That's why his campaign was able to gain the Big Mo. That's why he was able to get on television. Now McCain's success has forced Bush to change his story. This is hardly the truth. When Bush built up his early money lead, political analyst Bill Schneider documented that Bush's money strength exactly reflected his poll strength.
Money is just another way of voting.
No candidate, left or right, Democrat or Republican, can win a national election without broad-based support from all ranks of society, including the very successful. The previous two were led by Ronald Reagan and Newt Gingrich, respectively. Both of them brought new blood into the party. Both of them challenged the party establishment. But just as Bush is not the candidate of big money, so he is not the establishment candidate, except in the sense of having won its confidence early.