Republican presidential long-shot Rep. Ron Paul may be in the single digits in most opinion polls, but he’s raking in millions of dollars in cash to fund his campaign.
The Texas congressman raised more than $19.5 million during the fourth quarter, his campaign said, the first of the 15 White House hopefuls to reveal their most recent fund-raising just two days before Iowa voters hit the caucuses.
More than half of his haul came during two day-long drives, one in which he raised $4.3 million on Nov. 5 commemorating Guy Fawkes Day, when rebels including Guy Fawkes planned to blow up Britain’s Houses of Parliament in 1605. The second effort was Dec. 16 commemorating the Boston Tea Party and raised just over $6 million.
Paul, an obstetrician-gynecologist, is the only Republican who has condemned the Iraq war and has built a strong Internet following, in part because of his libertarian views.
“Only Dr. Paul has the ability to inspire Americans to contribute and take action that is necessary if Republicans want to defeat the Democrats in November,” said campaign chairman Kent Snyder.
The campaign said he had more than 130,000 donors, of which 107,000 were new contributors.
– Photo credit: Reuters/Keith Bedford
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Ron Paul IS NOT a longshot. His campaign keeps growing and growing, and he is raising more money than all the Republicans.
- Posted by BZ SmithKinda makes you wonder who the previous candidates were that the media kept from us
- Posted by MarkDIsn’t it time to stop using the word “longshot” after a candidate out-raises everyone else in his party in the final quarter before the elections? Can’t you just report on the facts?
Are you going to call Obama a longshot too? How about Edwards?
Ron Paul is raising more money than Huckabee and McCain, by far. He has more volunteers than anyone. The clues are all around you, yet you’re relying on the polls which have never had a good record of predicting the primaries.
Will Ron Paul still be a long shot after he finishes ahead of Thompson and Giuliani and McCain tomorrow?
- Posted by CraigRon Paul is the best canadiate there is out there right now. The media shows him the black light when thompson is considered a “true canadiate”. Give me a break, the media should be banned to have anything to do with the election. The only reporting they should do is election day vote results. Everything else should go to like C-SPAN a non profit organzation which doesnt need to exclude members from a race per benefitial gain.
- Posted by I70% of the United States population is on the Internet, where Paul is by far the most favored politician for president, yet when the media calls a 1000 people or so, he’s constantly polling very low.
Oh, and Paul raised the most cash of any Republican last quarter, but he’s virtually unknown.
Oh yes, this same media was the one that lied us into the war in Iraq and today still have no explanation of how that happened, even when Scott Ritter was screaming his head off that Bush was lying. Ritter was the Chief UN Weapons Inspector of Iraq, a former marine, a lifelong Republican and was accused of pedophilia while he was making these allegations about the intelligence claims.
Why does anybody still believe this media anymore?
- Posted by Richard WicksHere’s why I don’t believe in polls and why you
shouldn’t either:
The GOP Straw Poll has removed all 10,651+ of
Ron Paul’s votes formerly found in archive. He’s now been TOTALLY removed from the list of candidates.
See the 21,219 ballots cast on archived page versus 10,433 ballots cast 4 months later — they deleted all 10,651 of Ron Paul’s votes (plus apparently 135 more votes since archive date, if you do the math)
Aug 23, 2007 page:
http://web.archive.org/web/2007062903283 2/www.gopstrawpolls.com/pollresults.php
January 2, 2008 page:
http://www.gopstrawpolls.com/pollresults .php
The Height of Irony? — The GOP is selling a book
called “Caucus of Corruption: The Truth about the New Democratic Majority” on this website — when their own Republican poll on this page is corrupt!
Ron Paul’s historical fundraising and hordes of
- Posted by blakmirasupporters growing daily speaks loud and clear. Don’t let the “polls” keep you from voting for Ron Paul just because you think he ‘doesn’t have a chance’!
Hey everyone, both Reuters and the AP are both owned by the Rothschilds - that explains everything! :/
They HAVE to publicly discount Dr. Paul as much as they can, they are scared to death of him as he represents the biggest threat to them and their empire over us Landless Peasants, who BTW, outnumber them Billions to 1. Remember that…
If my comment is moderated, it’s because TPTB don’t want anyone to know who actually owns the newswires - I guess we LPF’s aren’t supposed to know ;P
- Posted by FunnyMunnyThe real question that needs to be posed is simple.
If Ron Paul has won over 50% of the straw polls conducted in America, if Ron Paul has won every post debate poll, if Ron Paul has the largest grassroots supporters, if Ron Paul has raised almost $30M from almost a quarter million people and not accepted a dime from corporations…
Why isnt he the front runner?
If the ‘polls’ is your answer, obviously something doesnt add up. Those polls are far from accurate.. Remember Carter and Clinton?
- Posted by Thomas JeffersonI have said a million times, the biggest loser this election will be the media. It has show itself as more of a propaganda tool and entertainment portal than real news.
