3rd Quarter Donations Suggest Ron Paul in Top Tier
Paul got half the donations of Giuliani. Paul’s poll numbers should be at least half Giuliani’s.
by James Buchanan
Over and over, we’ve been hearing reports that “Ron Paul Raised Five Million Dollars but he’s only at one or two percent in the polls.” The truth is that Ron Paul raised five million dollars AND he’s doing much better than one or two percent. Ron Paul’s donors are mostly ordinary Americans giving twenty or thirty dollar donations depending on how recently they’ve been paid.
Added to this is the fact that Ron Paul has been judged the winner of almost every Republican debate and every online poll. Ron Paul has won FOURTEEN straw polls so far giving him the best record in winning Republican straw polls. These informal polls are meant to show, which candidate real, live Republican voters prefer. Giuliani, the media-crowned “front-runner” has been beaten by Ron Paul in 28 out of 31 straw polls.
Giuliani’s supporters include New York’s rich neocon elite. Mitt Romney is probably getting a lot of his funding from wealthy Mormons and the rest of his money comes out of his personal bank account. John McCain is getting money from his country-club circles –although his support of insane liberal legislation, including the Amnesty Bill has cut his fund-raising in half. Fred Thompson is likely getting money from his Hollywood friends and fans of Law and Order.
Ron Paul however is getting money from patriots –ordinary Americans, who want to restore the Bill of Rights and end the torture and secret prisons created by the Bush-Cheney regime. (more…)