Infinite Monkeys[cross-posted at RedBlueAmerica]
Today is Ron and Carol Paul's 51st wedding anniversary. (Note to Mac, Rudy, Newt, Rush: Yes, it IS possible to stay married to the same person that long.) The grassroots folks decided this would be another good day for a campaign contribution "Money Bomb" and did a bit of e-mail based promotion, though not a lot. Here's how things are going so far:
(note: if the graph above doesn't appear, click here.
Last Monday, the MLK-day Money Bomb raised just shy of $2 Million:
And, of course, the two record-setting Money Bombs were on November 5th and December 16th:
To watch the progress throughout the day, you can refresh this post or go over to the host of these graphs, RonPaulGraphs.com, where a volunteer (again, a grassroots volunteer without formal ties to the campaign) maintains numerous graphs and views of the number and amounts of donors and donations. This is all possible because Ron Paul is running the most financially transparent campaign this year.
UPDATE: It's finally official - Ron Paul was overwhelmingly the biggest Republican fundraiser last quarter.
Posted by RobbL at February 1, 2008 07:58 AM | TrackBackRoss Perot called; he wants his charts back.
Posted by: rabidsquirrel at February 1, 2008 08:46 PMGood to know we can still count on highbrow dialogue here in the comments section.
Posted by: Monkey RobbL at February 2, 2008 11:42 AM