{"id":399,"date":"2008-04-01T15:49:42","date_gmt":"2008-04-01T20:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/01\/34-million-for-the-ron-paul-prez-campaign\/"},"modified":"2008-04-01T17:45:53","modified_gmt":"2008-04-01T22:45:53","slug":"34-million-for-the-ron-paul-prez-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/01\/34-million-for-the-ron-paul-prez-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"$34 Million for the Ron Paul Prez Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/query.nictusa.com\/cgi-bin\/dcdev\/forms\/C00432914\/327711\/\"><strong>latest financial disclosure<\/strong> <\/a>forms indicate that more than $34 million has been raised by and for the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ronpaul2008.com\"><strong> Ron Paul<\/strong> <\/a>campaign for president.\u00a0 The campaign has spent more than $28 million. The campaign had $5.5 million on hand at the end of February.<\/p>\n<p>The Paul campaign also filed a disclosure listing more than 2500 itemized expenses.\u00a0 Details\u00a0are available <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/query.nictusa.com\/cgi-bin\/dcdev\/forms\/C00432914\/327711\/sb\/ALL\/5\">here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have not sifted through all the details.\u00a0 Looks like the ads the campaign ran were expensive to produce, regardless of their impact.<\/p>\n<p>If folks are inclined to check out the data, I&#8217;d be interested what they might surmise from the\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<p>Also, if anyone is aware of analyses or breakdowns of the Paul campaign expenditures, I&#8217;d appreciate seeing the links to &#8217;em.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest financial disclosure forms indicate that more than $34 million has been raised by and for the Ron Paul campaign for president.\u00a0 The campaign has spent more than $28 million. 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