http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Democrats.htmlMarch 25, 2004
Democratic Chief: GOP Ads Will Get Old
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 8:42 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush's ad campaign may have hurt Democrat John Kerry in the short term, but voters will tire of negative Republican attacks over the long haul, Democratic Party chairman Terry McAuliffe said Thursday.
Hours before the party's $11 million fund-raising dinner, McAuliffe summoned reporters to his Capitol Hill office to announce that he had $25 million in the bank and planned to raise another $100 million.
Though Republicans will likely collect more, McAuliffe said $125 million would set a record for the Democratic National Committee and be enough to help defeat Bush.
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