Sunday, November 18, 2007
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.
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Ron Paul certainly is a feisty one that seems to be putting in the hours. It is evident that all his posters that have been strategically placed have increased his popularity. In fact, just today, I saw one of his little banners on a bench. I have also seen many Ron Paul posters in colleges. His tenacious character has certainly brought him more supporters, and I think his popularity will increase even more. It is also very beneficial to have funds; his campaign is right in attempting to gain a larger sum of financial support.
So if Ron Paul holds the record for most money raised in a day, why is he still among the second (or third) tier of candidates? I've also noticed the Ron Paul posters everywhere, as Armando mentioned, even at the Thanksgiving Day 10K I ran down at Petco Park. Before the race started, there was this guy holding a Ron Paul sign who kept walking back and forth, back and forth, in front of the start line--just 20 yards from where the elite runners were getting ready to go. So what's the disconnect here? (And a great first submission!)
But now the question remains - will Pon Paul's rising popularity and support be enough to earn him the GOP nomination? With someone like Paul, whose views align more with Libertarians than Republicans, and whose base rests with independents, anti-Iraq war Republicans, and a portion of the youth vote, he could conceivably unite a rather unique voting bloc; but that would likely be at the expense of alientating grassroots Republicans.
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