Rep. Ron Paul said he has raised more than $9 million in the past two months and he predicted his presidential campaign will exceed its $12 million fourth-quarter goal.
Paul said he has begun “spending generously” in key early-primary states. He is competing in New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina and Nevada, and said he expects to have money to campaign through Super Tuesday, Feb. 5, when at least 22 states may hold primaries and decide the nomination.
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2007/11/23/paul_expects_big_fourth_quarter.html Taegan Goddard 11-23-2007
8 Comments
November 23, 2007 at 3:29 pm
[...] Original post by Alarming News [...]
November 23, 2007 at 8:16 pm
$12 million is just the tip of the iceberg. Ron Paul is a juggernaut who cannot be stopped.
The Ron Paul Revolution is the most important revolution since the Scientific Revolution.
November 23, 2007 at 8:37 pm
News is out that MSNBC is angry with talk show host Tucker Carlson for inviting Ron Paul onto his show over and over again. Tucker is the only guy who gives RP the airtime he deserves!
I’ve gone to http://www.savetucker.org to sign up and let the NBC execs know this movement won’t sit back and let this happen.
We need more open-minded talk show hosts, not less!
Don’t let them cancel “Tucker” and cut RP off from media time!
November 27, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Ron Paul is a juggernaut who cannot win, but who will waste a lot of time and money in the process of trying.
December 4, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Mr. Pug;
Nothing is wasted when it comes to highlighting Conservative ideals. Paul provides the best hope to educate the young in this country concerning Conservative ideals. Can you name one candidate beside Ronald Reagan that has articulated conservative ideals in the last 40 years? I can’t.
Maybe if the stiff necked republicans spent more time practicing virtuous ideals and supporting candidates that practice the same, Ron Paul might not be an issue. Ron Paul’s movement is every bit the fault of REPUBLICAN FAILURE as it is the Internet generation.
December 5, 2007 at 3:35 pm
Brian, I agree with you that the Ron Paul movement is largely a response to many Republicans failing to live up to their own ideals. I don’t think Ron Paul is the answer in part because he is unelectable and I don’t even see that he is making a difference in the campaign despite his the impressive fund raising. I do think there are great conservatives besides Ronald Reagan in the last 40 years – they just don’t get nearly the attention because they did not win the presidency twice. I think many of the best conservative leaders are current and former governors, though there are and were some in Congress too. I would include in that list, Mitch Daniels—Indiana, Haley Barbour—Mississippi, Matt Blunt—Missouri, Bill Owens—Colorado, Jeb Bush-Florida, Mike Rounds—South Dakota, Tim Pawlenty—Minnesota, and Sarah Palin–Alaska. Jeb Bush in particular has been arguably the best governor in the country in the last 40 years and in one of the largest states that deals with hurricains, massive education and budget problems and other large issues, and he has done it by governing on conservative principles and innovative methods. If his name were not “Bush,” he would surely have been the GOP front runner. It is unfortunate that more of these talented conservatives were not able to run for the nomination.
December 5, 2007 at 6:29 pm
I think the reason more “Conservatives” do not run is because they are excluded from the central party. Take the example the State of Ohio, I can only count on one hand those that are actually “Conservative” over those that are republican with some conservative inclinations; even those are a small number. Most of the republicans in the ORP are what I would call old-time democrats of the Herbert Humphrey model; this includes the big BOOBAR, Bob Bennett.
It seems as if the central committee is more concerned with getting “middle of the road” folks over those with strong convictions and Conservative norms….but that might make for another discussion.
You do make a number of good points.
Best regards,
BD
One Oar in the Water
Repeal the 17th Amendment
December 6, 2007 at 4:27 pm
It would be great to get more true conservatives to run for elected office in Ohio and elsewhere. I think there are (at least) a couple reasons we don’t see this. Our two-party democratic system has always yielded some advantage–other things being equal–to candidates who are more moderate or middle of the road in their views. This is especially true in today’s environment where there are many independents or undecided voters.
It is (GENERALLY) advantageous for candidates not to take strong partisan positions one way or the other in order to attract voters from that slim demographic that is actually available to be won. Probably upwards of 85% of the electorate vote mostly by party affiliation almost regardless of the candidate. This is why the party seeks moderates with wide appeal (so do the Dems) and it is why candidates who actually are true conservatives often don’t campaign as though they are. Often, not always, when you get to talk to candidates and public officials one-on-one you discovery they are more conservative than you realized (or in some cases, they are good at making you believe they are).