Originally posted by Toad
Last I heard, Billary had about $14 million in her campaign chest at the end of her Senatorial campaign which she can use for the Presidential run. Her advisers have not disputed estimates that she will raise $100 million or more before the year is out.
How's Paul doing on the money front?
I haven't researched Paul very much but I'm certainly not opposed to a Constitutionalist. I just doubt that he will be seen by enough people as a viable alternative, primarily because he won't be a media darling and he won't have enough money to be noticed otherwise.
I have no doubt Billary can outspend Ron Paul. In the video, he says that he wasn't sure about running either, but that the volume of grassroots support, especially via the internet, convinced him to run. He also mentions that in the last month he's raised $500,000 "with very little effort", which suprised him. It's no 14M, but it's a start...
Maybe it's just the idealist in me, but I really think '08 might be different. People are pissed off at "politicians". Ron Paul doesn't come off as one, in fact, he's got a reputation for being a straight shooter and that fact, spread via the internet, might be just what it takes to even the odds.
Watch the video, just listen to the man speak and tell me you don't think he'll be good for this county.
