Who's talking pre-nup now, Teresa?

The Washington Post reports today that John Kerry has broken all presidential campaign records, raising over $100 million in the last 100 days. One would expect the Bush Camp to retort that it has outraised Kerry on the whole, but they're actually saying that they've always expected to be outspent by the other side, so this is exactly how they thought things would happen. Huh?

The DNC, conversely, is saying that the surge is a sign that the DNC is building a "sustainable database" of donors that will be called upon time and time again. Privately, they say that it's due to dislike for the President's policies in combination with a "great nominee." Which is totally true. If you take away the last part.

Not to disparage the Democratic nominee (which, let's face it, is just what people say before they disparage someone), but Kerry hasn't been breaking any records for campaign prowess or personal charisma during the last 100 days; the Bush Administration, however, has taken some pretty big hits on Iraq during that same time.

Of course, the Kerry Campaign would love to say that the surge in money is due to a surge in Kerry's popularity, rather than a surge in bad news for Bush. Perhaps with $100 million, maybe they can do something about that.