FrogButler
Smash Journeyman
Yahoo article.
So far the official number is up in the air, but it's guaranteed that Ron Paul was spammed with somewhere between $6.1-6.4 million in donations for a total of ~$18 million at this point in the quarter. That's already beating John Kerry's record of $5.7 million and could potentially mean breaking Hillary's so-called $6.2 million record. Of the donors, approximately 22,749 were new. Perhaps more importantly, this propels Paul well ahead of his Republican counterparts in fundraising for the fourth quarter, and most likely in cash-on-hand considering his lead in that department at the beginning of this quarter.
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Originally Posted by Yahoo
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul's supporters raised over $6 million Sunday to boost the 10-term Texas congressman's campaign for the White House.
Called a "Money Bomb," the goal was to raise as much money as possible on the Internet in one day. The campaign's previous fundraiser brought in $4.2 million.
At midnight EST, donations were over $6 million, according to the campaign Web site. Those donations are processed credit card receipts, said Paul campaign spokesman Jesse Benton. Benton said the median donation is about $50 in the fundraiser, which was the idea of Paul supporters who are not officially connected to the campaign.
Trevor Lyman, a Paul supporter who is traveling the country following the Ron Paul blimp, said the date of the fundraiser coincides with the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.
The Ron Paul blimp is an aerial billboard emblazoned on one side with "Who is Ron Paul? Google Ron Paul." The other side reads "Ron Paul Revolution." The blimp, another grass-roots effort, was in Chester, S.C., on Sunday, and organizers hope to get it to New Hampshire before the Jan. 8 primary there.
Viva la spam, it seems.
So far the official number is up in the air, but it's guaranteed that Ron Paul was spammed with somewhere between $6.1-6.4 million in donations for a total of ~$18 million at this point in the quarter. That's already beating John Kerry's record of $5.7 million and could potentially mean breaking Hillary's so-called $6.2 million record. Of the donors, approximately 22,749 were new. Perhaps more importantly, this propels Paul well ahead of his Republican counterparts in fundraising for the fourth quarter, and most likely in cash-on-hand considering his lead in that department at the beginning of this quarter.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Yahoo
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul's supporters raised over $6 million Sunday to boost the 10-term Texas congressman's campaign for the White House.
Called a "Money Bomb," the goal was to raise as much money as possible on the Internet in one day. The campaign's previous fundraiser brought in $4.2 million.
At midnight EST, donations were over $6 million, according to the campaign Web site. Those donations are processed credit card receipts, said Paul campaign spokesman Jesse Benton. Benton said the median donation is about $50 in the fundraiser, which was the idea of Paul supporters who are not officially connected to the campaign.
Trevor Lyman, a Paul supporter who is traveling the country following the Ron Paul blimp, said the date of the fundraiser coincides with the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.
The Ron Paul blimp is an aerial billboard emblazoned on one side with "Who is Ron Paul? Google Ron Paul." The other side reads "Ron Paul Revolution." The blimp, another grass-roots effort, was in Chester, S.C., on Sunday, and organizers hope to get it to New Hampshire before the Jan. 8 primary there.
Viva la spam, it seems.
