[MNJohnnie]

Looks like the smoke and mirrors that is the Paul campaign is starting to fall apart. Raise almost $12 million and still cannot get even 10% in any polls. Have to wonder just where is all this money coming from?

And that not considering the "independent" expenditures being made on Paul's behalf.

I wonder if some fat cat Paulbots are not going to be surprised to discover US Campaign laws do apply to them as well as the rest of us.

[Always Right]

Maybe we should print up some Liberty Dollars to send to Paul.

[Allegra]

This may explain why the Paul Faithful appear to be getting even nastier and moonbattier of late. ;-)

[EDINVA]

Is it me or does anyone else get annoyed with articles that quote individuals without introducing them? WHo is Benton, who is Lyman? Their quotes are just thrown in there early in the article as if we’re supposed to know who they are, then they are described (if at all) several paragraphs later.

[publiusF27]

And that not considering the "independent" expenditures being made on Paul's behalf.

I wonder if some fat cat Paulbots are not going to be surprised to discover US Campaign laws do apply to them as well as the rest of us.

I wonder how it is that a primary author of those laws limiting freedom of political expression is still in the Republican Party and running for President.

[Rush4U]

Republican Presidential candidate, Ron Paul, is now the frontrunner in the GOP race according to this months fund raising numbers. Paul rose over 10.3 million in the fourth quarter with a month left to go in the quarter. That number is double of what Paul raised in the third quarter.

By contrast, rival Fred Thompson raised $9,750,821 in the third quarter. Mitt Romney raised $9,896,719 in the third quarter, and Rudy Giuliani raised $10,258,019 in the third quarter.

http://www.usadaily.com/article.cfm?articleID=182537

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I wouldn't call $500,000 in one day a 'dud'... :)

[billbears]

Have to wonder just where is all this money coming from?

Paul Cash

How many donors does that say? 120,000 with an average donation of $89 per person. Now I know I've donated $200 and several others I know have donated about the same amount. This is the first time in my entire life I have given a penny to a political campaign. Contrary to the party faithful we aren't receiving checks from George Soros. No, what upsets the party 'faithful' is we aren't choosing from the 'mainstream' candidates whose mealy mouthed responses are the same I've heard for decades now. What upsets them even more is they can't track these people because dang it they either haven't played the party game before or they had given up on most politicians long ago. They can't track them to know what they'll do when it comes to the precious voting system that has been dominated by Idiot Party 1 and Idiot Party 2

Dud? Let's see. I heard about Rudy's Reading Day about 7 days before. Most others probably around the same time, perhaps a few days extra. So in 10 days supporters of Ron Paul, without the help of the campaign, got out the message and raised over $500,000. Yeah that's a dud alright. A dud any of the 'frontrunners' would gladly accept.

Better wake up Johnnie my boy. The libertarians are back and this time your little closed party of nanny statists and interventionists are going to be put out to pasture hopefully once and for all. It may not happen this election, it may take 16 years like it did between Goldwater and Reagan. But I'm thinking not. As fast as information travels now, the clock for the big government Republicans to go away will be ticking a lot faster