Rand Paul Money Bomb
Supporters of Rand Paul, Ron Paul’s son and a candidate for US Senate in Kentucky, are organizing a money bomb today. A money bomb is simple: get a large number of donors to make small or medium donations over the course of a few hours. The theory behind money bombs is that they generate large fundraising in a short time period, which generates news coverage, which in turn generates more fundraising.
I’d give even odds that Frank Rich will suggest that the use of the word “bomb” means that Paul’s supporters are violent, anti-government types whose money bombs are likely to become IEDs in the near future. [Addendum: I'll concede that organizing this event on the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing is a bit tone deaf on the campaign's part.]
In more serious news, co-blogger David Kirby has an excellent analysis in today’s Politico with Cato Institute veep David Boaz about libertarian beliefs and the Tea Party crowd.
