![]() ![]() ![]() Now, we almost certainly would raise over $10 million in the first eight days of January alone and might raise over $30 million in January, giving us what we believed would be a huge financial advantage for Super Tuesday. We assumed that even with a loss we could cobble together enough money through our diehard supporters to execute our game plan in the remaining early states. I had always managed campaigns that way, so we had prepared for the worst and had hoped for the best, budgeting conservatively post-Iowa and projecting only $10 million raised for all of January. Obama made it clear from the beginning that he did not want to be left shouldering a big debt. New donors and fund-raisers were showing up everywhere, wanting to help a potential winner, and our previous donors and fund-raisers were digging deeper as their initial investment was rewarded in Iowa. ![]() It was like a lit match had been dropped in gasoline. Instead I checked our online fund-raising numbers they were through the roof, with over $6 million raised in the hours since we were declared the winner of the Iowa caucuses. As we got to the hotel, it was nearly time for the day’s first conference call, so I skipped sleep altogether. ![]() On Friday, January 4, we landed in New Hampshire after 4:00 a.m. ![]()
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