Her current pace of fund-raising shows how her fortunes have changed.
The pace of fund-raising has been criticized by the memorial's own committee members.
The pace of fund-raising, particularly in the last seven months, has varied widely for the four Democrats.
The pace of fund-raising has been driven, in part, by the obsessive wants of both parties.
Thus, a candidate who fits this pattern may be at risk of seeing the pace of fund-raising slow down as the campaign drags on.
The preliminary 2007 tally does not capture more than $1 million believed to have been raised since then, as the pace of fund-raising here has intensified.
As Mr. McCain has focused on building up his campaign treasury in recent weeks, there are signs that the pace of fund-raising has begun to pick up.
Now, the endowment money buys some breathing space for long-range planning amid the hectic pace of fund-raising, Ms. Hopkins said.
But the sluggish pace of fund-raising may also reflect the difficulty that Italy's Jews have had persuading the rest of the country that they are part of Italian history: in this case, that a memorial will speak to all of Milan's 1.3 million people, not just its 7,000 Jews.
Both parties had raised record sums through June 30 for House contests, and the fast pace of fund-raising means there will be many contests in which the amount spent will swell into seven figures, numbers seen more often in Senate contests.
If the current dizzying pace of fund-raising continues, political operatives and campaign finance experts estimate that the 2000 elections for president and Congress will end up costing a total of $3 billion, an amount that would dwarf the $2.1 billion spent in 1996.
