Ron Paul Tops McCain in Cash on Hand

ABC NEWS ^ | July 06, 2007 | ABC News

[Austin Willard Wright]

ABC News' George Stephanopoulos Reports: Though often regarded as a longshot candidate for president, Republican Ron Paul tells ABC News that he has an impressive $2.4 million in cash on hand after raising an equal amount during the second quarter, putting him ahead of one-time Republican frontrunner John McCain, who reported this week he has only $2 million in the bank.

[B4Ranch]

Attaboy RP. Bury McQuisling

[CJ Wolf]

Way to Go Ron!

[Austin Willard Wright]

Ron Paul revolution ping.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

This says more about McQueeg than it does about Paul.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Ahem:

Sour grapes.

[PurpleMan]

A sure sign that the Straight Talk Express is going straight down the porcelain convenience.

[Austin Willard Wright]

This says more about McQueeg than it does about Paul

No it says something about those freepers who claim that Ron's support is all smoke and mirrors or spamers....though I doubt any of them care about the facts.

[Asclepius]

I think this speaks more to McCain’s appalling hubris, a hubris that manifests itself in outrageous over-spending and mismanagement of scarce resources than it does to Ron Paul’s fund raising operation. But reasonable people can disagree.

[Clara Lou]

Two also-rans.

[Badeye]

All this demonstrates is there are far more kooks than McCain supporters....(chuckle)

Comes as no surprise.

[Petronski]

I wonder if McCain will last to Labor Day.

[inkling]

Now THAT is comedy gold.

[LIConFem]

I'm not sure how happy I'd be to be doing only slightly better than a candidate who is circling the drain. But I guess it's better than doing worse.

In any case, the good thing about having Paul in the race is that he'll continue to challenge the other candidates on Constitutional issues.

[TexasCajun]

"Damnit John! You told me I could be Vice President! "

[Austin Willard Wright]

All this demonstrates is there are far more kooks than McCain supporters

The "real polls" so valued by the anti-Paul contingent say otherwise, that is that McCain has double digit support. The Paul haters can't have it both ways e.g. constantly cite the "real polls" to bash Paul then ignore them when the mood suits them to bash him again.

[ConservativeDude]

Perhaps there is a remnant of the GOP that believes it should be the party of freedom, the republic, borders, and the Constitution? I sure hope so.

btw, I don’t intend to vote for Paul in the primary. But I certainly do not hate his presence in the race. I think it’s awesome, in fact.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

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[bnelson44]

Says much more about McCain than Ron Paul

[Austin Willard Wright]

Says much more about McCain than Ron Paul

Sour grapes. That line is getting tired. McCain is at double digits in the polls but Paul (whose support has been dismissed here as nothing more than a few creative spammers) beats him in the money race.....and also many of the other candidates such as Hunter.

[WhiteGuy]

Says much more about McCain than Ron Paul

What is says is that Dr. Paul’s positions are far more aligned with the general public’s than those of the better known candidate mccain.

[LambSlave]

Interesting comments... (and yeah, I agree with this guy. Giving his great-grandkids a chance at freedom is worth more than all the money in the world in the direction we are currently headed...)

I am 60 years old. I have always voted for smaller government and to uphold the Constitution. I have never gotten what I voted for. Today I put my home up for sale. I am taking the proceeds and going to spend it promoting Ron Paul. That is the best way to spend my grandchildrens inheritance. They will benefit more by having President Ron Paul than having $100,000 of fiat money. Our lives, our fortunes, our sacred honor. The Revolution has begun. Posted by: Freedom Fighter | Jul 6, 2007 1:55:04 PM

[RockinRight]

My thoughts exactly.

My first thought was “OMG...if this is true, then McCain is so screwed it ain’t even funny...”

[Puddleglum]

Go Ron! I may send in a few $$ to keep him cheesing off the Party Bosses a while longer.

[LIConFem]

"Don't rule anything out yet."

Oh, I haven't, believe you me!! It's gonna be an interesting trip, that's for sure!

