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Ron Paul Raises 6 Million in One Day - CNN and FOX Video

Get ready for the upcoming media storm. Ron Paul deserves it.

December 17th, 2007 Posted by eaglescout | Finances, Ron Paul, Politics, 2008 Election | no comments

On Schedule to Break Another Record

If the Nov 5th trend holds, Ron Paul is on schedule to break 4.3 million in donations in one day, and reach up to 10 Million for the December 16th Tea Party. Get ready to see Ron Paul all over the news tomorrow. It’s possible that we will see Ron Paul surpass some of the “mainstream” Republican contenders in totals for the 4th Quarter. But the 16th will be the new measuring stick for elections to come.

Ron Paul may or may not get the Republican nomination, but his decentralized approach to government, and the message of freedom will live on through thousands if not millions of young supporters who will shape the United States and the world in years to come.

After all, Ron Paul has consistently received more donations from active duty military, and has already broken the 12 million mark.

In fact, it looks like poor students are sacrificing precious Christmas cash to support Ron Paul.

December 16th, 2007 Posted by eaglescout | Finances, Ron Paul, Libertarianism, 2008 Election | no comments

Ron Paul receives the most military donations among Republicans AGAIN in Q3

It appears our military backs Ron Paul in the most important issue facing the United States: Terrorism and our foreign policy. For the second time in a row, Ron Paul receives more donations among Republicans. Data for Democrats is not yet available, but Ron Paul crushed Democrats in this statistic last quarter as well.

Candidate [Air Force] [Army] [Navy] [Marines] [Coast Guard] [Other*] [Total]

Brownback [151] [0] [0] [0] [0] [250] [401]
Cox [0] [0] [0] [0] [0] [0] [0]
Guiliani [1,250] [750] [1,500] [1,000] [0] [0] [4,500]
Huckabee [2,050] [1,200] [2,850] [0] [250] [260] [6,610]
Hunter [0] [500] [0] [0] [0] [30] [530]
McCain [4,120] [7,972] [6,645] [1,721] [100] [800] [21,358]
Paul [7,450] [17,998.96] [7,227.76] [2,740] [800] [4,200] [40,416.72]
Romney [500] [3,410] [750] [800] [0] [250] [5,710]
Thompson [4,800] [5,825] [6,350] [800] [23] [2,600] [20,398]

Ron Paul: $40K
McCain: $21K
Thompson: $20K

This data is sourced from FEC Reports for Q3 and was compiled here by jfletch and RP4.US

*This list uses donators who listed their employer as some variation of Air Force, Army, National Guard, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Retired Vet, Veteran, Civilian Military employee, or Military (no branch indicated). This is preliminary data and may contain insignificant errors.

Ron Paul led in military contributions last quarter as well.

October 15th, 2007 Posted by eaglescout | Finances, Politics, Analysis, 2008 Election, Terrorism | 30 comments

McCain trails Ron Paul by 3.6 Million for Q3

Now that McCain’s donations are a matter of public record we can see that he received 5.7 million only passing Ron Paul by a mere 0.6 million in third quarter donations. Furthermore, McCain spent approximately the entire amount earned in Q3, leaving McCain with the 3.4 million he started out with and a debt of 1.7 million.

Some other notable republican campaigns owe considerable amounts of money.

Cash-on-hand minus debt after Q3

Ron Paul 5.3 million

McCain 1.7 million

Huckabee 0.6 million

Romney -8.1 million (yes, negative)

Stay tuned for more analysis.

October 15th, 2007 Posted by eaglescout | McCain, Finances, Ron Paul, Analysis | no comments

Media 180 on Ron Paul

CNN - “Ron Paul is here to stay and will become a huge problem for the leading-tier candidates with his anti-war position. He was the libertarian nominee for president in 1988 and has a network of supporters helping him with his campaign. As you travel around the country, you can see Ron Paul supporters everywhere.” -Paraphrased comments by Alex King, correspondent to Wolf Blitzer.

“…does the party want to follow George Bush off a cliff or do they want to follow Ron Paul?” -Paul Beggala

“RP is more anti-war than Clinton, Obama, etc” -CNN commentator.

Cafferty Letter: How can Republicans turn it around?
“Stop marginalizing the smartest among them, that is, Ron Paul.” -CNN viewer.

MSNBC has historically been positive about Ron Paul: Tucker, Chris Matthews and Pat Buchanan like him a lot. They will likely cover him today based on his 5 million for Q3. However, the breaking news coverage on the 5 million incorrectly called him an isolationist.

Any positive coverage by neoconservative FOX News is unlikely to be seen tonight.

October 3rd, 2007 Posted by eaglescout | Finances, Ron Paul, Commentary, 2008 Election | no comments

Ron Paul financially outpacing John Edwards

As the 3rd financial quarter draws to a close, Ron Paul and John Edwards have set campaign goals to raise a million in the last 7* and 10 days of Q3. Ron Paul started with a humble goal of raising $500,000, but when contribution money continued pouring in at a faster rate than expected, the campaign extended the goal to one million dollars. As of yesterday at 11pm John Edwards’ site indicates $878,000 raised so far; Ron Paul is not far behind at $800,000.

Current projections will place both candidates at 1.2 million by the end of the quarter. Although these numbers reflect only the last 10 days of the quarter, it raises very interesting questions about Ron Paul’s financial standing this third quarter. If John Edwards pulled in 9 million last quarter, will we see Ron Paul triple last quarter’s numbers?

With straw polls placing Ron Paul in first place among Republican contenders, and the GOP recognizing Ron Paul as a de facto 1st tier candidate, any financial reporting over 5 million is bound to cement his position. Let’s not forget Ron Paul surprised everyone by taking in more military contributions than ALL the Republican and Democratic candidates in Q2, and amassing more cash-on-hand than Sen. John McCain.

If you want to see Ron Paul out-raise John Edwards in the 10-day boost that ends this Sunday, donate now: https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate/

Update*: It was brought to my attention that Ron Paul started his boost last Monday, meaning Ron Paul is out-pacing Edwards, who has a 3-day advantage.

September 29th, 2007 Posted by eaglescout | Finances, Commentary, Politics, Analysis, 2008 Election | one comment