Ron paul raises 4.2 Million Dollars in 24 hrs.. nobody??? i think NOT!!!

[elite_hunter_sh3]

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h...Li6awD8SNV5Q02

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, aided by an extraordinary outpouring of Internet support Monday, hauled in more than $4.2 million in nearly 24 hours.
Paul, the Texas congressman with a libertarian tilt and an out-of-Iraq pitch, entered heady fundraising territory with a surge of Web-based giving tied to the commemoration of Guy Fawkes Day.
Fawkes was a British mercenary who failed in his attempt to kill King James I on Nov. 5, 1605. He also was the model for the protagonist in the movie "V for Vendetta." Paul backers motivated donors on the Internet with mashed-up clips of the film on the online video site YouTube as well as the Guy Fawkes Day refrain: "Remember, remember the 5th of November."
Paul's total deposed Mitt Romney as the single-day fundraising record holder in the Republican presidential field. When it comes to sums amassed in one day, Paul now ranks only behind Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton, who raised nearly $6.2 million on June 30, and Barack Obama."

"Ron Paul just raised 4.2 million dollars in one day. Ron Paul has just outperformed every single Republican competitor with this one day fund drive. What’s even more extraodinary is the fact that these are ordinary Americans giving a little more than $100 each on average. Whenever Giuliani or Romney has a big fund-raiser, it invariably involves the country club elite giving $2,300 checks. The great thing for Ron Paul is that his army of supporters can give another $100 in another fund drive while Giuliani and Romney have “maxed out” the donations from their rich, country club friends.
This fund-raiser comes on the heels of a very important poll. The London Daily Telegraph reports “(A Pew Research) Poll gives Hillary Clinton (a) big lead over Giuliani. …a new poll… places her ahead of Rudy Giuliani in the event of a presidential contest between the two. The survey, conducted by the respected Pew Research Centre, is one of the largest taken during the campaign, involving 2,000 prospective voters. It placed the former first lady eight percentage points ahead of the Republican former New York mayor - by a margin of 51 per cent to 43 per cent.”
What this means is that Republicans desperately need to re-think who is the best man to beat Hillary in 2008. They can’t afford to back an Open Borders candidate like Giuliani or Romney or Huckabee. They can’t afford the Iraq War “albatross” around their necks as they head for the election. Only one Republican candidate is taking a populist stand on bringing our troops home and opposing Amnesty, and that man is Ron Paul.
While Ron Paul was hauling in four million dollars in one day, Mike Huckabee was “celebrating” the fact that he raised $100,000 in the first five weeks of the fourth quarter. A number of Christian evangelicals have reportedly jumped on Huckabee’s bandwagon. There’s just one little problem. Huckabee’s bandwagon has no wheels. A viable candidate needs to be able to raise MILLIONS of dollars, not just a puny $100,000. This is already the fourth quarter of 2007. There is no time to establish a fund-raising machine. You either have one or you don’t. Huckabee doesn’t."




NOBODY EH????

[DeepIron]

That's pretty cool... In the race to raise $$$, he's now #3... THAT should get the attention of voter$...

Unfortunately, the 'albatross around his neck' is that he's a Republican even though he has "libertarian" qualities. It will interesting to see whether or not American voters will install another Republican president. :hmm:

BTW, I have nothing again RP, I tend to vote for the person I think will do the job, political party notwithstanding...

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by DeepIron

That's pretty cool... In the race to raise $$$, he's now #3... THAT should get the attention of voter$...

Unfortunately, the 'albatross around his neck' is that he's a Republican even though he has "libertarian" qualities. It will interesting to see whether or not American voters will install another Republican president. :hmm:

BTW, I have nothing again RP, I tend to vote for the person I think will do the job, political party notwithstanding...

WIth Obama or Hairy as the only Democratic challengers, and the way congress has been acting, I'd say another Republican in office is an almost guarantee.

-S

[DeepIron]

WIth Obama or Hairy as the only Democratic challengers, and the way congress has been acting, I'd say another Republican in office is an almost guarantee.

I dunno... Repubican Prez + Democratically Controlled Congess = 4 more years of the "status quo" I think.. I'd like to be wrong and believe these politicos will "wake up and smell the rebellion" but I'm skeptical...

[Camaero]

I'm with you on liking Ron Paul more than any of the other guys, but I still don't see him having a chance. What he could do however, is force the other guys to act on some of the issues he brings up.