[billbears]

I wouldn't worry about starting a thread on it just yet. There's probably something 'anti-American' about the statements therein ;)

You're right though. When you've got the general public starting this all on its own, this is different than anything we've ever seen before. This isn't Dean Redux. Because Dean's campaign controlled that mess. This is the public hearing the message and saying to themselves we've got to get out and tell somebody

[George W. Bush]

This isn't Dean Redux. Because Dean's campaign controlled that mess.

You give Dean's campaign and Trippi too much credit, I think.

The campaign went about as far as $40M in tickets, motels, pizza and soda could take it. Then they all went home, stiffing the last of their creditors. That's a fairer summary.

It's very different than the RP folk who get no money or help from the campaign and don't want any that I can tell.

That's why I talk about it as a movement. It is striking.

I like Romney well enough as a conventional Republican candidate but press reports that it is his campaign that might resemble Dean's the most this year (other than Hitlery/Obama). The harshest description I saw of Romney's road show is that of a "traveling welfare agency". Probably unfair. But Mitt has plenty of campaign boots following him and he's willing to write the checks. Not that I care. But there is some resemblance to how Dean ran his campaign.

[George W. Bush]

Here's an article written by Lepard, the MA investment guy paying for the USAToday ad.

The State Is Going Down: Ron Paul 1, Statism 0 by Lawrence Lepard

I notice he's active online as well, doing some counterposting to major media sources who try to distort Ron Paul's message.

Hopefully, we will see a few other deep-pockets RP folks like the hard currency crowd running ads as well to build up our Teaparty07.com moneybomb.

Teaparty07.com is showing about 12,000 already signed up. The Guy Fawkes moneybomb only had 18000, I think but ~36000 participated. Given that we are a month away and already at 12000, I think we might be surprised at the Teaparty response.