November 6, 2007, 8:29 am Paul Campaign Sets Record Susan Davis reports on the presidential race.
They didn't hit their target, but supporters of Rep. Ron Paul's campaign made history Monday in what appears to be the single biggest day for online donations for a presidential bid. This morning the Texas congressman reported on his Web site a total of more than $7.2 million. When the 24-hour "moneybomb" started at midnight Sunday, the campaign showed $2.77 million on the site. "Is it possible to comprehend what we've done today? Earth-shattering, jaw-dropping No matter which way you phrase it, Ron Paul is for real," wrote campaign finance director Jonathan Bydlak on the site. More than 21,000 individual donors contributed to the effort, according to Paul's camp, and in the first 16 hours they passed former presidential candidate John Kerry's $2.7 million record for online fund-raising in 2004 after the Super Tuesday primaries and Republican Sen. John McCain's $1 million raised online after he won New Hampshire in 2000. The Paul campaign has set a $12 million target for the fourth quarter. From here, it looks like it will hit that mark. With this kind of cash on hand, don't expect Paul to go quietly. He has more money at this point than McCain and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. While he stands little chance of winning or placing in the Iowa Caucus Jan. 3, there appears to be an increasingly possibility that he could have a spoiler effect in the New Hampshire primary where his fierce libertarian vein of politics is most likely to appeal to primary voters. If this money trend continues, Paul could also stay in the race for the long haul leading up to the Republican Convention in St. Paul, Minn., in September 2008. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245907 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
