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Ron Paul
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Ron Paul is a 10th-term Congressman, a physician (M.D.), and a 2008 presidential candidate from the state of Texas, seeking the nomination of the Republican Party.

Campaign developments

See also: Ron Paul presidential campaign developments, 2008

Polling

On November 20, 2007, Ron Paul won a Zogby International blind poll of general voters by a wide margin over the other GOP contenders, but finishing third when polling was limited to "likely Republican primary voters". A blind poll presents potential voters with descriptions of candidates rather than candidate names. The poll was conducted for Alex Jones [1] ; Zogby polls are often unreliable when conducted on behalf of others. [2]

In a CNN telephone poll conducted in February 2007, Paul was the candidate with the least name recognition besides John Cox, leading poll watchers to report that he has the most room to grow if his Internet popularity can expand to voter support.[3] A Gallup poll conducted in July 2007 showed 3% of Republicans and Independents who lean Republican having Paul as their first choice for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008.[4]

With one-fourth of people under 30 years old without land line telephones, some bloggers speculate that Paul's polling numbers underestimate his level of support.[5]

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Ron Paul rally poster in Nashville, Tennessee

A July 2007 Gallup analysis of the relationship between religiosity and preference among the Presidential candidates indicated that Republicans and Republican-leaning voters seldom or never attending church are several times more likely to favor Paul than those in the same group attending church regularly.[6]

Paul drew 3% support in New Hampshire in a May 2007 Zogby poll, fifth among possible Republican contenders.[7] Paul also came in second in fundraising in Montana (the sixth least populated state) and at the head of the pack of "second-tier" candidates in 14 other states.[8][9]

In polling conducted at the Utah GOP convention on June 9, 2007, Paul placed second behind Mitt Romney.[10] Paul also placed second in the straw poll conducted at the National Taxpayers Union conference, following Fred Thompson.[11] Ron Paul placed second, polling 17%, in a Cobb County GOP straw poll on July 4, 2007.[12] Ron Paul won the Coalition for New Hampshire Taxpayers straw poll with 65% of the vote. Rudy Giuliani placed a distant second with 8%.[13]

Ron Paul placed third in the Illinois Straw Poll on August 16, 2007, with 18.87 % of the vote, polling just 0.4 % behind undeclared candidate Fred Thompson. Unlike the Ames Straw Poll, there was no cost for voting in the Illinois Straw Poll. Paul dominated the similar West Alabama Republican Assembly 2007 Presidential Preference Straw Poll on August 18, 2007, capturing 216 of 266 votes (81%), far ahead of distant second Mitt Romney, who won only 14.[14] On August 18, Paul also won the Strafford County, New Hampshire, straw poll, with over 70% of the votes.[15] Paul won the South Sound Ronald Reagan Republican Club's straw poll on August 21 in Snohomish County, Washington, with 30 percent of the vote, with Fred Thompson coming in a close second with 27 percent.[16]

Two New Hampshire polls from November 11 place Ron Paul's support at 7%.[17] He got 8% of likely New Hampshire primary Republican voters in another CBS News/ New York Times poll on November 9-12,[18] and 9% in a Pew Research Center survey on November 7-25.[19] In a Washington Post-ABC News poll which was conducted by telephone from November 29 through December 3, among likely Republican primary voters in New Hampshire, Ron Paul got 8%. [15]

Paul broke into two digits with 11% in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll in South Carolina between December 9 and 12, 2007.[20]

As of December 21, 2007, Ron Paul was polling in third place in Iowa, behind only Huckabee and Romney and tied with other "top tier" candidates.[21]

Fundraising

Ron Paul's 2007 fundraising efforts by quarter.

Ron Paul has set the fund-raising record.[22] Initially presumed dismissed or ignored as a minor Republican nomination candidate, he has grown increasingly dominant as a fundraising force, through large numbers of donations from common people instead of small numbers of large donations at fundraisers held in the normal establishment way. Each quarter, Paul's ranking among Republican nomination fundraisers has increased.

Unlike other major party presidential candidates, Paul discloses all campaign fundraising immediately, instead of when required to each quarter by law.

Populist dominance

Practically all of Paul's campaign money comes from individual contributors,[23] with almost half (47%) of the funds raised from small contributions of $200 or less.[24]

After raising more than $7 million in November 2007 alone, Ron Paul at the conclusion of that month was on pace to raise over $16.5 million for the fourth quarter, with detailed estimates as high as $20 million.

