Dole Gets Backing of Ex-U.N. Ambassador
Elizabeth Hanford Dole picked up $500,000 and the endorsement of former U.N. Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick at the first fund-raiser of her presidential campaign Tuesday.
The modest total failed to dampen speculation about her ability to compete with George W. Bush’s fund-raising machine.
The Texas governor, by contrast, sopped up nearly $300,000 a day in the first 28 days of his campaign--never bothering with expensive, time-consuming fund-raising events.
Her slow start at fund-raising belied Dole’s strength in public opinion polls, most of which put her comfortably in second place behind Bush.
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