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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Richard Adams

Taking Ron Paul seriously

Ron Paul's campaign is celebrating after it claimed to have broken the one-day web fundraising record, with $2.7m taken in 16 hours by 4pm today.

In a topsy-turvey Republican field - there's the CEO Mormon, the New York liberal, the lazy actor - there is some oxygen for Paul's campaign. But the Carpetbagger Report has doubts about how far Paul can go:

I suspect there's a ceiling Paul will run up against. In today's Republican party, a die-hard libertarian who opposes the war in Iraq, hates the neocons, wants to eliminate most of the federal government, and wants a return to the gold standard can only generate so much support.


OMG! update: It's now up to $4.2m in 24 hours, according to AP.

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