go Ron Paul!

So... he's the only Republican who actually draws crowds, the only one with substantial meetup group numbers, dominating the straw polls, and obviously, has substantial money raising going on, and the standard is still a sample of 300 Bush supporters answering a poll based pretty much entirely on name recognition? Instead of questioning such a substantial success based upon flawed polls, why don't you question flawed polls based upon substantial success?

How exciting it is to see the messege of freedom, liberty and rationality being returned to the national discourse.

I caution my fellow Ron Paul supporters; it is not the man it is the messege and with that said I love the man giving us the messege.

Please support Dr. Paul in getting the messege to others. It is well worth it. What is next is for us to change the polling numbers with real substance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz3yq-5BA20

Just want to mention that this was completely organized by the grass roots w/o any help or promotions from the campaign.

Um...The fundraiser is for advertising. The advertising is to get voters. No love lost on the mainstream media, which has been trying hard to ignore the Paul campaign.

The million dollar question is:

Where do the phone numbers for polls come from?

- Do they take a database of previous voters from last elections?

- Do they do random digit dialing?

None of the polls seem to answer the question of where they get their database of phone numbers.

mmm...ok, you and Rasmussen believe Ron Paul and Tancredo have equal support even though one has out raised the other by 10x?

Gee, who to believe, Rasmussen or the tens of thousands of citizens with open wallets? Tough one there...Have you ever thought of putting 2 and 2 together?

Ron Paul's low standing in the polls so far has been a factor of low name recognition, and some structural errors in the polls. His support is strongest among young people, who are much more likely to not have land-line telephones, and much more likely not to have voted in previous Republican primaries.

His support isn't just online, though -- he has over 60,000 volunteers signed up in over 1,000 Meetup groups, meeting in real life, handing out literature, and waving signs. Will his online and offline support translate into votes? It already has, if the dozens of grassroots Republican Party straw polls are any indication.

Ron Paul's supporters are enthusiastic, dedicated, and extremely well organized. As such, they are much MORE likely to turn out to vote in the primaries than the other candidates' supporters, who so far have just answered random telephone surveys.

How can so many keep their heads in the sand when it comes to Ron Paul's support? It's quite unbelievable... kudos to the Washington Times for at least mentioning this incredible day...astonishing...

Great article!

It's 10:30 AM in California and Ron Paul is almost at $2 million for the day and is just about to surpass the 5 million mark achieved last quarter; it's still early November!

Pretty, pretty amazing indead! It is now estimated he will place in the top three for fundraising this quarter!

I would like to see a story representing where Ron Paul recieves support from the people who did not vote for GWB in 2004. Only 6% of registered Republicans voted in the 04 primaries to reelect GWB the other 94% did not vote in the primaries. So they are not considered in the polling done by so called "scientific pollsters" They call only those 6% and out of those how many do you think have landlines? What about the fact that the supposed front runner Rudy has little or no internet support. I can literally count on my fingers and toes the blog mentions that are positive of the so called front runners. Some call Ron Paul's campaign an astroturf campaign. But the media won't tell us that Paul voted against all of the controversal bills like the patriot act and the military commissions act. Does the media really believe that the American people are not paying attention to news? The one thing nobody thought was that the internet would play such a huge role in this years elections. As long as the internet remains a free place to voice your opinion the people will win. Which is another reason you will see people voting for Ron Paul. He is the only candidate running that does not want to regulate the internet. For all the people who enjoy the freedoms of speech that the internet allows you, remember Ron Paul.

Why is it that I'm never called on a poll?

My guess is since polls usually take place on a land line, very many of Paul's supporters would NOT be polled and thus his campaign is correct!

Ron Paul rEVOLution!

Its impossible for non corporate donors to fill this warchest at 3 percent support, what you are seeing, and not believing is that Rasmusssen et al is as good as the NY Post, not worth the paper its written on. The story is there, 2,000 people event chats etc and yet the MSM corporate owned oligarchy walks naked thru the town square and the people are laughing this time.

Can someone please explain this phenomenon? If he doesn't poll highly yet he wins more straw polls, win's text and internet polls after debate and raises so much money, I think this needs further investigation.

I don't find it at all surprising that Ron Paul's telephone polling numbers are so low. Much of his support comes from newcomers to the Republican Party--people who will not be polled by traditional methods.

