Posted on 09/30/2007 3:16:26 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
As the fundraising quarter draws to a close at midnight tonight, candidates are scrambling to boost their numbers by any means necessary (we've received two fundraising pitches signed by candidates with the subject line "Hey," and one from a spouse headed "Re: Hey"). And while he's gotten little attention outside his fervent and fanatic fan base, Texas Congressman Ron Paul, who finished the second quarter with more cash on hand than Sen. John McCain, could have another surprise in store for the media establishment his supporters so often malign.
In the run-up to the filing deadline, Paul's supporters were asked to help the candidate raise $500,000 in just a few days. That's more than former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee raised in the entire first quarter, by the way. Yesterday, the Paul campaign revised its goal -- supporters had raised $850,000 already, and the campaign was shooting for $1 million by midnight tonight.
The campaign reached the $1 million mark last night, a full day ahead of schedule.
Paul won't outraise any of the front-runners, but the frugality with which he is running the campaign, as well as the fervency of his supporters and his presence in Iowa and New Hampshire, mean that he will be one second-tier candidate unwilling to drop out before the nominating process takes its course. Paul could cause some serious problems for the front-runners, and it looks increasingly like he will have the money to compete in at least a few early states.
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Oh wait, I just realized.. Ron Paul is BRILLIANT.. This is how he plans to end the War on Drugs. He will get all the druggies to spend their drug money on his campaign instead. They won’t be able to buy pot and it will bankrupt the drug dealers... Brilliant!
Ron Paul is my hero.
lol, that is rich.
The one campaign whose sole support is composed only of individuals, devoid of lobbyists and special intersts, combining small donations or acting alone to promote liberty, asking for nothing and receiving no favors in return.
Why don’t we abolish unconstitutional McCain Feingold and the FCC before we start worrying about harassing the i’s and t’s of these groups of hard working folks who want nothing more than their god granted liberties.
Name two.
He plays one on TV.
Read my tagline until it finally sinks into your thick head.
He could take New Hampshire and Texas, for starters. I don’t think he will win the nomination, but he’s going to give whoever the front-runner the nominee is a run for their money. The GOP should at least let him speak at the convention.
Those chapters you describe are rank-and-file support, from general Republican activists who drafted Fred to begin with. Does Fred Thompson have people who never voted or took part in the political process before going out there volunteering on their own time and money though? Is he able to bring in a broad coalition of libertarian, swing, and independent votes? Fred’s “buzz” is pure Republican Party base. But with his views on federalism he can bring a large percentage of these folks into the GOP, which is why it’s suicide to keep denigrating Paul and his supporters when you know you’re going to need their votes in the general.
Sigh, learn how to spell lose please. Amazing how many people on FR spell lose as loose (as in my pants are loose).
In Iraq maybe but he'd also completely shut the border off and enforce immigration laws tightly. It's very arguable that he is more pro-security than Bush is--even including his ridiculous Iraq stance.
Republicans IA NH SC
Brownback 2% 1% 1%
Gingrich 5% 6% 7%
Giuliani 21% 20% 23%
Huckabee 4% 3% 1%
Hunter 2% 1% 1%
Keyes 1% 1% -
McCain 11% 20% 15%
Paul 2% 3% 2%
Romney 22% 24% 26%
Tancredo 1% 1% 1%
F Thompson 16% 8% 10%
Undecided 13% 12% 13%
National Primary Republicans
Rep (88%) Ind (12%) Men (52%) Women (48%)
Brownback 1% - 1% 1%
Gingrich 22% 38% 17% 31%
Giuliani 6% 2% 9% 2%
Huckabee 5% - 4% 4%
Hunter 1% - 1% 1%
McCain 14% 16% 7% 22%
Paul 1% - - 2%
Romney 10% 3% 5% 13%
Tancredo 2% - 2% 1%
F Thompson 23% 25% 37% 7%
Undecided 15% 16% 17% 16%
Note that Ron is barely on the radar as of September, 2007 based on this poll in New Hampshire. Interestingly enough, in the national poll, less than a noticable amount of INDEPENDENTS (who I've been told will make the difference in a Presidential campaign) are jumping on the bandwagon.
As for Texas, the results look little better for Ronnie.
IVR Polls
8/29/2007
Texas
w/o Newt Gingrich
Fred Thompson 25%
Rudy Giuliani 21%
Mitt Romney 15%
Mike Huckabee 13%
John McCain 8%
Ron Paul 5%
Unsure 5%
Other 8%
Not impossible, but highly improbable.
I believe (according to a blog that did some sort of analysis) the average donation during this million dollar fundraiser was aprox $100. Big bundlers do maximums, 4600 per couple and reinburse them using backdoor methods.
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Great graphic potlatch!
Our walking horse “Gray Lady” could get more write-in votes than Ron Paul
And she died several decades ago
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Ron Paul/2008 - Because you’re insane and want the Republic Party to appear radical and weird!
Dang, I’ve got to donate $100 to RP, because my RP crazed son (who keeps on getting banned on FR) beat me in the mile, with a time of 5:40.
Lol, calm down! He’s just a tad odd.....snicker
I agree and I’ve seen them bashing Duncan Hunter in the similar nutty fashion as well.
Again, polls are meaningless for now. Keep in mind that NH is a very libertarian-independent state and the blogs got Paul at 25%. Paul could take the state easily or come in 2nd to Fred.
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Mario Cuomo & the ACLU emptied out the .........
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