The Ron Paul campaign held an internet fund drive to raise $500,000 in one week, to finish up the fund-raising quarter that ends September 30th.
In only a few days, that goal was reached, so the goal was raised to 1 Million, which was reached in 6 days since the original fund drive.
Now, 1 million dollars in 6 days may not sound like much. Just a week or two ago Oprah held a fund raiser for Barack Obama in which his campaigned earned 3 million dollars in just one day.
The news in this story is that the Ron Paul campaign is a genuine grass roots campaign that doesn't rely on gigantic donations from celebrities and big business. The hyper-link in 'big business' is extremely useful and I suggest you check it out.
Last quarter, the Ron Paul campaign ended up with more cash on hand than Senator John McCain. Yet McCain is considered a top-tier candidate and Paul is not?
Even more interesting, Ron Paul received more money from active - duty military than any other candidate.
The point here is that the Ron Paul campaign is doing well and deserves some more coverage than it is receiving from the main stream media.
3 comments:
The guy doesn't have a prayer of a chance at getting the nomination (my opinion) but I like him.
Interesting that he raised that much that quickly.
Someone out there must like him.
Hmm, I never really got the whole money campaign thing. Why do you need a lot of money to run for president? I don't know, politics aren't my thing. I'm kind of confused about this election, none of the candidates seem like they're going to do anything special. It's more of a popularity contest nowadays.
Amazing how much $ can be raised by these campaigns in such a short time.
(Noticed you haven't updated your blog with fresh, new info., however.)
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