- Posted by FloBy the way dump Fox news stock. They are worthless as a news network
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in Iowa,
- Posted by Winstonwe shall fight on the seas and oceans,
we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our nation, whatever the cost may be,
we shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
we shall fight in the hills;
we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this nation or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the Ron Paulites, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.”
Dr. Ron Paul, just raised close to $20 million, Hillary-type money. He has won the majority of local GOP straw polls. He will easily be in the top-five in real elections. Yet, Fox is trying to exclude him from a five-man roundtable. Fishy, no?
Let’s look at Fox’ Board of Directors for another explanation. Here are some members: Rupert Murdoch, CEO News Corp.; Andrew S.B. Knight of Rothschild Investment Trust , the banking dynasty ; Former Education Secretary Rod Paige; and Viet Dinh Professor of Law, author of the Patriot Act.
A glance at the Communist Manifesto shows that government schools, central banking, and control of communications are several of the basic tenets of collectivism. Fox’ Board members are A-list practictioners of this philosophy.
In contrast, Ron Paul’ opposes federal control of educaton, and the loss of our freedoms in the Patriot Act. He wants a sound currency based on savings and tangible assets, not debt and thin air.
Moreover, “Republican” propagandist News Corp is a big donor to Hillary. Her top donor is Goldman Sachs, and they throw plenty to Obama and leveraged-buyout king Romney. This is a “Who’s Who” list of the housing bubble and dollar destruction, not fair arbiters in an election. Ron Paul’s top donors? Individuals from the Armed Forces. I say we exclude Fox - we need Dr. Ron Paul.
- Posted by hatefalseweightWhy isn’t Thompson a longshot? GAWD. How annoying of you. Ron Paul is not a longshot.
Jerks.
http://www.ronpaul2008.com
- Posted by LauraThe picture shows one supporter only? You guys got to wake up and check how many Meetup groups this guys has!
- Posted by Koh Choon LinRon Paul may only be polling around 12%, but that is because only 12% of the public have been able to hear his message, thanks to the mainstream media’s refusal to cover his campaign on the same level it is covering Rudy, Mitt, and McCain. Ron Paul is the most important candidate that this country has seen in over a century, and the media don’t want you to know about him!
- Posted by Gene FriedmanLong Shot? Surely you’re not going to believe land-line based polls?
When was the last time those correctly predicted the national nominee?
The world has become digital.
- Posted by Tyranny BeanDr. Paul is the choice of “WE THE PEOPLE”. As the saying goes “money talks and bs walks”. The people have clearly spoken as Dr. Paul’s 4th qrtr. contribution haul has very clearly shown.
when will the american people wake up and stop listening to the MSM propaganda? Fox news and all of it’s warmongers are telling you lies people, wake up! THE POLLS MEAN NOTHING. Let’s stop being manipulated by the “elite” traiters to our CONSTITUTION .
- Posted by steveAmerica is in deep trouble financially and this phony “war on terror” is going to be the final nail in our coffin if we don’t stop this multi trillion $ fiasco in Iraq, Afghanistan and very soon Iran.
Dr. Paul has the guts to stand up to the globalist thugs who are threatening our sovereignty. Dr. Paul is the only candidate who will fight the real enemies of this country and stop this warmongering congress who’ve betrayed the people of this country.
“Paul, an obstetrician-gynecologist, is the only Republican who has condemned the Iraq war and has built a strong Internet following, in part because of his libertarian views.”
Thank GOD and freedom for the internet. Sadly other than purchased medias ads, RON PAUL has mostly been ignored intentionally by the medias. Just like in a 2 hr debate max 5 minutes is Ron Pauls time.
FOX FAUX is refusing him platform on forum held in New Hampshire 2 days before vote.
It was FOX FAUX that held the infamous debate where the staff of FOX FAUX laughed and gave their unprofessional hidden agenda running dialog…
IRONY is few debates compare apples to apples, to do so would be to give equal time to all candidates while answering the same questions!
RON PAUL will win with no thanks to the medias bias, it will be because the people have spoken up. DON’T VOTE ON DIGITAL TOUCHSCREENS, THEY PRODUCE VOTER FRAUD, AS DO THE SCANNERS. THEY ALL RUN ON Microsoft programs and transfer over modems with no paper trail! ANOTHER CORPORATE SCAM TO FLEECE AMERICANS.
- Posted by ladilibertyi remember the days when it was just me and two friends in my mom’s basement, spamming some polls- ruling the world.
brettrix
- Posted by brettrixronpaul.meetup.com/941
I guess what the people should be asking is:
Why is it that the media doesn’t report on the huge grassroot’s movement that is going on all over the country? Why is it that Ron Paul isn’t polling higher?
Well for one thing, Polls are “likely republican voters” but a large percentage of Paul’s support comes from Independents and even Democrats like him. Based on this, you could probably safely double his poll numbers.
- Posted by NCMarcHe’s only a “long-shot” because you (the media) keep saying he is. Start saying he’s a “front runner” and he will be.
- Posted by CNN