The Political Chase

Ron Paul’s Golden Goose

Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)

The “conventional” Republican presidential candidates view Ron Paul’s bid for the White House as a joke. The Des Moines Register dismissed him as “extreme.” If anybody is extreme, it is Paul’s supporters. They’re extremely serious and convey their seriousness in the form of big bucks. $6 million dollars worth of extreme in one day (Sunday) and $18.2 million for the quarter as of this morning.

After their record-setting fundraiser last month generated $4.2 million in one day, his supporters decided to have another “slam-dunk” fundraiser to coincide with the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. Appropriate indeed, given Paul’s libertarian views. It worked, and with thousands of new contributors for this event, which is quite telling. Of the 56,000 contributors (that’s not a typo) Sunday, 25,000 were first-time contributors.

The next time Rudy Giuliani laughs at, not with, Ron Paul on the debating stage, Paul should turn towards the Mayor (with dubious friends and plummeting ratings), put his golden goose on his podium, give it a comforting stroke across the back,, and politely smile.