Although Richardson had hoped to eclipse Edwards, he came up a couple of millions short. He raised to $7 million this quarter to John Edwards' $9 million. The NYT story tells us Dean raised $7.6 million during the same quarter in 2003.

Much like the Rush Limbaugh incident with Michael J. Fox brought in about half a million dollars the next day to Claire McCaskill's successful Senate bid, the now-famous showdown between Elizabeth Edwards and Ann Coulter did a lot to provide a last minute surge for haircut.

He won't have Coulter to bail him out next quarter, so look for Richardson to edge him out in the third quarter.