This item is buried in a Wall Street Journal story on yesterday's primary: "The major Democratic contenders all have nearly exhausted their campaign treasuries; advisers say that even Mr. Dean, who raised an unmatched $40 million in 2003, has less than $5 million left. That leaves all the candidates largely dependent on attention from the news media to reach voters as they move from small venues and intensive personal campaigning to far-flung contests that play out almost entirely on television screens."
Dan Conley makes the same observation and notes "the Dean campaign has burned through it's treasury faster than a five pool table dot-com company."
Update: Ryan Lizza spoke with one Dean fundraiser yesterday who "was holding her hands up in prayer as she received exit polls on her cell phone that showed a closer race with Kerry than the final results. Any loss worse than single digits she said would be a tough sell with donors."
Update II: Sources tell CNN that Dean staffers "have been told paychecks would be delayed for two weeks."
The New York Times reports Dean "has asked his entire staff, about 500 people, to skip their paychecks for two weeks. And already, field organizers in Wisconsin, whose primary Feb. 17 could be Dr. Dean's last stand, have been told not to expect paychecks next month."
