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===Boston Tea Party===
===Boston Tea Party===
No fundraising drives for any campaign matched the success of the November 5 event until December 16, when the grassroots supporter-organized Tea Party moneybomb raised an amount estimated as $6.0–$6.6 million<ref name=usat>{{cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-12-17-ronpaul-fundraising_N.htm|work=[[USA Today]]|date=[[2007-12-17]]|accessdate=2007-12-19|author=Vogel, Kenneth P|title='Money bomb': Ron Paul raises $6 million in 24-hour period}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Ambinder, Marc|url=http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/12/pauls_16m_haul_impressive_no_b.php|date=[[2007-12-17]]|accessdate=2007-12-21|work=[[The Atlantic]]|title=Paul's $16M Haul... Impressive. No Buts.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Rutherford, Tony|url=http://www.huntingtonnews.net/local/071217-rutherford-localronpaul.html|publisher=Huntington News Network|date=[[2007-12-17]]|accessdate=2007-12-21|title=Ron Paul Surpasses Fund Raising Record Held by John Kerry}}</ref><ref name=ncww>{{cite news|author=Westmiller, William|url=http://www.nolanchart.com/article565.html|date=[[2007-12-18]]|accessdate=2007-12-21|publisher=[[Nolan Chart]]|title=Ron Paul Sets All-Time Fundraising Record}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-balance_21edi.ART.State.Edition1.369a661.html|title=Huckabee's rise has set the GOP rankings into motion|author=Kruh, Nancy|date=[[2007-12-21]]|accessdate=2007-12-21|work=[[Dallas Morning News]]}}</ref>, $6 million, of which is in approved credit card receipts<ref>{{Citation| last =Bosman| first =Julie| title =More Hiring and Advertising Ahead for Paul Campaign as the Donations Pour In | newspaper =The New York Times | year =2007 | date =2007-12-18 | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/us/politics/18paul.html}}</ref> from 58,407 individual contributors to Paul's campaign,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2007/12/17/ron-pauls-internet-savvy/|title=Ron Paul's Internet Savvy|author=Worthen, Ben|work=[[Wall Street Journal]]|date=[[2007-12-17]]|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200712/POL20071218b.html|publisher=[[Cybercast News Service]]|date=[[2007-12-18]]|accessdate=2007-12-20|author=Ryan, Josiah|title=Ron Paul's Base Could Give Him Post-Primary Influence, Experts Say}}</ref> breaking the November 5 record, as well as the 2004 one-day political fundraising record of [[John Kerry]]<ref name=ncww/><ref name=nyx1218>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/us/politics/18paul.html?ref=politics|work=[[New York Times]]|date=[[2007-12-18]]|accessdate=2007-12-19|author=Bosman, Julie|title=More Hiring and Advertising Ahead for Paul Campaign as the Donations Pour In}}</ref>makeing it the largest single day of fund raising, on-line or not, in U.S. presidential campaign history.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/18/america/camp.php|title=Ron Paul, a Republican outsider, sets fund-raising record|author=Associated Press|date=[[2007-12-18]]|accessdate=2007-12-18|work=International Herald Tribune}}</ref> During the last minutes of the drive, the server refused to accept contributions due to an overload of donations, as about 100 contributors per minute donated to the campaign; More than an additional $100,000 were donated within the hour past midnight. <ref>http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-2&fp=4766f7bf4ef3c9f8&ei=B2xmR6LbNpDgqwPsoZ2BAg&url=http%3A//www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-paul17dec17%2C1%2C7570032.story%3Fcoll%3Dla-politics-campaign&cid=1125049402</ref><ref>http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-3&fp=4766f7bf4ef3c9f8&ei=B2xmR6LbNpDgqwPsoZ2BAg&url=http%3A//ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hyQLduiFMFTNmeUdgpf5cMvLi6awD8TJ04TG0&cid=1125049402</ref><ref>http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/1-3&fp=4766f7bf4ef3c9f8&ei=B2xmR6LbNpDgqwPsoZ2BAg&url=http%3A//www.tgdaily.com/content/view/35295/127/&cid=1125058445</ref><ref>http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/5-0&fp=4766f7bf4ef3c9f8&ei=B2xmR6LbNpDgqwPsoZ2BAg&url=http%3A//www.nolanchart.com/article561.html&cid=1125054143</ref><ref>http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/7-0&fp=4766f7bf4ef3c9f8&ei=B2xmR6LbNpDgqwPsoZ2BAg&url=http%3A//www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-12-17-ronpaul-fundraising_N.htm&cid=0</ref>
No fundraising drives for any campaign matched the success of the November 5 event until December 16, when the grassroots supporter-organized Tea Party moneybomb raised an amount estimated as $6.0–$6.6 million<ref name=usat>{{cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-12-17-ronpaul-fundraising_N.htm|work=[[USA Today]]|date=[[2007-12-17]]|accessdate=2007-12-19|author=Vogel, Kenneth P|title='Money bomb': Ron Paul raises $6 million in 24-hour period}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Ambinder, Marc|url=http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/12/pauls_16m_haul_impressive_no_b.php|date=[[2007-12-17]]|accessdate=2007-12-21|work=[[The Atlantic]]|title=Paul's $16M Haul... Impressive. No Buts.