Ron Paul: Five Million Dollar Man
Ron Paul’s campaign confirms that it collected $5,080,000 in the third quarter of fundraising. That’s more than double the campaign’s second quarter haul of $2.4 million; it’s also as much as “comeback” candidate John McCain has reportedly raised. Paul has $5.3 million cash on hand, again topping McCain.
That’s a far larger total than anyone expected from Paul and it clobbers the rumored numbers that were floating around this week: The Wall Street Journal had reported a $3 million haul. But Paul’s 11th hour fundraiser, which raised $1.2 million in seven days, demonstrated that the Paul donation machine had dramatically grown during the summer.
