| I'm sure there was plenty of reason to doubt whether Ron Paul's (or anyone's) philosophical nuances had any practical effect on the electorate on and before November 4th 2007. But while I suppose you could imagine some other appealing characteristic about Ron Paul that would merit 4.3 million dollars in 24 hours, I think most folks would be inclined to agree that at least some of those 32,000 donors coughed up their money because they sympathized with Paul's largely abstract philosophical appeal. | 