Ron Paul supporters at a Manchester, New Hampshire rally prior to the 5 June 2007 GOP debate by Charles Richard "Dick" Clark II, Creative Commons, Some rights reserved
Never heard of Ron Paul? Don't worry, most American voters haven't either (although as noted on Wikipedia, he places well in Republican straw polls). But the Republican representative from Texas gets a lot of love online, and now it would seem that netroots support is translating into dollars, the mother's milk of politics. Libertarian magazine Reason says he raised more than $1.2 million in a week.
Maybe it will be enough so the mainstream media will give him the attention his supporters think he deserves.
