Ron Hauls 5 Million
Woot! I know some where throwing around 10 million, others around 3. For the record, I was right, and how jaw-dropping is that? Ron Paul raised as much as McCain, and more than the entire second tier combined.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 3, 2007
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — The Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign raised $5,080,000 during the third quarter of 2007. That is an impressive 114 percent increase from the second quarter.
Cash on hand for the Paul campaign is $5,300,000.
“Dr. Paul’s message is freedom, peace and prosperity,” said Paul campaign chairman Kent Snyder. “As these fundraising numbers show, more Americans each day are embracing Dr. Paul’s message.”
Ron Paul’s 114 percent increase is in stark contrast to the decrease suffered by Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, and John McCain. Romney’s fundraising was down 29 percent. Giuliani was down 40 percent. McCain was down 55 percent.
Cafferty on CNN was just trailing a piece on this, along the lines of “He’s a no one in the polls but, hey, he’s raising some decent money”. Which is progress, I guess.
Comment by Adam — 10/3/2007 @ 4:11 pm
Wolf Blitzer is calling it ’stunning’.
Because, presumably, Wolf Blitzer doesn’t have time to follow the news.
Comment by Adam — 10/3/2007 @ 4:28 pm
I admit it: I was wrong. Dead wrong.
Five million is staggering; not merely a figure which exceeds expectations, but one which blows them entirely out of the water. It is a ridiculous figure for a candidate of Paul’s standing. Seen in proportion to the amount of media coverage he’s received, it’s a figure more or less unprecedented in the history of American Presidential politics.
The campaign has timed the release perfectly: this is the top story at RCP today and is getting huge coverage elsewhere, including in non-internet media.
Dr. Paul: do NOT shepherd these resources carefully. NOW IS THE TIME TO SPEND. The campaign must surely strike while the iron is hot. If we can ride this to a double-figure standing in the polls, subsequent fundraising will take care of itself.
Now is the time to think in terms, not of surviving to the convention, but in terms of WINNING.
Comment by Rojas — 10/3/2007 @ 9:07 pm