The Latest On The Money Race
The third-quarter fundraising news keeps coming: The Associated Press passes along word that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will report $10 million in contributions for the quarter, along with a $6 million "personal loan to the campaign." (That would be a transfer of Romney's own cash to the fund for his presidential run.)
As for John McCain, he's reportedly raised more than $5 million for the quarter, which ain't bad for a guy who the media had largely written off just a month ago. The McCain camp says it's still opening envelopes.
Newcomer Fred Thompson, meanwhile, is said to have raised around $8 million for the quarter. There's no word yet on Rudy Giuliani, but it is likely he will be at or near the top of the money list. And the campaign of Ron Paul, a libertarian Republican with a small but passionate fan base, is hinting that he's going to come in at over $3 million for the quarter – a number that makes him harder for the other candidates, and the press corps, to ignore.
As for John McCain, he's reportedly raised more than $5 million for the quarter, which ain't bad for a guy who the media had largely written off just a month ago. The McCain camp says it's still opening envelopes.
Newcomer Fred Thompson, meanwhile, is said to have raised around $8 million for the quarter. There's no word yet on Rudy Giuliani, but it is likely he will be at or near the top of the money list. And the campaign of Ron Paul, a libertarian Republican with a small but passionate fan base, is hinting that he's going to come in at over $3 million for the quarter – a number that makes him harder for the other candidates, and the press corps, to ignore.
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I am finding Ron Paul supporters everywhere- young and old. This morning a canvaser for our towns supervisor job noted that he too supported Ron Paul. Unfortunetely, the major media is not located anywhere around here. They just get into their little circles and circle their wagon.
The pro-Paul posters here are correct. Ron Paul has almost 50,000 volunteers who do far more for their candidate than anyone else in the field. If only the big print and TV media would report on him more, his donations will increase exponentially from the non-internet-savvy.
Most people I''ve talked to who do not support Ron Paul say "yes, I agree with him, but he''ll never win." Hogwash. He''ll stay in the race a long time. The longer he stays, the more people he''ll reach, and the more supporters he''ll get. The only limitation to his current wave of support is that the Old Media are largely ignoring him. With a positive Q3, maybe the Old Media will start to cover him a bit more, bringing ever more supporters into the Paul Camp.
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But put THIS in your pipe and smoke it: Writes Ken Sturzenacker: "The number of members in the 955 Ron Paul Meetup.com groups has just exceeded 50,000 for the first time, in 720 cities in 22 nations worldwide. At last count, Barck Obama - for all his fundraising prowess - still has fewer than 6,000 members at Meetup.com, in 61 groups. He''s second to RP. Hillary has about half of that."
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I would not call that "small."
He hinted he made AT LEAST what he got last quarter and that was before the 1 million dollar donation week.
He raised about 1 million in a Week.
Why doesn''t the reporter wait until FACTS are out to report on what Ron Paul has raised.
Actually, Ron arguably has the largest ''fan'' base of any Republican candidate. What the top-tier candidates have is a much larger group of people who support their candidate passively. The Rudy voters I meet at my local GOP meetings aren''t ''fans'' in any meaningful sense. They''ll wear a button and send him a check and note how Rudy can take back the Northeast or something like that. Ron supporters tend to listen to their candidate''s speeches and interviews on YouTube, read his books, pour over his voting record, argue about his positions with each other, etc. What is particularly striking (and encouraging) is that these Ron ''fans'' tend to be young. They are the future of the party, not the elderly Rudy folks in my club. This is like Goldwater ''64 all over again! His influence will not end on election day.
- by willisw2 October 2, 2007 6:35 PM EDT
- You should change this "small but passionate" phrase with "large and articulate".
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See all 16 CommentsSure, Ron Paul doesn''t accept corporate donations, or donations from "special interest." But do corporations and special interest mean that others groups of supporters are larger, or they just selling themselves out in order to gain a facade of support?