The Politico expects Paul to be the #1 Republican fundraiser for the fourth quarter of 2007, unless Mitt Romney exceeds Paul's total via his own contributions.[25]

First quarter 2007

Ron Paul raised more money in New Hampshire in the first quarter of 2007 than presumed Republican front-runners John McCain and Rudy Giuliani. As of March 31, 2007, Paul had raised $639,989 for his campaign nationwide. Of that, he had spent $115,070, giving him $525,919 cash-on-hand.[26]

Second quarter 2007

As of the end of the second quarter 2007, Ron Paul had over $2.4 million in the bank, which was more than John McCain, who had $2 million. He outraised every second-tier candidate, and was fourth in fundraising among the Republicans, behind the three frontrunners.[27]

Third quarter 2007

During the third quarter, Paul received more itemized contributions (donations exceeding $200) than both Giuliani and Romney in 7 states: Washington, New Mexico, Kansas, North Dakota, Montana, Alaska, and Hawaii. [28] [29] [30] In Iowa he received only 2 percent less itemized contributions than Romney, the winner of the straw poll. Forty-nine percent of Paul's total contributions was from donations not exceeding $200 and therefore was not included in the state totals for the quarter. [28] Eighteen percent of Romney's total contributions was not included. [30] Only eleven percent of Giuliani's total contributions was not included. Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).[31][32] (Thompson did not report any contributions in the first two quarters.) Thompson reported less than 1 percent more than Paul in Kansas and Oklahoma. Forty-seven percent of Paul's total contributions in the first three quarters was from donations not exceeding $200 and therefore was not included in the state totals.[33] Thirty-two percent of Thompson's total contributions was not included in the state totals.[34]

With donations of $200 or less included, it can be estimated that Thompson received more contributions than Paul in only the District of Columbia and 18 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

On September 2, 2007, Paul's campaign reported receiving donations in excess of $100,000 during a fundraiser held Labor Day weekend.[35]

In September 2007, Paul was reported to have received more donations from actively serving armed service men and women than any other Republican Presidential candidate.[36]

On September 24, the Paul campaign began an internet funding drive on the RonPaul2008.com website with the goal of raising $500,000 online by September 30th.[37] By September 27, the goal had been surpassed. Paul released a statement on his website saying "Frankly, I'm floored. And very, very grateful." The goal was raised to $1 million by midnight September 30th.[38] This goal was surpassed on September 29, with 25 hours to spare; eventually raising slightly over $1.2 million by midnight September 30 in seven days.

On October 3, the campaign produced a press release stating that it had raised $5,080,000 in the third quarter, an increase of 114 percent from the second quarter. The campaign pointed out that the Republican candidates conventionally deemed "front-runners" had large decreases in fundraising during the same time period. [39] The campaign reported cash on hand of $5.4 million which is more than John McCain [40] [41] The campaign spent $2,824,785 of the $8,240,610 that he received in the first three quarters. That is only 34 percent.

Fourth quarter 2007

Money bombs

See also: Moneybomb

In early October 2007, a website was set up to raise $1 million per week independently for Ron Paul's campaign by having individuals pledge en masse the same amount (per donor) on the same day each week. News media began referring to this effort as a "money bomb". By mid-October, several other "money bomb" fund raising dates, all unaffiliated with the actual Ron Paul campaign, had caused fund raising spikes of hundreds of thousands of dollars each.

Donation rates for November 5th. On average, over 1500 people donated per hour.[42]

In late October, a grass-roots website called This November 5th[43] was launched, requesting pledges for the Paul campaign on November 5, the anti-establishment Guy Fawkes Day. They collected over 18,000 e-mail addresses.

On November 5, the campaign raised over $4.3 million[44]. That amount is the largest amount collected on a single day by any Republican candidate.[45] [46] Paul also set the record for largest amount of on-line fund raising in a single day ever in U.S. history with the November 5 event[47], though this was broken by another event of his on December 16.[48] Paul eclipsed his overall third-quarter fundraising total around 2:30 p.m. EST. Paul's December campaign contributions rose to over $7.1 million and the Q4 campaign contributions rose to over $17 million as a result of this push. The campaign website displays a novel real-time display of the dollars and the names of donors.[49] Smaller fund raising money bombs continued throughout November and early December, putting Paul on course to be a top candidate, financially, for the quarter.

