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Ron Paul has always been a Republican, never a Libertarian. Even when he agreed to run as the Libertarian candidate in 1988, he never joined them and he never left the GOP. He has related that he contacted the RNC chairman who then talked him out of resigning from the GOP. This is one of the few mentions of this fact in print. We constantly see the accusation that he is a Libertarian pretending to be a Republican. To the contrary, Dr. Paul is and has always been a Republican. In 1988, he did let the Libertarians pretend he was a Libertarian but even then his positions, especially his pro-life position, were never compromised in the slightest. Ron Paul is a consistent lifelong Republican.

The fundraising total is now at $7.62M. As the article points out, it is now conceivable that Ron Paul may have more money than any other Republican in the race when the primaries begin. As of today and given his frugal spending and his $5.3 cash-on-hand at the end of Q3, it is almost certain he has over $10 million in cash-on-hand today. And his fundraising is continuing strongly despite the huge effort by supporters only two days ago.

Ron Paul may well affect the entire GOP race and the general election, given how powerful his message has become. Less principled politicians may not agree with him, may not have a longstanding and consistent record. But those congresscritters and other Beltway creatures are impressed by fundraising and by fervent supporters and self-generating grassroots organizations.

An outstanding article. In its footnote, it does parrot the common American misunderstanding about the use of Guy Fawkes Day for the Paulian fundraising push. No matter, this article is well worth reading and is thoughtful and well-written as most anything from CSM is.

The startling result of the Guy Fawkes moneybomb and especially the continuing strength of fundraising over the last day indicates that Dr. Paul's campaign has achieved critical mass and could grow explosively.

Thanks for the ping. Read it when you posted it.

"On Monday, an independent effort by Paul backers raised a stunning $4.2 million for his campaign, nearly all of it online. At the rate Paul is going, he will have a fourth-quarter funding total that rivals or even surpasses the top-tier GOP candidates."

Good video of Paul on this surge (tucker carlson) here.

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