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Given McCain's huge turnouts, how could this be? :-)

The front row is asleep already.

[Dead Corpse]

That McCain or Guiliani were EVER considered a “front-runner” for the GOP nomination, should be a serious badge of shame for the Party leadership.

[CJ Wolf]

If anyone wants to add some cash to Ron Paul. Here is a link.

https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate/

[nowandlater]

Ron Paul’s new slogan:

Ron Paul, doing a job that even McCain can’t do.

Bwahahahaha!

[Lions Gate]

McCain lit the fuse to the gunpowder keg he was sitting on when he decided to be as wrong as you could possibly be on the immigration issue, not to mention the ridiculous McCain-Feingold assault on the 1st Amendment.

I honor his service to our country but just because you were a POW doesn’t mean you are qualified to be the President of our great nation. John McCain is absolutely unqualified.

I wish Audie Murphy was still alive today . . . that man would have made a great leader of our nation.

[OCCASparky]

I’ll believe it when he reports it to the FEC.

And FWIW, Fred could have that kind of WEEK. L. Ron is depending upon the same crowd who can’t remember where they put the marijuana legalization petitions and some DU moonbats who want to jack up the GOP race.

He has a FEW good ideas, but he ain’t gonna be the one to carry them to Penn. Ave. come January, 2009.

[OCCASparky]

It certainly doesn't bode well from McCain, but you have to admit, Ron Paul is exceeding what anyone would have expected six months ago.

Kinda like debating who is the smarter of the two kids on the short bus.

[pissant]

Good for RP.

[Austin Willard Wright]

If you are betting on Fred, think again. Fred has the albatross of a Wilsonian war around his neck.....and that is getting heavier all the time.

[SCHROLL]

It certainly does, but you’ll never get the Paul supporters to admit it. I can’t for the life of me see how some one who supports Paul as a legit candidate refuses to even look to see where his money is coming from and gets excited over a “surge” in the polls that still has him at 2% or lower in the majority of them.

[OCCASparky]

Be honest - if someone had told you 6 months ago that Ron Paul would soon be beating McCain, Duncan Hunter, Mike Huckabee, and Sam Brownback in cash on hand, would you have believed it?

Actually, yes. After the support Perot (the original empty suit) got in 1992, nothing surprises me anymore. Then again, where is that wingnut-looking little troll these days, anyway?

[OCCASparky]

If you are betting on Fred, think again. Fred has the albatross of a Wilsonian war around his neck.....and that is getting heavier all the time.

I'd love to know what the hell you're talking about. I bet you would too.

[OCCASparky]

It’ll be interesting to find out who’s paying his bills, won’t it?

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Betcha it’s primarily individual donors of $200 or less.

[Austin Willard Wright]

gets excited over a “surge” in the polls that still has him at 2% or lower in the majority of them.

Interesting. The Paul bashers cite the polls when it suits them but ignore the fact that McCain (who Paul has bested in fund-raising) leads almost all the other candidates in these same polls including Hunter, Tancredo, Gilmore, and (often) Romney. The facts will never persuade someone who refuses to be "confused by the facts."

[SittinYonder]

ping

[bmwcyle]

McCain will have to suck up the press again soon just to get face time.

[Austin Willard Wright]

Iraq.

[Artemis Webb]

Frankly I think Ron Paul is a laughable moron. However he walks on water compared to McCain. I’m pleased with the headline and I’m enjoying the slow and agonizing death of the John McCain campaign.

[Old_Mil]

$2.4 million in cash on hand

1. That's cash on hand, not funds raised. You can artificially elevate that number by not spending anything.

2. With Ron Paul's comments insinuating that America was to blame for Islamic Jihad, you have to wonder how much of that comes from the left.

[Austin Willard Wright]

A laughable moron who regularly gets elected in a conservative district in Texas with 60 to 70 percent of the vote despite being ostracized by the GOP leadership and holding such radical pro-Constitutiion/anti-Iraq war views? Don’t understimate him. Most of the top or bottom tier can’t equal a record like that.