It is good to hear the update on the campaign. It will be interesting to see whether this is reported widely, and if it is, what effect that will have on the donations as the day unfolds.

I am typically Democrat. Today I made my first political campaign donation ever of $50 at Ron Paul's website.

Ron Paul seems to be the only politician in this race who you can trust to do whats best for average Americans and not the military and industreal interests.

Good article, Mr. Dinan. The total has just gone over $2 million.

The Iowa caucuses will be an important test, but the true test will be the subsequent New Hampshire and Michigan primaries. Don't be surprised if Ron Paul wins or finishes in the top 2 in both of those. If he can do that, anything can happen.

Nice article except everyone seems to like to throw those poll numbers out. How many people out there even use landline phones anymore? Also Ron Paul is supported by independents, some democrats, libertarians, and first-time voters, so of course they wouldn't be included in this type of polling. You also must keep in mind the polling numbers from past elections. John Kerry wasn't polling very highly either. At first, neither was Bill Clinton.
So just stop with the poll numbers (directed at all the media, not just you). Quit clinging to them as if they are really completely legitimate.
Otherwise, very nice to see some positive coverage for the good doctor. Thank you for taking the time to write an article about his donations today.

Thanks for giving Ron Paul a fair shake. One of the first this news day.

The polls have been shown to flawed against Dr. Pau. A large portion of Ron Paul supporters fall into a polling void: (1) do not have land-line phones, (2) are new voters (not 2004) and not getting a phone call, (3) Ron Paul is not a choice in many of the polls. Especially in the push polls.

I appreciate your fair shake and the fact-based reporting.

This is quite an historic day!

Mike Bellman
Columbia, MO

I've noticed a disturbing point about many of these reports mentioning Ron Paul's performance in the "polls" of likely Republican voters.

It would appear, based on the amount of internet traffic on Dr. Paul, his fund-raising performance, and the sheer number of grass-roots efforts on his behalf, that there is something flawed in the current mainstream "polling" technique.

Could it be that the "polling" technique is as out-dated as many of the "leading" Republican candidates?

Could it be that Dr. Paul's support extends far beyond the "likely Republicans" being polled by the mainstream polling process?

He's currently receiving about $79,000 per HOUR on his website, with over 640 donations per hour, as of this writing (1:30PM EST). It would appear that his support is significantly larger than the current "polls" indicate.

Ron Paul's fundraising is a great indicator for his support. I'm excited to see him shake up the Republican Primaries; It's an open race!

The Ron Paul revolution is real.

We're going to push this country back to the standards set by the Constitution.

Go to YouTube and listen to the man.

"But his skill in translating that sizable campaign treasury into voters at the caucuses and primaries still is."

This is pure conjecture.

once again, the Main Stream Media makes declaritory, defamatory and unsupported statements in an effort to marginalize Ron Paul. Most of the tracking polls cited don't actually test Ron Paul's name; instead the pollsters provide the names of their supposedly "legitimate" candidates and lump Ron Ron Paul in with the "other" option. If there's one thing that polling does tell us, it's that they can create virtually any answer they want if they simply phrase the questions the right way. Ron Paul threatens many special interests in the Media, Banking, and political parties... and what's bad for them is all too often good for US.

Note what you wrote:

"Rasmussen Reports' seven-day tracking poll ending Nov. 4 shows Paul garnering 3 percent of LIKELY REPUBLICAN VOTERS, the same as fellow Rep. Tom Tancredo. Paul's campaign says polls are a poor predictor of his voters' support."

Rasmussen polling is in question. "likely Republican voters" - They call those Republicans that voted in the last Rupublican primary, which was the lowest turnout ever amoung registered Republicans - 6% - and these were hard core Bush (neoconservative) supporters. What about the other 94% of registered Republicans? MUCH more likely to support Ron Paul. Why not call them too?

Ron Paul is blowing it up today and its not even his campaing thats behind the massive donations its a grass roots movement its little people wanting to make a diffrence wanting to bring the troops home and end this war wanting sound money wanting to end the wasteful goverment spending Mr Paul in my view speaks the truth about goverment over spending and the fact that the Federal reserve just prints money out of thin air in order to finace our war spending witch leads to a inflation tax that wipes out the purchasing power of the middle class and lower class Mr. Paul is the real deal go to google and search for him on videos to get a ideal on his views

I just wanted to say, I thank this writer for reporting just the facts, and throwing in nothing extra to put down Paul or spice him up. If everyone just reported the facts, I think Paul would get a lot more media exposure and support!

