Ron Paul Tops McCain in Cash on Hand
Do you think Ron Paul will place in the top 4 in New Hampshire primary?
ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos Reports: Though often regarded as a longshot candidate for president, Republican Ron Paul tells ABC News that he has an impressive $2.4 million in cash on hand after raising an equal amount during the second quarter, putting him ahead of one-time Republican frontrunner John McCain, who reported this week he has only $2 million in the bank.
In an exclusive interview taped Friday and airing Sunday on “This Week,” Paul said his campaign is on a better trajectory than McCain’s.
“I think some of the candidates are on the down-slope, and we’re on the up-slope,” said Paul.
[...] To give just one powerful example of the strength of his following, at a recent forumin Iowa, where the first in the nation caucuses will be held, Ron Paul attracted as many supporters as the candidacies of Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Tommy Thompson, Tom Tancredo, Sam Brownback, and Duncan Hunter combined. Dr. Paul is placing near the top of various straw polls. And more and more people are beginning to take notice. [...]
With his popularity on the internet, and when taking into account the fact that the “insiders” are of course going to receive the lions share of large contributions (at least so far) you would need to have some type of mathematical formula before you could compare “apples to apples” when including RP in any head to head comparison with other candidates based on money raised. (And of course the “trajectory” is important too) As an Air Force pilot might say “attitude as well as altitude”.