The American Spectator

Washington Prowler

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has been bad-mouthing DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe , McAuliffe has remained seemingly unruffled. In fact, McAuliffe continues to reach out to Dean, phoning him and attempting to draw him into the DNC web. McAuliffe, to his credit, has always said the DNC should stay out of political races until the primaries have confirmed a winner. Despite mounting pressure from some longtime DNC supporters, he has said this year's presidential skakeout should be no different. Still Dean's remarks have to bug the Macker, no? /p>

"McAuliffe sees that Dean database of names and email addresses and he just drools," says a DNC fundraiser. "We know that Dean is doing one thing we've never been able to do -- get low-end donors to fork over money to a candidate or party."

The average Dean donation comes out to about $80. That is well below the average donation for the DNC, which has counted on large, maximum donations from special interest groups and wealthy donors to feed the left-wing beast. Among the Democrats only Dean's campaign is achieving what Republicans and the RNC have been able to do -- energize the little guy to donate to the party, if only in $20 to $50 dollar increments.

p>"Terry wants that Dean list badly, and he doesn't want to alienate the guy or his fundraisers," says the fundraiser. "This guy seems to have cracked the code, and his Internet fundraising programs could help the Democratic Party eventually beat the Republicans at their own game." br> /p>

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