An important point needs to be made about the telephone polls that are relied upon by the media to determine front-runners.

For this election cycle, these polls typically include only registered Republicans who voted in the 2004 presidential primary. That primary had an anemic 6.6% turnout. By 2004, President Bush had a clearly established foreign policy, having already invaded two countries in his first term. Most of those who bothered to show up to support the incumbent in the 2004 primary were pro-war Bush supporters. These are the last people who would support Ron Paul and his non-interventionist approach. It is far more likely that the 93.4% of registered Republicans who didn't vote in the primaries would support Paul.

Bottom line... the polls as they are handled now will never show Ron Paul doing well, regardless of his actual level of support.

Isn't the media being irresponsible in not investigating this very obvious fact and reporting on it? Instead, they tell the public that Ron Paul has no chance whatsoever, even when every other indicator (fundraising, straw polls, text polls, online polls) suggests he might very well be the favorite.

You'll see Mr. Dinan. It will translate at the polls, so long as they don't have any "election machine problems". The reason he doesn't lead in the polls is because they are calling the same people they've called for the last 20 years.

Go Ron Paul, already 2.4 Million donated in the last 14 hours. We're going to break John Kerry's record and make it into history, and what's even better, I believe Kerry's one day record was orchestrated by his campaign. This is not, it's orchestrated by the people.

There's your "Poll".

Polls are MSM propaganda, only a casted vote is reliable. Case in point; At the values voters summit..Rudy Giuliani received less than 2% of actual votes cast, but somehow polls now show him with 22% of the evangelical vote. Sure, every good Christian I know is pro-abortion and pro Gay rights.

When votes are actually cast anywhere Ron Paul is on the ballot.. he is usually in the top 2.

Stop believing the MSM telling you Fred (dead)Thompson, Rudy Ghouliani or McRomney are going to inherit the throne.

Thank you for the coverage, Stephen. You and the Wall Street Journal are, to my knowledge, the only two news agencies to pick up on this story. It's also interesting that even though Ron Paul is the only presidential candidate running on a platform of adherance to the Constitution, none of the news media has interviewed him about his thoughts on the current constitutional crisis in Pakistan.
Dr. Paul's campaign staff is right to tell you that the polls are a poor indicator of how a candidate is doing. The major polling organizations' sampling methods are woefully obsolete and their attention to unbiased questioning has slipped, for whatever reasons.
Many polls rely on contact with "likely voters", many of whom are on record as having land line phones. So much of Ron Paul's support is from those who have been able to bypass the media's lackluster coverage of his campaign and research his record online, yet those same avid users of the Internet have, in many cases, discontinued their land line phone use and are now only using cellular phones. As such, the poll numbers remain artificially low, and these low numbers cause the media to underestimate the strength of the Paul campaign and thus cover it less, which suppresses his ability to generate the breakout interest he would otherwise be getting. It's a catch-22 of sorts, a self-perpetuating cycle that is not indicative of his potential for an explosive rise in public awareness. That's why his online supporters seem to be so disproportionately passionate about their support: They realize that he is the best-kept secret of the campaign, and feel quite frustrated at the barriers they have to overcome that the other campaigns don't have to contend with.

[quote]Rasmussen Reports' seven-day tracking poll ending Nov. 4 shows Paul garnering 3 percent of likely Republican voters...[/quote]

Pollsters and MSM reporters who report polls like this should be ashamed. I'm embarrassed for you. Apparently everyone in the country (except professional pollsters and most reporters) knows that Ron Paul's support is coming from UNLIKELY REPUBLICANS. This being indisputable, by polling only "likely Republicans" pollsters may as well be polling "unlikely to vote for Ron Paul" voters. It's time to pull your head out of the sand.

"John Kerry holds the one-day record, raising $5.6 million on July 29, 2004, during the Democratic nomination convention."

Umm, I know you newspaper guys are hurting, but you might want to shell out a few bucks for a fact-checker before you publish such nonsense.

