But the campaign is struggling to meet ambitious fund-raising goals it set for the campaign and the party.
The scene was being set for a campaign which would not only be long, but bloody.
But a combination of the ethical standards that Mr. Obama set for his campaign and an explosion of readily available information on the Internet contributed to the controversy.
It will review the goals set for the campaign and measure how they were achieved, but it does not include a death toll for enemy soldiers or for civilians.
The stage was then set for the campaign for statewide election of the Illinois legislature which would, in turn, select Lincoln or Douglas as its U.S. senator.
All of these projects, in fact, significantly surpassed the goals set for their campaigns.
The stage was thus set for the referendum campaign.
Juilliard officials said that after raising $3 million more than the $100 million goal they had set for their capital campaign, they were raising the goal to $150 million.
Considering the president's genuine popularity among groups most likely to vote, such as the rural poor, and the bias towards him of the state-controlled broadcasts that Iranians mainly rely on, the stage looked set for a dreary campaign.
The full amount was then reclaimed by the candidates from public funds set aside for campaign financing.
