Ron Paul’s big haul

Long-shot Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul raised $4.3 million over 24 hours. That settles it, said Andrew Sullivan in TheAtlantic.com. "The Ron Paul phenomenon is real." That doesn't mean he stands a chance, said Paul Mirengoff at Power

What happened

Long-shot Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul raised $4.3 million over 24 hours, his campaign announced on Monday. Paul, a libertarian congressman from Texas, consistently scores in the low single digits in polls, but his steady criticism of the Iraq war has helped him stand out in a crowded field vying for the GOP nomination. “The true patriot,” Paul said, “challenges the state when the state embarks on enhancing its power at the expense of the individual.”

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