Dec. 16th donation rates

The next money bomb intended to raise millions occurred on December 16, a date chosen largely for being the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. A week previous, pledges to donate were comparable to the November 5 money bomb; the drive raised nearly $2 million more than the November 5 event, bringing in over $6 million in the largest single day of fund raising, on-line or not, in U.S. presidential campaign history.[50] During the last minutes of the drive, the server refused to accept contributions due to an overload of donations, as about 100 contributors per minute donated to the campaign; More than an additional $100,000 were donated within the hour past midnight.[51][52][53] Criticisms have been leveled at the mainstream media for their marginal coverage of Paul's fundraising, such as on Morning Joe on December 18, 2007, when Willie Geist stated: "You raised 6 million dollars on one day and there it is buried on page 50 of The Washington Post." When MSNBC's Tucker Carlson interviewed Ron Paul's campaign chairman Kent Snyder he remarked of the low profile of Ron Paul news, "That must drive you bananas."

2008 GOP Presidential Debates

Main article: Ron Paul presidential debates, 2008
Main article: Republican Presidential Debates, 2008

Notable campaign appearances

Main article: List of Ron Paul campaign 2008 appearances

Internet popularity

Paul has participated in several 2008 GOP debates, the majority of which he won according to the sponsors' own online or text-message phone polls.[54] After the first debate, ABC News noted that Paul has a "robust online presence."[55] U.S. News has reported him to have an increasing on-line popularity: "…his supporters have flocked to the Internet with such enthusiasm that Paul is now showing up among the much richer candidates in various measures of Internet traffic."[56] According to USA Today, Ron Paul is an "online natural".[57] TIME magazine labels Paul "the new 2.0 candidate" in reference to "his success recruiting supporters through new social media channels".[58] The New York Times writes that "The web takes Ron Paul for a ride" and that his campaign has "snowballed on the Internet".[59] According to KDPaine and Partners, Ron Paul's YouTube videos make up half of the top 10 of all candidate videos and he has the largest overall viewership of any candidate.[60] Jack Cafferty has stated Ron Paul's followers "at any given moment can almost overpower the Internet."[61]

Rankings

Paul's Internet presence has been measured by his ranking as a top Web search term by Technorati,[56] which compares popularity in the blogosphere. While Sean Hannity of Fox News claims a small number of supporters intentionally inflate Paul's rankings and skew the statistics,[62][63][64] Technorati spokesman Aaron Krane affirms his company's position that Paul's search popularity is genuine to the best of their knowledge.[56]

Beyond the blogosphere, Paul has shown strength across other top Internet sites. Alexa.com data shows Paul's campaign website receiving more traffic than Rudy Giuliani, John McCain or Mitt Romney.[65] Hitwise ranks Ron Paul as the most frequent candidate search term, by a significant margin over Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.[66] Kate Kaye of ClickZNews reports that Ron Paul has "rocketed from fifth place to first" in their Republican Candidates' Site Traffic Market Share and Rankings report.[67]

Traders in on-line prediction market InTrade bet in early November 2007 on Paul having 7 to 9 percent chance of becoming the Republican presidential nominee, ranking third among the contenders.[68] Oddsmakers at betting exchange Sportsbook.com changed Paul's odds for becoming president from 200-1 to 15-1 in May 2007, then to 8-1 in August 2007[69] and to 6-1 in October 2007.[70]

Another trading market, World Sports Exchange slashed his payout potential in half from $2,400 to $1,150 for a $100 bet, confirming his continuing uptrend.

Social networking

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Man looking at a Ron Paul pamphlet at Nashville War Memorial.

In addition to his search popularity, Ron Paul has become popular on a variety of social networking websites. Paul has over 100,000 "friends" on MySpace.[71] He also has strong support on Facebook, with over 58,800 supporters as of December 30, 2007.[72] He is currently getting 9% of the votes in Facebook's Elections 2008 presidential poll, placing him first among Republicans and second among all candidates, behind Barack Obama, but ahead of Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani.[73]

Paul claims the most YouTube views of all Republican candidates, over 6.8 million,[74] and the most subscriptions of all candidates, having surpassed Barack Obama on May 20 2007.[75] Paul's YouTube channel is among the Top 40 most subscribed of all time, achieving 40,000 subscribers in December 2007.[76][77] The Ron Paul Girl is an internet video not originally generated from the campaign, but which has amounted to hundreds of thousands of viewings and is thought to have contributed materially to internet fundraising.[78]

Summed up by James Rainey of the L.A. Times, "Paulites tend to be tech-savvy, tired of traditional politics and suspicious of their government and the mainstream media. But after that, they defy categories...[consisting of] Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians and Constitution Party followers uniting behind some or all of the Paul libertarian agenda -- ending the war in Iraq, abolishing gun control laws, legalizing marijuana and dismantling big hunks of the U.S. government, especially the IRS and Federal Reserve system."[79]