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Rutherford, Tony|url=http://www.huntingtonnews.net/local/071217-rutherford-localronpaul.html|publisher=Huntington News Network|date=[[2007-12-17]]|accessdate=2007-12-21|title=Ron Paul Surpasses Fund Raising Record Held by John Kerry}}</ref><ref name=ncww>{{cite news|author=Westmiller, William|url=http://www.nolanchart.com/article565.html|date=[[2007-12-18]]|accessdate=2007-12-21|publisher=[[Nolan Chart]]|title=Ron Paul Sets All-Time Fundraising Record}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-balance_21edi.ART.State.Edition1.369a661.html|title=Huckabee's rise has set the GOP rankings into motion|author=Kruh, Nancy|date=[[2007-12-21]]|accessdate=2007-12-21|work=[[Dallas Morning News]]}}</ref>, $6 million, of which is in approved credit card receipts<ref>{{Citation| last =Bosman| first =Julie| title =More Hiring and Advertising Ahead for Paul Campaign as the Donations Pour In | newspaper =The New York Times | year =2007 | date =2007-12-18 | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/us/politics/18paul.html}}</ref> from 58,407 individual contributors to Paul's campaign,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2007/12/17/ron-pauls-internet-savvy/|title=Ron Paul's Internet Savvy|author=Worthen, Ben|work=[[Wall Street Journal]]|date=[[2007-12-17]]|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200712/POL20071218b.html|publisher=[[Cybercast News Service]]|date=[[2007-12-18]]|accessdate=2007-12-20|author=Ryan, Josiah|title=Ron Paul's Base Could Give Him Post-Primary Influence, Experts Say}}</ref> breaking the November 5 record, as well as the 2004 one-day political fundraising record of [[John Kerry]]<ref name=ncww/><ref name=nyx1218>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/us/politics/18paul.html?ref=politics|work=[[New York Times]]|date=[[2007-12-18]]|accessdate=2007-12-19|author=Bosman, Julie|title=More Hiring and Advertising Ahead for Paul Campaign as the Donations Pour In}}</ref>makeing it the largest single day of fund raising, on-line or not, in U.S. presidential campaign history.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/18/america/camp.php|title=Ron Paul, a Republican outsider, sets fund-raising record|author=Associated Press|date=[[2007-12-18]]|accessdate=2007-12-18|work=International Herald Tribune}}</ref> During the last minutes of the drive, the server refused to accept contributions due to an overload of donations, as about 100 contributors per minute donated to the campaign; More than an additional $100,000 were donated within the hour past midnight. <ref>http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-2&fp=4766f7bf4ef3c9f8&ei=B2xmR6LbNpDgqwPsoZ2BAg&url=http%3A//www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-paul17dec17%2C1%2C7570032.story%3Fcoll%3Dla-politics-campaign&cid=1125049402</ref><ref>http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-3&fp=4766f7bf4ef3c9f8&ei=B2xmR6LbNpDgqwPsoZ2BAg&url=http%3A//ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hyQLduiFMFTNmeUdgpf5cMvLi6awD8TJ04TG0&cid=1125049402</ref><ref>http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/1-3&fp=4766f7bf4ef3c9f8&ei=B2xmR6LbNpDgqwPsoZ2BAg&url=http%3A//www.tgdaily.com/content/view/35295/127/&cid=1125058445</ref><ref>http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/5-0&fp=4766f7bf4ef3c9f8&ei=B2xmR6LbNpDgqwPsoZ2BAg&url=http%3A//www.nolanchart.com/article561.html&cid=1125054143</ref><ref>http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/7-0&fp=4766f7bf4ef3c9f8&ei=B2xmR6LbNpDgqwPsoZ2BAg&url=http%3A//www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-12-17-ronpaul-fundraising_N.htm&cid=0</ref>
===Criticism===
Criticisms have been leveled at the mainstream media for their marginal coverage of Paul's fundraising, such as on ''[[Morning Joe]]'' on December 18, 2007, when [[Willie Geist]] referred to the Tea Party event: "You raised 6 million dollars on one day and there it is buried on page 50 of ''[[The Washington Post]].''"
The money bomb, it seems, will be televised. Or at least streamed live over the Web.<ref>Santora, Marc http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/reinventing-the-revolution/New York Times 2007-12-16</ref> Objections have been leveled at the mainstream media for their marginal coverage of Paul's fundraising, such as on ''[[Morning Joe]]'' on December 18, 2007, when [[Willie Geist]] referred to the Tea Party event: "You raised 6 million dollars on one day and there it is buried on page 50 of ''[[The Washington Post]].''" It was reported that [[Ed Rollins]] told the [[the Washington Post]] "I've been in politics for 40 years, and these days everything I've learned about politics is totally irrelevant because there's this uncontrollable thing like the Internet. Washington insiders don't know what to make of it."<ref>http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/11/06/post_184.html</ref> It is surprising that the media's coverage is so biased and uninformative, and people have to depend on blogs to provide them actual news now.<ref>http://recent-us-news.com/data/articles_n51/idn2007.12.17.07.20.56.html /recent-us-news.com</ref>Are the polls frauds and the dim mainstream media still manipulated by evil corporate influences?<ref>Malcolm, Andrew http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2007/12/mainstream-medi.html Los Angeles Times</ref>


