ttr:

I've been poking around the Seattle PI's website and I can't find the article you mention. Could you post a link, or if you have the paper version, post the headline? I'd like to read the article and see if it merits a letter to the editor.

If they really said that, then that's a prime example of the ways the other candidates and the press are acting together, knowingly or unknowingly, to try to take Dean down. Dean has always said he would NOT quit after February 3rd. The reports of his having gone through all his money were always exaggerated; The claim was, he was down to 3 million dollars, but when the figures were released it was close to nine million. In fact, Dean still has more money than the other candidates, and the Kerry campaign began six million in debt.

It's funny. The Seattle PI itself ran an AP article today that was accurate, saying Dean spent all but 8.5 million of his money. But its columnist Joel Connelly reported that all but 3 million has been spent. Neither article, however, claimed that Dean would quit after tomorrow, and I've never seen him quoted anywhere to that effect. It goes directly contrary to everything he says normally, and directly contrary to the strategy his manager posted (see Alice's link above). So as I said, please give us more details!