Ron Paul has raised 2.4 million dollars. With this raise he becomes the third highest fund raiser in the Republican Party; this places John McCain in fourth place with under 2.4 million. Paul is so concerned with his message that he was not even aware that he had passed John McCain. Even Drudgereport noticed it.
My prediction is that McCain will drop off the race soon, which will put Paul even more on the spotlight. With the entrance of Fred Thompson, the votes will become even more split causing Ron Paul to be a real challenge to the front-runners. As the war continues to be a miserable disaster, Paul’s message of non-intervention will become fairly attractive to the undecided voters. Perhaps not enough to win the nomination, but enough to put Republican warmonger and morally bankrupt Giuliani on guard.
Here’s a short clip from the interview that will be aired on Sunday on “This Week.”
Several months ago I spoke of the power of exponential growth. Though short of this (as I admitted then), a four-fold increase is significant. Especially so when almost all other candidates did not achieve their previous quarters fundraising numbers. With much improved coverage in the mainstream media, he may be able to sustain – or even improve the growth per quarter.
This could translate into $10M next quarter, and who knows how much ($40M??) the following….Should give his detractors and supporters pause for thought…
Indeed.