On milestones

I'll be curious to see when the next updates comes from the Meili campaign on the success of its "money bomb" fund-raiser. But judging from where it stood yesterday morning (at $9,870 less than a week after the first announcement), it seems highly probable that Meili easily cleared its $10,000 goal during the course of the day. And given the tendency of some donors to wait until a deadline before following through, it wouldn't seem out of the question that a revised target and renewed appeal over the next couple of days might get Meili to the full $20,000 total he hoped to raise for the rest of the campaign.

Meanwhile, Meili's Facebook group also hit a key number yesterday, topping 500 supporters for the first time (to now sit at 503).

In both cases, Meili is still well behind Dwain Lingenfelter in terms of raw numbers over the course of the campaign. But Meili's consistent supporter growth and now-proven ability to raise a substantial amount of money in a hurry would seem to offer a strong signal that his model for building support is one that the party as a whole should be seeking to match - and there's plenty of time for him to pass a few more milestones before the contest is over.

Update: Malcolm confirms that the money bomb has "surpassed its $10,000 goal".