Ron Paul is a curious political phenomenon, and the phenomenon is about to get curiouser: he's supposedly raised five million dollars ($5,000,000) this quarter. (Link to story here). It just goes to show you that people who have a coherent, firm, all-encompassing ideology tend to attract supporters, and that there is an opening for an anti-war Republican in the field. Considering that John McCain has supposedly raised less than $10M, this will be quite a funding upset, and it will make it less likely that Paul will be kicked out of GOP debates.
I would go into a whole spiel on libertarianism now, but I won't. I'll just say that Ron Paul is speaking for a lot of people that the GOP has ignored in recent years in an attempt to cater to evangelical voters, and I would love to see him jump out from the second tier. Since he's trying to appeal to a different kind of Republican than everyone else, I'd give him a better chance than, say, Jim Gilmore. It's all about supply and demand. Wow, I guess Republicans don't understand economics, but that ain't news considering this is the party that invented voo-doo economics.
Click here to visit Ron Paul's website. I'm thinking about making a small donation.