As of November 4, 2007, Ron Paul has the largest distributed grassroots organization on Meetup.com of all candidates, with over 61,000 members in 1,116 Meetup groups.[80] In comparison, Barack Obama—who has the second largest Meetup organization among active candidates—has just over 4,000 members among 70 Meetup groups.[80] David Watson who is the Topeka, Kansas, Meetup.com coordinator, has started a Web site for connecting people to the different Ron Paul discussions.[81] Ron Paul has also earned the attention of many sympathizers outside of the United States.[82][83]

Supporters "guard [Paul's] image against what they see as a purposeful marginalization by the media",[84][85] and cite his victories in 2008 GOP debate sponsors' online and phone text polls to argue he deserves more mainstream recognition.[86][87] Jack Cafferty has observed that Ron Paul's grassroots network is one "politicians dream about" and that no other candidate running has a base as dedicated or as vocal as Paul's.[88]

Grassroots campaign efforts

There have been several efforts started and maintained by his supporters independent of the official Ron Paul campaign.

Ron Paul Blimp

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The Ron Paul Blimp.

The Ron Paul Blimp is an aerial billboard emblazoned on one side with "Who is Ron Paul? Google Ron Paul" and "Ron Paul Revolution" on the other.[89] The Ron Paul Blimp is set to fly from North Carolina, over Washington, New York and Boston, before heading to New Hampshire. Like the unprecedented online fundraising behind Paul’s bid, the blimp effort isn’t affiliated with the official campaign and pushes traditional political conventions. Paul supporters have donated over $200,000 to give the blimp its financial backing.[90][91]

There also exists a "micro-blimp" emblazoned with the same logos as the full sized blimp. The micro-blimp flies over the San Diego area. The micro-blimp was created by Elizabeth Blane, who bought the 20-foot blimp after hearing about the main dirigible.[citation needed]

Boston Tea Party re-enactment

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Boston Tea Party re-enactment at Lady Bird Lake, Freeport, Texas, December 16, 2007.

On December 16, 2007, Ron Paul supporters re-enacted the dumping of tea into Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party by tossing banners that read "Tyranny" and "No Taxation Without Representation" into boxes that were in the harbor.[92]Other supporters also planned to re-enact the event by dumping tea from the Ron Paul Blimp into the Boston harbor, although the blimp ended up being grounded that day.[93] Many other Ron Paul supporters also gathered in several other cities as part of the Tea Party re-enactment, including: Strasbourg, France; Santa Monica, California; Maui, Hawaii; and Freeport and Austin, Texas. The largest gathering outside Boston was in Austin, where many Paul enthusiasts wore period costumes and played flutes and snare drums. The Austin Police Department estimates 2000 to 3000 attendees.[94] In California at the Santa Monica Pier, symbols of government excess were dumped into the bay -- then immediately hauled out to prevent any pollution.[95] Ron Paul himself tossed a barrel labeled "Iraq War" overboard at the Tea Party Re-enactment in Freeport, Texas.[96][97]

Other events

Planned for these supporters are a "Rock for Ron Paul" concert Jan. 17 in Hollywood and a "Hotties for Ron Paul" 2008 wall calendar[98]. Various other "bombing" events are scheduled as well, all by grassroots organization and leadership. Some of these include a New Year's eve moneybomb on Dec. 31[99], a New Year's moneybomb on Jan. 1[100], a nationwide signbomb overnight on Jan. 8[101], and a "Paul-a-Palooza" Ron Paul march in Las Vegas Jan. 12-13[102]. In addition, one 45-year-old artist and adventurer is bicycling from Santa Monica to the Jefferson Memorial in Washington to raise awareness about Paul. Even a Nevada brothel owner recently promised to take up a collection from his customers to back Paul's bid[103].

Criticism

Toward the Candidate

In November, a Nevada brothel owner gave Paul his stamp of approval and raised money for the Texas congressman. Dennis Hof, owner of the Moonlite BunnyRanch near Carson City, wanted to leave collection boxes outside the door so people could drop in their political contributions. A spokesman for Paul says the politician with a libertarian streak doesn't condone prostitution on a personal level. But, he says, "it's not the role of federal government and it's not in the constitution for federal government to regulate these things." [104] Hof's operation was shut down because of regulations against anonymous political donations.

