Per the Washington Post, Dick Gephardt is having trouble raising money.
The disappointing performance, which Gephardt campaign officials did not try to dispute and which came after a mediocre first quarter, prompted a major shift in fundraising strategy that will now focus more on small donations rather than on big checks.
I would have *sworn* Gephardt kicked off his campaign with a speech that included a "single payer health plan", ie socialized medicine. This is not a path to the "big checks." The little people might support something like that, but you can kiss the support of insurance companies, doctors, big pharma and HMOs goodbye. There's a lot of big money tied up in those categories. It's not hard to figure out.
And, of course, there was that little gaffe wherein he said "When I'm president, we'll do executive orders to overcome any wrong thing the Supreme Court does tomorrow or any other day." Hello? Separation of Powers? Checks and Balances? There won't be any of those.
I think his campaign is dead in the water myself. Howard Dean is too far ahead of himself, peaking too soon. I'm predicting that, based on what is known now, it will be Edwards who gets the nod.