"Excellent."
Posted on 12/04/2007 6:11:54 AM PST by jdm
Trevor Lyman, the Miami Beach music promoter-turned-campaign fundraising guru, fell short of his goal to raise $2.5 million online Friday for Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul.
Lyman's fundraising website at www.rudysreadinglist.com collected about half a million dollars.
''Who wouldn't want more?'' quipped Lyman in an e-mail. ``It turns out that the half a million is our second-best fundraising day ever.''
On Nov. 5, Lyman made campaign fundraising history when he raked in $4.2 million for the little-known Texas congressman over the Internet in a single day.
Now, Lyman -- who has never voted, let alone worked on a campaign before -- is focusing on the next ''money bomb,'' scheduled to drop Dec. 16. The date marks the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party in an effort to capitalize on Paul's antitax, antiestablishment spirit. The goal of the site at www.teaparty07.com is to collect $100 from 100,000 people for a total of $10 million.
Paul's fundraising success defies his poor showing in the polls. His campaign said last week that he has raised $10.3 million in the past two months, surpassing the amount raised by front-runner Rudy Giuliani in three months between July and September.
''New money means new support,'' said Paul campaign spokesman Joe Seehusen.
The challenge for the Paul campaign will be to get many of these new supporters -- like Lyman -- to register as Republican voters in time for the presidential primaries.
Paul is the only Republican candidate for president who opposes the war in Iraq.
LOL.
The goal of the site ... is to collect $100 from 100,000 people for a total of $10 million.
Good luck with that.
Well, Paul is outraising the top tier candidates, regardless. It's quite remarkable.
Ron Paul is a babblin’ fool
I bet they raise more than $5M on Dec. 16. They could even hit $7M.
The article implies - but does not explicitly state - that Paul came up $2M short.
“Well, Paul is outraising the top tier candidates, regardless. It’s quite remarkable.”
Not really considering his supporters. RP supporters tend to be some of the most committed so it’s not surprising that they will send money. The downside is that they are too few in number to affect outcomes once the voting starts.
No it doesn't. A significant portion of his funds are coming from the left, who want him in the race as a spoiler/divider. But they're not planning on voting for him.
Whoo-Hoo! We achieved 20% of what we had hoped for! Slap me five!
Amen!
I'm not sure. I truly am really on the fence about it.
I think the RuPaulette pothead/war4oil/9/11insidejob/superhighwayconspiracy moonbats may actually vote DUmmie normally.
I could be wrong and remain conflicted if I don't really want RuPaul to go third party.
Paul is outraising the top tier candidates, regardless. It’s quite remarkable.
It is remarkable that he can raise this kind of money (well not him but the internet guy) and still not be above 5-6% in the polls.
(Ok, I know the polls are wrong.)
If it was all about who can raise the most money, we might as well give up and say Obama or Hilldog are the best candidates, after all, they are raising far more than anyone.
Don't confuse us with data or comparisons.
I’m wondering what happens to the leftover money when Paul finally has to drop out, or even after the convention when he doesn’t win. Does he get to keep it even though he’s swearing he won’t run third-party if he loses the nomination?
Right now, Paul’s dollar-per-vote total has got to be the highest of any candidate. I don’t want to see him win the nomination, but I’ve got to admit, it’s remarkable to watch this unfold.
}:-)4
The GOP establishment and the MSM are colluding to dismiss Paul by marginalising him as a kook. Why you should want to join in their game is a question you should be asking yourself.
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