Conventional Polling shortcomings:

1. misses all those people who have dropped landlines for cell phones

2. polls registered republican 'likely' voters based on those who voted in the last presidential election cycle. This misses the droves of people who are independent or republicans who have not voted for A LONG time due to disenchantment and whose apathy has now been cured by Dr. Ron Paul

3. Ron Paul's name is not included in many of the polls, although this seems to be changing lately.

Traditional polling needs to catch up with trends in america. They don't seem to reflect what's going on with RP's campaign.

Yes soon enough we will!!

I WILL BE VOTING FOR THE DR.! Come rain sleet snow or a flood

Paul will do much better than the polls say he will. His supporters are motivated while no one else is motivated at all to vote for any of the other candidates.

If America does not vote for Ron Paul, we have bankruptcy, endless wars, a weakened national defense, and less and less freedom in general to look forward to. We need a positive voice for change. We need a leader guided by unwavering principle. We need Ron Paul!

Perhaps a few brave souls in the MSM would care to do a little research into the methodology of polling, and how the results can be skewed drastically by several factors?

The history of polling data and election results in presidential primaries suggests that any journalist who would base his coverage of campaigns on polling done 2 or 3 months before the primaries begin... would be foolish. Major media types seem to repeat this mistake every election cycle.

Whenever I see a poll that says "Republican primary voters", I know that that poll will be heavily skewed against Ron Paul because the polling sample will consist almost entirely of hard-core Bush supporters (the people who showed up to vote for INCUMBENT President Bush in his 2004 slam-dunk primaries).

Other polling factors include the "only land lines" law, the way the polls deal with "leaning" voters (undecided), among others. Also polls really can't measure who will actually turn out and vote on election day. This "passion" factor will work very much in Ron Paul's favor on election day.

Please, for God's sake, MSM stop substituting polling "news" for actual coverage of the candidates. I have no doubt that if Ron Paul received as much free media publicity as HillaRomNiani, he would be polling much higher - even in these very flawed polls, but since these polls largely determine who the MSM cover, Ron Paul's message doesn't receive the attention that it deserves. That's why he's an internet phenomenon - because the internet is the way we bypass the establishment gatekeepers.

People are sick of being spoon-fed information by the government liars and the establishment stenographers.

youre right, my eyes lie and my brain does not work

Paul has smoked the competition in 13 out of the last 15 straw polls

THE STRAW POLLS (where members of local REPUBLICAN party members voice their opinions) DONT MATTER ANYMORE I GUESS

Ron Paul's message has won no matter who votes for him in the primaries. Freedom isn't free and it needs constant attention to keep it alive.

Great article.

I might point out that Ron Paul's money proves the "likely republican voter" model for polling is wrong.

I look forward to seeing people's faces when he starts winning primaries... just like almost every single straw poll to date, with landslides.

I don't know if you are aware, but Rasmussen polling is flawed. Their "scientific" poll does not include Ron Paul as one of the candidates, and you can only vote for Ron Paul if you say "other." Only then are you asked who your other choice is.

Ron Paul iz the shiz. He gives us cynics something to be hopeful for. donate to his campaign now and help make history!

Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Liberty Donation plot,
No reason the nation,
Forget the Liberty Donation,
When individuals gave a lot.
Ron Paul, Ron Paul, t'was his solution
to return us to the Constitution.
While ignored by the political elite
the r3VOLution took to the street,
freedom loving people were on track
to take their country back.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, listen to this call.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, vote for RON PAUL!

The elites are getting scared. Ron Paul can raise 2 million dollars in one day. He is no longer a "long-shot" or "second-tier" candidate. He is top tier. Don't follow the traditional polls. They are not accurate. They underestimate his support with young people.

Ron Paul 2008
ronpaul2008.com

"But his skill in translating that sizable campaign treasury into voters at the caucuses and primaries still is."

Are we supposed to praise you for your indomitable skepticism, or something? Ron Paul is taking the primaries, one blade of grass at a time.

Dr. Paul cured my apathy.
First donations I've ever made.

Holy cow. The man has raised over two million dollars so far online today. What's the record?

I like to ask the quesiton in the reverse. Why hasn't Frudy McRompson been able to translate their sizable survey numbers into fundraising, straw poll, and text msg polling success?

