$1,000,000 Pledged for Wesley Clark Candidacy; $200,000-plus in Last 48 Hours for DraftWesleyClark.com "General Fund"
8/28/03 12:00:00 PM
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To: National Desk
Contact: Maya Israel, 917-445-0183 or Maya@DraftWesleyClark.com; John Hlinko, 202-744-6525 or John@DraftWesleyClark.com; Josh Margulies, 917-509-6240, Josh@DraftWesleyClark.com; Chris Kofinis, 202-270-2117 or Kofinis@iseconsulting.com (for poll results); all for DraftWesleyClark.com
WASHIONGTON, Aug. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- DraftWesleyClark.com, the campaign to draft former General Wesley Clark for President, today announced that its "General Fund" has topped $1,000,000 in pledges -- a full four days before its Labor Day goal. Key to the effort was a surge in pledges over the last 48 hours, in the wake of stunning Zogby poll results showing Wesley Clark beating President Bush 49 percent to 40 percent in a blind-bio comparison.
"By raising over a million dollars in pledges before General Clark has even finalized his decision, Clark supporters everywhere have sent a powerful message of just how strongly they want General Clark as our next president," said John Hlinko, co-founder of DraftWesleyClark.com. "But we're not stopping at $1 million -- we will continue to drive this effort forward, raise as much as possible in pledges for this candidacy, and give General Clark the money he needs to hit the ground running from day 1."
Clark supporters can make a pledge to the General Fund by visiting ww.draftwesleyclark.com
STUNNING POLL RESULTS
According to DraftWesleyClark.com, over $200,000 was pledged to the General Fund in the last 48 hours. The surge was fueled by stunning numbers from a Zogby Poll commissioned by DraftWesleyClark.com, and analyzed by Dr. Chris Kofinis. Findings included:
-- "Too Late?" - 84.1 percent of likely Democratic primary voters say it is not too late for a new entrant into the race to win their support;
-- "Military/National Security" - 73.5 percent of all likely voters rate military/national security experience as "very" or "somewhat" important for a presidential candidate;
-- "Clark vs. Dems" -- Clark comes in first in a blind-bio match-up versus six key Democratic candidates (Dean, Kerry, Edwards, Lieberman, Gephardt, Edwards, and Graham);
-- "Clark vs. Bush" -- Clark wins 49.4 percent to 40.2 percent in a blind-bio match-up versus President Bush among a national poll of likely voters;
-- When the poll question referred solely to candidate names (no bio information), Clark ranked 5th (4.9 percent) nationally among likely Democratic primary voters - behind Dean, Gephardt, Lieberman and Kerry.
(full poll results at draftwesleyclark.com
GENERAL CLARK ON DRAFTWESLEYCLARK.COM
-- "They've really caught fire and really have done something very, very important." (CNN, 8/17/03)
"Mr. Clark also said that DraftWesleyClark.com was central to the possibility of making the race. 'It has a very significant influence,' he said. 'When you are looking at moving into a field where you've never been before, when you see things like this forming, it makes you seriously consider your options.'" (NY Observer, 7/16/03)
-- "They're using new tools of communication, like the Internet, in ways that we haven't seen before." (The Today Show, 7/14/03)
-- "They're the ones really that are forcing me to seriously look at this." (CNN Inside Politics, 7/2/03)
ABOUT DRAFTWESLEYCLARK.COM
Launched in April, 2003, DraftWesleyClark.com has collected tens of thousands of letters urging General Clark to run, raised over $800,000 in pledges, and built a network of volunteer leaders, ready to serve - if General Clark chooses to lead. DraftWesleyClark.com has already been featured on Good Morning America, Meet The Press, CBS Evening News, Crossfire, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox, as well as in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Esquire and Newsweek.
DraftWesleyClark.com is the largest effort to draft Wesley Clark for President. It is not affiliated with General Clark. The effort is headquartered in Washington, DC, one block from the White House. For more information, please see draftwesleyclark.com.
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