Dean Will Run TV Ad in Bush's Home State

The ad will begin airing Monday in Austin, Texas. The goal is to show that Dean won't back down from President Bush, even in the city were he served as governor before moving to the White House.

The commercial will broadcast while Bush is vacationing at his ranch in western Texas and before any other presidential candidates have gone on the air.

The Dean campaign revealed few details of the ad, which was announced Friday on his Web site.

"The people of Texas know George W. Bush better than anyone," said the announcement. "Throughout this campaign, Howard Dean has been standing up to George W. Bush, and what better place to stand up against what George W. Bush has done to the economy and our nation than in Bush's home state of Texas."

The ad is being paid for with donations raised last week in a challenge to the Bush-Cheney re-election team, the posting said.

Dean raised $508,640 in mostly small donations over the Internet in a four-day push to raise more than Vice President Dick Cheney could at a private $2,000 per plate event Monday in Columbia, S.C. The ad will cost a fraction of that, well under $200,000, according to the campaign.