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10-03-2007, 03:30 PM
Ron Paul raises $5 million in third quarter
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5185514.html
By BENNETT ROTH
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Rep. Ron Paul's presidential campaign reported today to have raised $5 million in the third quarter of this year, a sum suggesting that the Lake Jackson Republican's Internet-driven campaign continues to attract intense support despite his low standing in the national polls.
The libertarian-leaning Republican has drawn media interest and a group of devoted followers, in part because of his outspoken opposition to the Iraq war, which has set him apart from other GOP presidential candidates.
"Dr. Paul's message is freedom, peace and prosperity," Kent Snyder, Paul's campaign chairman, said in a statement. "As these fund-raising numbers show, more Americans each day are embracing Dr. Paul's message."
For the period ending Sept. 30, the Paul campaign reported it had raised more than twice as much as it did in the second quarter, when the candidate surprised analysts by reporting more cash on hand than Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, one of the top-tier White House contenders.
Paul's campaign also said that it will report having $5.3 million cash on hand, more than double the cash on hand the candidate reported from the second quarter.
The McCain campaign has not officially released its numbers for the third quarter, which must be filed with the Federal Elections Commission by Oct. 15. But the Associated Press reported this week that McCain officials say they will raise more than $5 million for the third quarter.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is expected to report contributions of about $10 million, and former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson has raise more than $8 million. Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who led the GOP field in second-quarter fund-raising, has not disclosed his contributions for the third quarter.
Nathan Gonzales, the political editor of the nonpartisan Rothenberg Political Report, said that Paul "has found a niche on the Internet, and I would guess his fund-raising was helped by that."
But Gonzales warned that "Paul's fund-raising shows that money isn't everything," arguing that the Texan was not in the first or even second tier of GOP presidential contenders.
An ABC/Washington Post poll released this week indicates that Paul has drawn the support of 3 percent of GOP primary voters. He trails Giuliani, Thompson, Romney, McCain, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in the survey, conducted Sept. 27 through Sept. 30.
However, Paul's supported jumped from 1 percent in a poll conducted in early September.
bennett.roth@chron.com
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5185514.html
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5185514.html
By BENNETT ROTH
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Rep. Ron Paul's presidential campaign reported today to have raised $5 million in the third quarter of this year, a sum suggesting that the Lake Jackson Republican's Internet-driven campaign continues to attract intense support despite his low standing in the national polls.
The libertarian-leaning Republican has drawn media interest and a group of devoted followers, in part because of his outspoken opposition to the Iraq war, which has set him apart from other GOP presidential candidates.
"Dr. Paul's message is freedom, peace and prosperity," Kent Snyder, Paul's campaign chairman, said in a statement. "As these fund-raising numbers show, more Americans each day are embracing Dr. Paul's message."
For the period ending Sept. 30, the Paul campaign reported it had raised more than twice as much as it did in the second quarter, when the candidate surprised analysts by reporting more cash on hand than Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, one of the top-tier White House contenders.
Paul's campaign also said that it will report having $5.3 million cash on hand, more than double the cash on hand the candidate reported from the second quarter.
The McCain campaign has not officially released its numbers for the third quarter, which must be filed with the Federal Elections Commission by Oct. 15. But the Associated Press reported this week that McCain officials say they will raise more than $5 million for the third quarter.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is expected to report contributions of about $10 million, and former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson has raise more than $8 million. Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who led the GOP field in second-quarter fund-raising, has not disclosed his contributions for the third quarter.
Nathan Gonzales, the political editor of the nonpartisan Rothenberg Political Report, said that Paul "has found a niche on the Internet, and I would guess his fund-raising was helped by that."
But Gonzales warned that "Paul's fund-raising shows that money isn't everything," arguing that the Texan was not in the first or even second tier of GOP presidential contenders.
An ABC/Washington Post poll released this week indicates that Paul has drawn the support of 3 percent of GOP primary voters. He trails Giuliani, Thompson, Romney, McCain, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in the survey, conducted Sept. 27 through Sept. 30.
However, Paul's supported jumped from 1 percent in a poll conducted in early September.
bennett.roth@chron.com
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5185514.html