ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA—Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has raised over $3.1 million in the past 19 hours, making today’s the single largest fundraising effort of the 2008 election cycle. At 4:00 pm, the campaign’s $2.7 million broke the record for the largest online presidential primary fundraising effort in a single day, and by 6:30 pm, the campaign broke Mitt Romney’s $3.1 million record for single-day fundraising this year.
Thus far today, approximately 25,000 supporters have contributed to the so-called “money bomb.”
I made my contribution at around 10:15 pm Eastern time. The total for today so far is over $3.7 million. Take that you Republican party hacks!
4 comments:
I'm not sure it's much of a bomb - maybe more of an M80?
25,000 people is a whole lotta folks but 102 million people voted in the last election.
It's noise but I don't know if it's really more than a drop in the bucket, if you'll pardon a mixed metaphor.
Brian,
The money buys more exposure. The mainstream news outlets (with few exceptions) pretty much treat Dr. Paul as a kook, primarily pointing to guilt-by-association; that is, Dr. Paul's willingness to be a guest on radio shows hosted by people with some pretty extreme views.
I tell people that Jesse Ventura won in Minnesota because he attracted lots of non-voters as well as disaffected voters to the polls...and the major parties couldn't produce a candidate that reverberated or whatever the campaign sloganeers choose to call it when they want to say that a candidate makes an impact.
Comparing Paul to Ventura is very valid because the usual political polls rely on people that vote in primaries. At the latest Fox Valley Ron Paul Meetup group meeting last Monday, one of the organizers asked how many in attendance (about 60) were registered Republicans. Six people raised their hands. The point being that Dr. Paul is drawing support from outside the normal party channels.
Steve Erbach
The Town Crank
Comparing Paul to Ventura is very valid
Nu-unh! Paul never played a mini-gun toting mercenary in a movie! So there!
The point being that Dr. Paul is drawing support from outside the normal party channels.
Duly noted.
Brian,
Oh, stop! The Paul campaign is, truly, grass roots. His supporters (I'm one of 'em!) don't really care that the odds are against him. It's an opportunity for demonstrating one's preference for how one wishes to be governed, rather than sitting idly by until the annointed candidates appear on a not-too-eagerly awaited ballot.
Steve Erbach
The Town Crank
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