Antiwar Ron Paul is the King of GOP Fundrasing
11/8/07
Ron Paul raked in $4.2 million and signed up 20,000 new Internet donors in one day on Nov. 5. He is one of the two most fervent anti-Iraq war candidates in the presidential race, the other being Democrat Dennis Kucinich of Ohio.
In a telephone Interview from New Hampshire Ron said, "We offered the message and the message spread and the organization was spontaneous," he said. "It is interesting. We sort of see the campaign operating the way the free market works. Not by central economic planning" but by "individuals doing things in their own best interest."
His supporters include everyone from day traders and college students to unemployed caregivers and veterans fed up with the Iraq war.
Paul believes he is "tapping into a huge sense of frustration" that is even bigger than he ever imagined.
"They are tired of the war, and they are tired of spending and tired big government and finally they have heard a message" that makes sense, he said.
Paul is already advertising on the radio in South Carolina. And with millions in the bank and a fraction of the overhead his competitors have, he'll have a voice when it counts in early primary and caucus states.
That alone propels him beyond gadfly status.
Paul opposed the war from the beginning, as well as the Patriot Act. He would abolish the Department of Education and decries new spending on prescription drug benefits for seniors. He opposes almost any American involvement overseas.
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