Ron Paul Military Donations Nearly Twice Those of His GOP Rivals and Obama Combined
From the Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch:
LAKE JACKSON, Texas, Feb 03, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Ron Paul 2012 Presidential campaign raised more campaign donations from active-duty members of the military than all other presidential candidates combined–Republican or Democrat–according to a Paul campaign internal analysis.
A veteran of the Cold War-era, Paul raised more than $150,000 from active military in the fourth quarter. This comes after the Congressman outraised all GOP candidates — including all GOPers combined, and President Obama singularly — in the second and third quarters of last year. Dr. Paul also outraised his GOP competitors in a head-to-head comparison during his 2008 run for the presidency.
Especially notable is that Paul raised about triple the amount Obama received and about six times that of all currently-competing Republicans–Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Buddy Roemer, and Rick Santorum–combined.
Taken together, this means Dr. Paul raised approximately double the money from active military than all the candidates from both parties combined.
Romney and Gingrich each received around $10,000, meaning Paul trumps them by about 15 times in a head-to-head matchup.
