Dean boosts N.H., Iowa bids

[Khephra]

Flush with cash after a record-breaking fund-raising effort, the presidential campaign of Howard Dean is raising the stakes in Iowa and New Hampshire, where Dean victories could cripple a pair of major rivals.

Dean's team is increasing the number of field operatives in those states by 50 percent after reaping about $14.8 million for the quarter ending Sept. 30. In Iowa alone, the campaign is nearly doubling its staff.

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In Iowa, the Dean campaign says it is in the process of adding about 50 new organizers, which will increase the paid staff there to around 110, roughly double the Iowa payrolls of Gephardt and Kerry. The campaign also plans this month to increase from nine to 14 the number of its field offices in the state, said Sarah Leonard, Dean's spokeswoman in Iowa.

Meanwhile, in New Hampshire, Dean plans to add 10 more operatives, bringing the campaign's payroll there to 70 people, Karen Hicks, the campaign's New Hampshire director, said. The Dean operation will also open a 12th campaign office in the state, which is one-sixth the size of Iowa and less than half as populous.

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http://www.boston.com/news/politics/primaries/new_hampshire/articles/2003/10/11/dean_boosts_nh_iowa_bids/

[realFedUp]

1. a positive thing

in a week of such negatives.

[Atlant]

2. One of those many...

One of those many has been camped-out on our couch this
last week while the regional campaign director (that is, Marc,
the guy who's been living in our upstairs bedroom since May)
finds a permanent host family for her.

Exciting times, no? :-)

Atlant

[Pastiche423]

3. You rock, Atlant!

And your family!

Thank you!

[Cha]

4. Go Guv Dean! I heard some Great things about Dean today

from People who live in Connecticut who were in our Co-op in New York!

I asked them why they liked Dean more than lieberman or kerry and they said because Dean has a plan and he's not a Washington Insider and they liked his stance on Iraq!