Odd way to think about presidential financing

I realize that I should probably start out the blog with something a little more interesting and original than dismay over campaign, finance, but Jesus:

At the center of [Giuliani's] efforts: a massive fund-raising push to bring in at least $100 million this year, with a scramble for at least $25 million in the next three months alone.

Think of it this way: let's say that next week, his team raised $1.5 million--enough to finance a pretty good House race, or thirty years worth of work from a middle-class earner. That week would be considered a failure. They would have to step up their game. And we think that this sort of thing doesn't shape policy?

I'll have more to say about the strategy memo that the article is citing later on. And it'll be slightly original!