Hey all you RP freaks. Associated Press is reporting $5.1 in a few days of fundraising.

Ron Paul's money draws fresh attention - Yahoo! News

This election may be a real horse race after all. According to experts the support and money is coming from disaffected voters if "fringe groups". Some even suggest he may take forth position in New Hampshire.

1-3% is not barn burning.

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Your correct medicineman. Three percent is not burning down the barn. Let's see if he can put together back-to-back weeks. See if he takes a forth in New Hampshire, etc.

I am NOT a fan of Ron Paul's. I don't know much about him. But I hate the warmed-over thugs who populate the landscape presently. I am excited to see any change of perspective.

I will have to read more on Ron Paul before I can make an opinion. The Ron Paul movement kind of reminds me of the Ross Perot movement that happened. If the man is fair and honest he is 100x better than our current monkey in a suit.

Your correct. I have friends that know that short sack of bird droppings. He convinced many people he was sincere and real. He lied and became the George Bush stalking horse.

Ron Paul, I believe, could be a stalking horse that would aid both Butch Clinton and Rudy the Dom. But, I hope he is a serious candidate. To at least create some friction if not action in the campaign. His political philosophy is not republican, it's libertarien. That may be a new political ideal that America is ready to embrace.

If however, he becomes a stalking horse, we may see a president with as little as a 38 percent popular vote.

As far as I am concerned, Paul is by far the best candidate in the race thus far. I have major differences with him in a few areas, however on balance, freedom is the overriding consideration.
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Here is an interesting take on Paul and his money raising.

excerpts from Commentary » Blog Archive » Could Ron Paul Be the Ralph Nader of 2008?

At the same time, it seems to surprise many that Paul’s undeniable grassroots effectiveness hasn’t translated to a showing either in national or state polls. That’s surely due to the fact that many if not most of those who are sending money to Paul are not, in fact, Republicans. They are more plausibly among the 3 million or so who voted for Ralph Nader on the Green Party line in 2000, or even among those who rained money down on Howard Dean in the summer of 2003.


Which brings to mind an interesting scenario for 2008: Could Ron Paul run an independent candidacy for president in 2008 on a libertarian/anti-war/anti-monetarist platform? At this moment, it seems plausible, especially if the Democratic party nominates Hillary Clinton, who is bizarrely considered a neocon hawk by the Left netroots.
And despite Paul’s nominal standing as a Republican — and it is nominal — wouldn’t his candidacy draw more from disaffected Democrats, as liberal Republican John Anderson’s 1980 third-party candidacy pulled voters away from Jimmy Carter and not from Ronald Reagan?

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His peeps are odd bed fellows. Some veteran groups are looking at him. Ralph Nader types as well. Many republicans hate the lies of this administration and may support him. Tax and spend foes are lining up behind him. According to the AP even right wing hardcore people who hate the police state are coming to the surface.

What it looks like is ultra anything are attracted to his libertarian mantra. Mainstream republicans and democrats can't stand the guy. Remember, it's the mainstream party hard liners that make it rain at fund raisers. If Paul can make his web site donations churn we will see some lightning in the primaries.

Frankly, I'm LMAO over all this. It worries me that Paul's campaign helps Butch and Rudy, because of the rearrangement of vote blocks. But it is interesting to watch so far. I hope we have a clear plurality with a mandate for the winner, whoever it may be.

the only reps who are staying away from Ron Paul are the ones who really believe we need to be in Iraq. the only dems staying away from Ron Paul are the ones who think it would be sacrilegious to vote for a rep!

there is a big chunk of votes out there that the current media favorites won't touch.






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And there you have it. My only hope is he pulls enough votes from Rudy to make him an also ran. Because if that SOB gets the presidency, this country is doomed.

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Why do you hate Ron Paul, medicineman?