The *only* measurement that shows Rudy Giuliani with an overwhelming lead are the Plain Old Telephone Surveys (POTS)

Three other off-line measurements (fundraising, State straw polls, and text message polls) show Ron Paul either holding his own (fundraising - # of donors) or leading every other candidate (text msg polls, state straw polls)

This is not a conspiracy so much as a methodology issue. Polling companies are tightly screening their respondents looking for "likely voters". This turns out to be the 6.6% of eligible voters who voted in the GOP primary in 2004 (when Pres. Bush ran unopposed.)

Since these voters are overwhelmingly pro-war, It stands to reason that Giuliani would dominate here, and Paul would lag. This primary promises to be very, very different. Lots of people who don't normally vote, or would normally vote for some other party will be voting in this year's Republican primary.

Ron Paul can win the primary, because of the number of pro-war candidates to split the pro-war vote. There is only one pro-peace candidate, so he will get the pro-peace vote.

Since pro-peace is the traditional position of the Republican party (Korea, Vietnam, Kosovo) Dr. Paul might even gain an outright majority in some primaries.

Later.

Are the old fashioned polls really accurate anymore?

According to the Centers for Disease Control - NO

The CDC recently published their concern that the poling they do on a regular basis for disease control is no longer accurate. According to the CDC, landline phones are being disconnected at an alarming rate in favor of one simple cell phone. Its estimated that a large majority of Americans age 18-45 only have a cell phone. Since cell phones are not counted in polling, the results are bias towards the poor and an older population.

In addition, with the advent of no call lists, internet phones, cable phones and unlisted numbers, traditional landline polling has become more of voodoo polling rather than scientific.

As to Ron Paul, all these points factor in to his low showing in the old fashioned polls, not to mention the fact that most pollsters only poll those that voted in the previous Republican primaries and do not include new voters, independents, Democrats or even third party members like those from Libertarian and Constitution Parties.

One last issue is base support. Since the Republican base dwindled to an all time low in the last 2006 election, an interesting result occurs when the pollster calls the voter. Voters that likely stayed within the Republican Party and voted in the massive loss to Democrats in 2006 will be the ones polled, while those Republicans that became frustrated and voted for another party or refused to vote at all will not be counted or called. Ron Paul should be able to pick up many of the frustrated traditional conservative Republicans that became fed up with the direction of the Republican Party.

Look for Ron Paul to win New Hampshire and South Carolina

HEY, the MSM said itself that money decides the front runners. How stupid and obvious the MSM is to the educated in this society.

You ain't seen nothing yet. The more all of you, including BOR, loose your shirts in the stock market and realize you've been fleeced, you'll get on board.

Money, or the loss of, usually wakes people up.

Organize for the closed republican caucuses in your state!: Register Ron Paul supporters as republicans and take them to the local meetings (scheduled from January - February depending on your state). These are closed republican meetings, not primary elections with voting booths. Bus your friends and families (and even strangers) to these meetings!

Hmmm, who pays for these polls and what are the criteria for being selected to participate in the polls. You know, I'd like to know & I think the public would like to know, (at least the people who are awake and not sleeping). Most of this info isn't provided when the pundits start quoting polls.

Not one single vote has been cast so what is the point (if any) of these polls if they are selected from previous voting history. Its like asking Anne Coulture Followers if they think the media is too liberal and then going on to say 90% of the public thinks the media is too liberal. chuckle :)

I think that the public is catching on to the fact that these polls are notorious for skew just like statistics.

"Rasmussen Reports' seven-day tracking poll ending Nov. 4 shows Paul garnering 3 percent of likely Republican voters"

WAIT Until all the UNLIKELY voters show up! Check out RonPaulRadio.com for live coverage of today.

Ron Paul Revolution. 1776 in 2008.

In response to: At this point, Paul's ability to raise money is not in question. But his skill in translating that sizable campaign treasury into voters at the caucuses and primaries still is.

Please visit:
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/straw-poll-results/
to get the facts about primaries.

Approx. 70% of Americans are online, every internet poll has Ron Paul winning with 70-80% of those votes. He's the best man running.

Americans are ready to take this country back from the elitist liars that have stolen our government.

Three percent in the polls? Hmmm... that's where Jimmy Carter was among Democrats in November 1975. Where Michael Dukakis was in November 1987. Where Bill Clinton was in November 1991. Where John Kerry was in November 2003.

