Tom Swan
Tom Swan
asked happy role step within
It is a significant step forward. I am happy that Ned asked me to play a role within this campaign.
officially recruit volunteers
For him to officially get in, we're going to need to recruit volunteers from every town.
candidate looking maybe
Maybe he is the candidate I should have been looking for.
irony order
Is there some irony here? Probably. But sometimes in order to enact real reform, interesting alliances have to be made.
believes felt field good help kick level money needed playing
It's a contribution. Ned felt we needed to help level the playing field to kick off the campaign. He believes his money was a good down payment.
challenge shows
I think it shows that a challenge would be very difficult, but very doable.
campaign dollar number people regularly
What's important out of that is not the dollar amount, but the number of donors. These are people who like to be part of the campaign and will give regularly and over installments.
challenge front known numbers overall percent says tremendous
What the 93 percent says to me is that there's a tremendous opportunity. What the overall numbers show is that there's a pretty big challenge in front of us, which we've known all along.
money people raised
We raised enough money from enough people to show we're going to be very competitive in August. We're very pleased.
confident reflects somebody sure
We want to make sure we have somebody who reflects Ned. We're confident we are there.
building fact serious taking took
What I took out of it is the fact they are taking us seriously. They know we will be building a serious campaign.