"It is

unprecedented for a campaign to have reached this goal so early on,"

said Perdue campaign manager Scott Rials of the organization in every

county. "There is a grassroots revolution brewing across the state

working hard to send Roy Barnes packing and bring Sonny's new, open and

responsive leadership to the Governor's office."

The campaign

predicts "a victory of democracy and citizen involvement over big

money and big government," saying that Gov. Barnes "has apparently

decided not to bother with courting grassroots support during the campaign."

"Roy Barnes

has spent his time putting the squeeze on big-money donors, hoping he

can buy the votes of Georgians with slick TV ads," Rials said. "He

has ignored grassroots organization as he ignored the people of Georgia

and their views for the past four years. He is about to learn a vital

lesson about Democracy: it is people not dollars that count."

Rials also

announced that Perdue's campaign now has more than 500 Steering Committee

members and over 2,500 registered volunteers across the state.