Most polling operations define "Strong Republican Primary Voters" as those who voted in the previous Republican presidential primary. That was 2004, when George W. Bush was an unchallenged incumbent. So there was little point in a GOP voter casting a ballot in the '04 primary unless you were a Bush worshipper (and therefore not a Ron Paul supporter!). Polls also under-represent voters who have no landline phone, and they totally ignore first-time voters, such as the college students who attend overflow rallies every time Ron Paul visits a campus.

Bravo to the Washington Times to be the first ones to catch on! This is history in the making.

To anyone who points to polling data as a reliable indicator of support:

Money talks, you know the rest.

Thanks for noticing that Ron Paul has today collected more campaign donations in one day than any other candidate in history.
He is over $2.5 million since last night.

And the day is NOT done!

Can someone explain or give a reference to exactly how these scientific polls are conducted? The polls are the only thing media and bloggers seem to care about ... who is being called and exactly what are they being asked? I really don't know, but I would like to know.

For example, if you call a landline at a residence in the middle of the day, who will you get on the phone? What is the sample size and how is it scattered across America. How do you identify likely Republican voters? Do you only call registered Republicans from the last election (?) ... that's only a 6% die-hard of the base.

The polls seem to defy the sheer number of supporters observed on the Web and on the yard signs across America.

OK, so winning over 50% of the straw polls means nothing then?

BTW, over $2M for the day now and chasing the $3M Kerrey record...

http://ronpaulgraphs.com/index_norm.html

Ron Paul is Hope for America. Bring the troops home and let the people spend their own money. It is a message that is resonating.

appreciate the story!

i Hear he wants to beat Mitt Romney's world record of 3.1 million.

Right now Paul is at 2.3 Mil

Viva la Revolution

I am a career Naval officer who has been politically neutral for my entire life, but voting for Ron Paul is about voting for America and our Constitution--which I took an oath to preserve. I am now supporting Dr. Paul with my wallet--and my heart.

Certainly Ron Paul's ability to raise cash directly reflects his ability to get voters at the caucuses and primaries. Probably more so than the other candidates when considering that his donations are coming from a wider pool of voters.
To compare Ron Paul to Tom Tancredo is a huge mistake. If Ron Paul truly were only as popular Tom Tancredo wouldn't you expect their fundraising to be similar also?
It is my contention that Ron Paul is a "top tier" candidate. I have created a website to present evidence to support this claim.
Please visit www.thecaseforronpaul.com and decide for yourself.

This is an amazing amount of money to raise in one day for a supposed 2nd tier candidate. It will be interesting to see how the amount grows through the day.

it's not Paul that's raising the money, it's his message of liberty and personal responsibility, canning the welfare state and scrapping Wolfowitz' worthless neo-imperialist foreign policy.

ownage will ensue

Damn right we'll know soon enough. At the end of the 5th of November.

This is a great day. I have recorded one of RPs radio spots as part of my cell phone answering machine recording. "Please leave your message after hearing this one." Then record his message! Every little bit helps!

as of 3pm hes at 5.3 million

Thanks for the coverage! More $$ to come as the day progresses...

Stephen,

At the beginning of all this, most mainstream media either completely ignored Ron Paul or said he wouldn't make it past halftime. For every Rasmussen poll listing him at 3% for "likely Republican voters" there are numerous state and local polls which Ron Paul is dominating. Primary turnouts are relatively low, kind of like his name recognition. His fundraising? Well, at least you admit that the man can raise some money. It's not even so much the man but the message. He's in the right place at the right time. Republicans as a whole are not enthused about any of the candidates. Ron Paul fans, which span all parties, will be at those primaries voting for him. I think New Hampshire will matter more than Iowa. There are a lot of folks here in Iowa hot pissed about the primaries being so early. I guess it's a good thing that the Hawks and Cyclones football teams sucked otherwise half of the state would still be in Florida at a bowl game when the primaries take place.

Have a great day,
Chris

Nice job covering Ron Paul - First major media source that mentioned the big money push of November 5th.

