He's the President-Elect Already but Obama's Still Raising Money

They raised $640 million, breaking records all the way. But victory for the Obama-Biden ticket doesn't mean an end to fundraising for the Chicago crew. Now, the winners want their supporters to thank the Democratic National Committee for all the work Howard Dean and his team did to turn the country blue. We just received an E-mail offering a cool Victory T-shirt, seen above, for $30. "The Democratic National Committee poured all of its resources into building our successful 50-state field program. And they played a crucial role in helping Barack win in unlikely states like North Carolina and Indiana," says the E-mail. "The DNC took on considerable debt to make this happen," it adds. So, as a thank you, and to build on those victories in the upcoming 2010 elections, it's time to pay off that debt. The Obama-Biden E-mail is actually a sign of gratitude by the campaign to the DNC and outgoing Chairman Dean, something the Democrats did not offer in 2006 when, with Dean's help, they took control of Congress.