The door was opened for the Internet to play an important role in campaign fundraising this summer, when the Federal Election Commission ruled that contributions made online would be eligible for federal matching funds. The Bradley campaign petitioned for the move, which was retroactive to the beginning of the year. Cornfield said the FEC decision was important, as has been the increasing confidence of consumers to sending their credit-card numbers zipping across the Internet. As the Bradley campaign began to raise thousands on the Internet, other campaigns fired up online contribution pages. Now, several of the sites have pop-up windows that ask for a contribution when a user navigates through the site.
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