Posted on 12/16/2007 10:43:13 PM PST by grundle
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul's supporters raised over $6 million Sunday to boost the 10-term Texas congressman's campaign for the White House.
Called a "Money Bomb," the goal was to raise as much money as possible on the Internet in one day. The campaign's previous fundraiser brought in $4.2 million.
At midnight EST, donations were over $6 million, according to the campaign Web site. Those donations are processed credit card receipts, said Paul campaign spokesman Jesse Benton. Benton said the median donation is about $50 in the fundraiser, which was the idea of Paul supporters who are not officially connected to the campaign.
Trevor Lyman, a Paul supporter who is traveling the country following the Ron Paul blimp, said the date of the fundraiser coincides with the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.
The Ron Paul blimp is an aerial billboard emblazoned on one side with "Who is Ron Paul? Google Ron Paul." The other side reads "Ron Paul Revolution." The blimp, another grass-roots effort, was in Chester, S.C., on Sunday, and organizers hope to get it to New Hampshire before the Jan. 8 primary there.
Sure he has support...and I’m betting you some of those people also would vote democrat.
They’ll use it to help a good man get elected :)
Some, I suppose. Paul has significant crossover appeal. Remember the Reagan Democrats?
**Funny thing is that the email arrived at 8:40PM**
I use yahoo for email. Living in the CTZ, all my emails are stamped with PTZ. Would explain what you may perceive as an error.
The 840 PTZ would mean 12:40am ETZ.
That’s the idea, to nominate a candidate like Reagan who can win votes from the Dems while maintaining a solidly conservative viewpoint. He also won’t be dragged down by the problems that made us lose the 2006 elections
6,000,000 online..and another 400,000 by phone..Sunday
one day record for a primary all coming from small donors
25,000 first time donors on Sunday
over 18.133 million dollars for the quarter...
150,000 already for monday.....
Why do I get the feeling that Rue Pauls millions are coming from sources that are going to be exposed as the worst election fraud conspiracy in the history of the US?
Because you are a conspiracy nut?
“Some, I suppose. Paul has significant crossover appeal. Remember the Reagan Democrats?”
Ehhh. Paul and Reagan aren’t on the same line of thinking. Reagan believed in a strong military, with a necessary external foreign policy....Paul is too reclusive.
We’re talking about a different era, where the Commies were coming to a close...but Reagan ensured it. The countries demographics were just changing, and Reagan was enough to fit-in. He was at era where government was it’s highest, and he was voice for that change. The dem-base was at it’s lowest.
Timing...really.
Paul’s timing is horrendous. The MSM loves it because it shows a splintered view on foreign policy on the right, and that gives Paul more attention. Frankly Michael B...of the Libertarian party was much better than Paul, but you didn’t see him get this much attention (for variable reasons).
***400,000 by phone..Sunday***
No kidding, that explains the last few big bumps.
25K new donors!? Please tell me how you are getting/viewing the information about the new donors? I do not see it on the graph page. I must be missing something.
he is very open as to who donates..in fact they are listed here
http://ronpaulgraphs.com/donors.html
Very good! Bleeding funds from the dopers and anti-war crowd.
“That’s the idea, to nominate a candidate like Reagan who can win votes from the Dems while maintaining a solidly conservative viewpoint. He also won’t be dragged down by the problems that made us lose the 2006 elections”
Ron Paul is no Reagan!
And he’s no Reagan conservative, either. He’s a conservative from the 20’s...
its on his home page..
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/
use the red areas in the donation total box
it says first time donors this week(Sunday being the first day of the week)
25,980 new donors this week(sun and mon)
I read Soro’s name at least ZERO times on that sheet.
Thank you.
You mean a decade of prosperity presided over by Republican presidents? I’ll take that any day.
An informal quickie poll...
Q) What percentage of current Ron Paul supporters do you think would be right at home here at FR?
My guess is 30%. The other 70% probably are on the opposite side of the political spectrum.
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