Ron Paul campaign gaining serious momentum

November 13, 2007

Ron Paul's presidential campaign is gaining some serious momentum around the country - launched by a record-breaking day of donations.

The Ron Paul Revolution raised more than a few eyebrows in Washington earlier last week when it announced Monday that it raised $4.3 million in just 24 hours.

Paul's campaign of abolishing the Department of Education, the Federal Reserve Bank, Medicare, Medicaid and pulling out of membership in the United Nations or NATO has garnered legions of fans.

He also says he'll get rid of all federal drug laws and pull U.S. troops from Iraq immediately.

Paul has widespread support throughout the US and not just on the internet - as many in the mainstream media have reported.

Paul, when asked about his appeal to young people said, "They don't trust government. Government has been messing things up. And they respond favorably to not worrying about paying income tax and getting out of Social Security."

Paul on U.S. foreign policy said, "I make them feel good that you can be conservative and pro-truth and pro-American and pro-Constitution and not want to go to war for needless purposes. They've been made to feel ... that if you don't support all these invasions and all this fighting, somehow you're anti-American."

Paul has suggested that our foreign policy has fueled terrorism and contributed to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. He often says, "They came over here because we went over there." This has infuriated his neocon GOP rivals that have been beating the drum for bombing Iran.

Even before Paul's record day, Paul's campaign had more than $5 million on hand at the close of the third quarter,exceeding the coffers of such better-known White House hopefuls as Sen. John McCain, Sen. Joe Biden, Sen. Chris Dodd and Republican former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

Paul believes he will have made an impact even if he doen't win the presidential race. "They can't silence us," he said. "The message is out of the bag, so to speak. The message is out there. I have no idea what's going to happen to the campaign. I'm doing so much better than I ever dreamed."

Paul said on an appearence on The Tonight Show, "There's probably a risk I could win."

© Carl Thiel in Washington for AlaskaReport News

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