Paul's Weekly Update (Nov. 19-24)

Congressman Paul continues to rise in the polls; the CNN/WMUR poll on Monday demonstrated that Paul rose to fourth place in New Hampshire, above candidate Fred Thompson.  Simultaneously with his rise in polls, Paul also continues to rise in fundraising gains.  In a television interview (Political Capital with Al Hunt) on Friday, Paul asserted that he expects to surpass his $12 million goal in the fourth quarter.  Already, Paul has not hesitated to begin spending his influx in campaign money, spending it in New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina, and Nevada. Furthermore, on the 23^rd a supporter of Paul generously spent $85,000 to have a supportive article of the candidate appear in USA Today’s front-page.  Paul also spent time on Sunday, November 19th rallying with over two hundred University of Iowa students.  Despite his overwhelming growth in support, Congressman Paul was also chosen as one of GQ magazine’s “Men of the Year.”  He was named the "Dark Horse of the Year," and was the only presidential candidate that GQ honored.  The issue will be released this Tuesday, November 27th.  Next week, Paul will be continuing his campaign in South Carolina and will finish the week off at the Florida Democratic Debate on November 28^th.  

Paul's Weekly Update 1 (Nov. 5-18)

During the first week of November, Ron Paul has been busy on the road raising money and impressing the country with his overwhelming popularity. Paul spoke on November 9th at the University of New Hampshire; Paul's message of freedom and liberty resonated well with a predominantly young crowd that can't have enough freedom and liberty. He is rising in the polls as seen in New Hampshire poll with an increasing 6%. I am sure many of you have seen the Revolution 2008 Ron Paul signs that have proved to be influential in his support. Paul just announced his fourth quarter numbers on November 5th raising approximately 5.1 million dollars which should rival such candidates as John McCain and raising over 4.3 million dollars in one day. His website shows his money support at over 8.5 million dollars as of today and challanges his contributors to get him over the 12 million dollar mark. At his Independence Mall rally on November 10 in Pennsylvania attracted over 5000 supporters and he was recently, on November 5th, endorsed by the students at MIT University. He spoke to an Iowa radio station about his new popularity and his new message of freedom, constitutional idea and money policies. Other than that, Ron Paul has been making big waves with his little campaign. He continues to go onto discussions and talks around the country raising enormous amounts of money.