rest of the candidates seem to follow his lead.
We are really on the verge of something special online — a tipping point, almost:
* Our web-traffic rankings have shot past Biden and Richardson.
* We have seen an almost universal surge of support in online polls. From 21% at Daily Kos, to winning the PA Dems online vote after Tuesday’s debate.
* References to his leadership on blogs across the country have spiked in the month of October, and I only see that number rising between now and the Caucus.
So … there is a lot of encouraging information coming out of the tubes. We’re gonna do everything we can to keep growing — something that is made easy as he continues to lead on the issues important in this race.
Tim
—–Original Message—–
From: Sheryl Cohen [mailto:scohen@chrisdodd.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 7:18 PM
To: ttagaris@chrisdodd.com
Subject: Update?Hey Tim,
The Senator is looking for an update report of how we did on-line in October. He knows we did well, but he’s getting a lot of questions about it on the road from reporters and supporters. Please send me some additional information/data for him — thanks much.
Sheryl