You ask why Republicans are freaking out over Ron Paul’s nurturing of new campaign contributions sources that were previously untapped by Republicans. Here is your answer:
http://www.nysun.com/article/53420
Clinton and Obama Raiding Donors Who Backed Bush
By JOSH GERSTEIN
Staff Reporter of the Sun
April 30, 2007
As senators Clinton and Obama crisscross the country seeking the Democratic presidential nomination and sharply criticizing President Bush, they have been collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars from donors who funded one or both of Mr. Bush’s campaigns for the White House.
In the first quarter of this year, more than 150 former Bush donors pitched in for Mrs. Clinton’s campaign, while a similar number anted up for Mr. Obama, according to an analysis of Federal Election Commission data performed for The New York Sun by the Washington-based Center for Responsive Politics.
The motives of those who lend financial support to candidates with divergent views are difficult to assess. For some donors, personal ties to politicians or their top fund-raisers transcend partisan politics. Executives at businesses susceptible to government regulation regularly straddle the field, even supporting multiple candidates in the same race. Some contributors find that their politics change over time or that the politicians they formerly supported failed to follow through on their promises.
How much was the average donation from these 150 switchees? Without that info this article is absolutely useless. Is your post supposed to make a point favorable for Ron Paul?