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Paul campaign collects $6 million in online fundraising drive

If you thought the $4.3 million raised on November 5th was impressive, then think again.

In commemoration of the Boston Tea Party of 1773, the Paul campaign collected $5.9 million in a 24 hour online fundraiser.

Like the "money bomb" on November 5th, the Tea Party '07 fundraising extravaganza was not organized by the Ron Paul campaign, but rather by individual supporters.

With the help of fundraising drives such as the Tea Party '07, Ron Paul has surpassed his fundraising goal of $12 million for the fourth quarter. As of 12:18 (12.17.07), the Ron Paul campaign has raised more than $17,980,000.

Both the Kucinich and Huckabee campaigns have attempted to re-create the magic, launching online fundraising efforts of their own that imitate the two highly successful efforts made by Ron Paul supporters. It is yet to be known if the Ohio Democrat and the Arkansas Republican will be able to do more than duplicate Paul's methods.

Huckabee's resumé called into question

According to WorldNetDaily.com and the National Review Online, presidential candidate Mike Huckabee does not have a theology degree, despite the Arkansas Republican's repeated claims of being the only candidate with, you guessed it, a theology degree.

From WorldNetDaily.com:

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee told the Christian Broadcasting Network he had a theology degree, he told voters in Iowa he had a theology degree, he repeated the claim in last month's CNN YouTube debate ... but, his campaign now says, it was not true. (Full story)

The Huckabee camp will try to spin this one. They'll attempt to wiggle out of it using technicalities.

Will this "I smoked but I did not inhale" moment for Huckabee turn evangelical voters away from his campaign?

NEA endorses Clinton and Huckabee

The New Hampshire NEA endorsed not one presidential candidate this year, but two.
Those two are Hillary Clinton and Mike Huckabee.