Ron Paul’s chances of becoming president are virtually zero. The forty-two delegates he currently has will not get him the Republican nomination. Yet Americans should still study Paul and his positions considering he is an interesting and unprecedented phenomenon.

In the fourth quarter of 2007 he raised more money than any of the other Republican candidates and broke the record for most money raised in a singled-out day (six million). (John Kerry held the previous record.)

During that quarter he plus received more military donations than did McCain, Huckabee and Romney combined.

His fan base is passionate and devoted; young voters are particularly attracted to him.

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times recently reported that Paul “raised 61 percent of his funds from small-dollar donors, defined as those who gave $200 or less, compared to just 14 percent of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s funds, 12

percent of Mitt Romney’s funds and 8 percent of Rudy Giuliani’s 2007 campaign funds.”

Former advisor to the first President Bush, Doug Mead (who some credit for coining the term “compassionate conservative”), recently wrote “…the words and arguments of Ron Paul are still resonating. They still hang by that election. They are haunting and troubling. They are producing blogs and papers and books and like Goldwater’s revolution they will one day very likely produce their own Ronald Reagan.â€?

Indeed, Barry Goldwater Jr. endorsed Paul for president.

After researching what Paul stands for, some may like him, others may hate him, and still others may be indifferent. But anybody who has garnered the incredible grassroots support that Paul has deserves much more serious attention than the neglect and ridicule much of the mainstream media has treated him to thus far.

Original post by Elliot Resnick