Ron Paul's Fund Raising Doubled in Quarter

[CGowen]

By SUSAN DAVIS
October 4, 2007; Page A6

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Ron Paul disclosed more than $5 million in third-quarter fund raising for his insurgent Republican presidential bid, the only Republican in the field so far to report increased donations.

While the Texas lawmaker remains a second-tier candidate in a party field dominated by the likes of Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney, his grass-roots campaign continues to build steam, thanks to thousands of small donors over the Internet.

Campaign spokesman Jesse Benton estimates that as much as 80% of the campaign's donations are received online. In the final week of the third quarter, Dr. Paul, a licensed obstetrician, raised $1.2 million in Internet donations alone. The $5 million haul more than doubles his $2.4 million showing in the second quarter.

The funds will allow him to increase staff from 44 to 50 aides and to conduct his first major media buy heading into the crucial early primaries. The campaign has set a goal of $12 million for the fourth quarter.


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By contrast, Mr. McCain is betting on success in Iraq. He has struggled financially and is expected to report numbers on par with Dr. Paul. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee also leads Dr. Paul in the polls, but raised an estimated $1 million in the third quarter.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119146668063148662.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

[TwilightGardener]

1. BWAH! Paul raised 1.2 million in ONE WEEK, more than Fuckabee raised

in three months!!! I'm lovin' it!

[Eurobabe]

4. fuckabee

:rofl:

[TwilightGardener]

5. Ooops! Typo! I should really replace that F with an H...

;-)

[Eurobabe]

12. No you shouldn't, I love it!

:applause:

[CGowen]

7. the neocons love it

In one comment, written as a response to a post at the quintessential neoconservative and freedom-hating blog, Red State, a reader unsupportive of Paul points out the obvious for most neoconservatives, that Ron Paul's ability to raise a million dollars in seven days is "(expletive deleted) scary."

http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Misunderestimating_Ron_Paul_s_Support

[proudleftists]

2. Mr Paul is Certainly Right About the War.....

But in all other matters he is a bigoted Republicans.
Liberals/Progressives please do not be fooled. BEYONCE WELCH -
Enemy of Hatred & Ignorance

[DBoon]

3. He's the monkey wrench in the Republican machine

I wish him success for that reason alone

[riqster]

6. Ron Paul is not a threat to our Nominee, whoever that turns out to be

...but he's truly throwing a sabot into the gears of the Reep machine.

When people go past his opposition to the war, they find a candidate with they almost never agree. Until then, he is weakening the GOP and I appreciate it.

[Snarkturian Clone]

8. I hope he gets the nom.

He probably won't, but if he does, the repukes will definitely have less of a chance of winning. In the unlikely event that he does win, at least the war will end. We'll get all the other problems Paul has, but we'll get those with any repuke candidate.

[frylock]

9. been seeing lots of ron paul bumperstickers down here in the 619

[rinsd]

10. Same here. Quite a few in Ocean Beach (nt)

[Snarkturian Clone]

11. Saw a big

"Ron Paul Revolution" sign on an overpass in NJ.