In December 2007, Paul was criticized by USA Today for not returning a $500 donation from Don Black, operator of Stormfront, a White Nationalist Community website. Paul's staff responded "Dr. Paul stands for freedom, peace, prosperity and inalienable rights. If someone with small ideologies happens to contribute money to Ron, thinking he can influence Ron in any way, he's wasted his money,"... "Ron is going to take the money and try to spread the message of freedom." [105]

Paul was also criticized on Meet the Press by Tim Russert for asking that $400 million in previously earmarked funds be directed back to his district for water projects, a nursing program, to expand a hospital cancer center and $10 million to promote Texas shrimp.[106][107] On Meet the Press, Paul defended his bid for the earmarked funds saying he never voted for an earmark in his life. Tim Russert said Paul's statement was like saying, "you voted for it before you voted against it." [108] Congressman Paul responded,"I put them in because I represent people who are asking for some of their money back,"..."I'm against the tax system, but I take all my tax credits. I want to get their money back for the people."[106]

Toward the Supporters

Criticism has been levied at Ron Paul supporters. At the start of the Ron Paul Meetup group, co-host Don Mooney asked, "How many of you wear tinfoil hats and dance the macarena?"[95] Columnist Mona Charen recently said that Paul has "conspiracy-minded fans." Paul supporters have commented in interviews they didn't condone harsh tactics or violence, but some supporters have become bitter because of the lack of publicity the mainstream media had given their candidate. The marginal coverage of Paul's record-breaking fundraising[109] was discussed on Morning Joe on December 18, 2007, when Willie Geist stated: "You raised 6 million dollars on one day and there it is buried on page 50 of The Washington Post."

Endorsements

Ron Paul has the official endorsement and support of a number of notable people in the 2008 nomination race, including academics, actors, politicians, and political organizations and pundits.


Comments by observers

  • On February 20, 2007, prior to Paul formally announcing his candidacy, Radley Balko of Foxnews.com wrote an article[197] titled "Ron Paul, the Real Republican?" Balko concludes the piece with: "Of all the candidates so far declared, only Paul can credibly lay claim to the legacy of the Reagan-Goldwater revolution. How well he does, how long he lasts, and who ends up defeating him will reveal whether there's any limited government allegiance at all still stirring the Republican Party."
  • In November 2007, Glenn Beck implied that some Ron Paul supporters are terrorists. He later gave Ron Paul a full hour interview and an opportunity to distance himself from the more extreme supporters.[198]
  • Bill Maher, professional comedian and talk show host, referred to Paul as his "new hero" in response to the Congressman's anti-war comments during the May 15, 2007, South Carolina debate.[201] In the same show, he asked his guest, Democratic presidential candidate Senator Christopher Dodd, why Dodd couldn't be a "truth-teller" like Paul.
  • Andrew Napolitano, Fox News analyst and former New Jersey Supreme Court judge, has praised Paul's stances in Congress, calling him "the Thomas Jefferson of our day."[202] Napolitano recently recommended Ron Paul for the United States Supreme Court, in a Reason Magazine article, "Reigning Supreme: Who should be the next pick for the nation's high court?" [17] [18].
  • In an interview in June 2007, former presidential candidate Ralph Nader praised Ron Paul and fellow candidate Democrat Mike Gravel.[203]
  • Democratic congressman John Larson (CT-1) gave a speech in the House of Representatives in which he said:[204]

"Meanwhile, while [Republicans] dither, we lost more than 23 soldiers this past weekend. How much longer can the insanity continue here without a strategy that provides us with the strategic withdrawal to an over-the-horizon force as has been advocated on this floor by colleagues on both sides of the aisle? Why is it that Ron Paul is the only presidential candidate who has the nerve on the Republican side to talk about it without fear of being called unpatriotic or in fact booed in an audience?"

  • Syndicated columnist Joseph Sobran wrote of Paul in June 2007: "He may have become at last what he has always deserved to be: the most respected member of the U.S. Congress. He is also the only Republican candidate for president who is truly what all the others pretend to be, namely, a conservative."[205]
  • The Economist noted Paul's rising poll ratings and Internet popularity, and pointedly asked the question: "Is this would-be president brave or crazy?" (July 19, 2007) [206]
  • Robert Novak noted on July 27, 2007, that "Republican leaders report that the most enthusiasm among grassroots activists is for Gingrich and libertarian Representative Ron Paul."[207]
  • In August 2007, Fordham University communications professor and commentator Paul Levinson gave a talk to the New York City Ron Paul Meetup group concerning what he called the media's bias against Paul.[208]
  • George Will said in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week on October 7, 2007: "Where's my man Ron Paul?... There's a certain purity and clarity to the man, and people like that." [210] In an earlier Newsday article (Feb. 26, 2007 issue), Will had referred to Paul both as a "man of principle" and as a "Cheerful Anachronism".
  • International investor and author Jim Rogers in a video interview on the Financial Times website says that Ron Paul "is the only one I've seen in American politics that seems to have a clue with what's going on in the world..." [211]

See also

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