Paul's supporters firmly believe that if their candidate's message is heard by the people they will embrace it. That's why they are so adamant about making sure that his views get a fair hearing in the media. The mainstream media hasn't been very helpful is getting the message across accurately, and many of the Paul supporters feel what little has been reported has been out and out hostile and distorted. You can't blame them for taking personal responsibility for getting the message out. As Mr. Dinan observed, we will know the outcome soon enough.

Didn't Mitt Romney raise $6.5M at a single day event this year when he had 400 of his supporters phoning all of their friends?

This November 5th "money bomb" is a symbolic gesture by freedom loving patriots that we mean to make a new path for this nation. Not a shift slightly to the left or right, but a true change in direction. We do this through peaceful means working inside of the system to put Ron Paul, the Thomas Jefferson of our day, into the office of President. From there changes will begin to take place. With a Democratically controlled Congress and a small government Republican in office, we will have a true system of checks and balances in effect. Democrats can be sure that their social programs will remain entact and Republicans can be positive that the era of runaway spending that we saw with the Bush administration will be over. This will be akin to the days of Bill Clinton, when he had a Republican Congress in control. Americans must realize that giving complete control to either party is a recipe for disaster. Ron Paul is the best candidate for both Republicans and Democrats.

I'm a long time Democrat. Today, for the first time ever, I made my first donation of $100 to Ron Paul's campaign. Let's restore this nation Dr. Paul.

I believe that John Kerry's $5.6M included pledges to donate later. Ron Paul's $2.2M (so far today) is actual charged-it-to-my-credit-card money. And unlike the big money candidates, he isn't promising to toss taxpayers' money at anybody in return for donations. I'm not impressed that employees of Blackwater would give a lot of money to cross dressing war monger Julie Annie, or that NOW organizers seeking a taxpayer subsidy would cough up for Hillary.

Today could well be the crucial turning point in the presidential election race and with Ron Paul as best republican opponent of Hillary Clinton, the start of a new America! Or actually... the restoration of the America as it was meant to be.

Remember remember the 5th of November

So-called 'scientific polls'. Let's see the science behind these polls. What makes them 'scientific'? What scientists (by name) will vouch for them as meeting the standards of scientific proof?

I question the validity of these so-called 'scientific polls'. Like any good scientist I say "prove it!" Prove they're accurate. Prove they mirror the reality of the political landscape.

Provide the proof and I'll accept them as valid. Until then they remain invalid and unproven.

Rasmussen has never called me.

It's especially great to hear both Democrats and Republicans voice their support. Party affiliation means nothing when parties don't stand for anything.

I've also never donated in my life, and have always considered myself a Democrat, but I signed up for the $1,000 pledge for Ron Paul today. I have plenty of concerns over some of the man's beliefs, but I think that at this time, he is our only realistic hope for future peace and prosperity, and his intellegince, honesty, and character would be a remarkable gift to this nation. The single act of scaling down overseas presence will save more American (and others'!) lives and treasure, than any domestic policy could ever do. So on that count alone, he is the hands-down champion.

Everything that can be done to help elect this man, must be done.

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.

Dr. Paul is curing many Americans of their political apathy, but causing a nasty case of gastritis to many GOP politicos. Isn't politics fun!

Paul garnering 3 percent of likely Republican voters?

Are you getting your polls number from Frank Luntz? who is "Big Corporate" and "political consultant" and pollster? (footnote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Luntz) This guys is a joke ... His definition of polling; "I ask question in a way to get the right answer" WTF! who right answer are you talking about? Big Corporation no doubt ... What a scam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If9EWDB_zK4)

John

Hmmm. Let's look at Romney's campaign...

Total Receipts: $62,829,069
Total Spent: $53,612,552
Cash on Hand: $9,216,517
Debts: $17,350,000

He can't run a campaign without debt? What about a nation? It would seem doubtful from this information.

I have to say that today I made my first campaign donation in 22 years of eligible voting - to the Ron Paul campaign. I'm proud to support the only candidate who can make me once again proud to be an American.

Hey Media, We have our OWN Media now. We don't need your spin anymore.

Ron Paul will win

get that up ya!

RONPAUL2008

I can already see with our incredible support, Ron Paul will no longer be considered 'small town news'. I think a REAL, lasting revolution is brewing.

Can we stop pushing the poll numbers? I think we can all conclude by now that they are next to meaningless. They sort of remind me of that hype that is used to promote the "undefetable" football team, before it gets defeated.