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Paul: 'Momentum is going to continue' Amanda Peterson When Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, added his name to the list of candidates running for the Republican presidential nomination, he did not know what would happen. He said he joined the race reluctantly to stir a conversation, but then he gained supporters and received donations. His campaign has set records for the amount of funds he raised through his Web site, and Saturday he placed second in the Nevada primary, behind Mitt Romney. Even if Paul wanted to become the third major candidate to drop out of the presidential race, "the choice really isn't there," he said.
So long as there are people who are supporting and donating to his campaign, Paul said, he will stay in the race. And the supporters are still coming. Paul said 6,000 new supporters recently joined and donated to his campaign in one day. His supporters have even been raising money to keep the Ron Paul blimp flying. So far, the blimp has traveled from Baltimore, Md., down to central Florida. Throughout his campaign, Paul has been considered a long-shot candidate, but he said he has received more support than former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, who the mainstream media considered to be a frontrunner early in the campaign. "So far he has spent twice as much as I have, but I have received twice as many votes," Paul said. He said he thinks his campaign's momentum is going to continue, especially with the support of younger voters. Despite Paul, 72, being the oldest candidate in the presidential race, most of the supporters who are flocking to his campaign are college-age voters.
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