==Effectiveness==
==Effectiveness==

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This article is about the political fundraising technique. For other uses, see money bomb (disambiguation).

Moneybomb (money bomb, money-bomb, fundraising bomb) is a neologism coined in 2007 to describe a grassroots effort to support a candidate for election by dramatically increasing and concentrating the candidate's fundraising activity during a specific hour or day. The effort combines traditional and Internet-based fundraising appeals focusing especially on viral advertising through online vehicles such as YouTube, Myspace, and Craig's List. In the case of lesser-known candidates it is also intended to generate significant free mass media coverage the candidate would otherwise not receive. The phrase "money bomb" has had other uses in the past, but came to prominence after the success of the November 5 2007, fundraising drive in support of the 2008 Ron Paul presidential campaign in the United States.[1] This moneybomb was a notable example of an emerging trend of grassroots fundraising and viral activism over the Internet by the 2008 presidential candidates.[2][3][4]

History

Beginnings of moneybomb usage

File:CNN Moneybomb.jpg
CNN screenshot "MONEY BOMB"

The usage of "moneybomb" or "money bomb" to describe a coordinated mass donation drive for a political candidate came to prominence in 2007, during the campaign of American presidential candidate Ron Paul.[5] His supporters initiated multiple grassroots fundraising drives, one taking place on November 5 2007, Guy Fawkes Day. Fawkes is a revolutionary from British history, famous for trying to blow up the parliament in 1605. His history was also reflected in a 2006 film, V for Vendetta, based on a graphic novel, where the protagonist was a Fawkes-like character. Imagery in the Ron Paul fundraiser drew on the Fawkes history and that of the film, as well as a traditional rhyme celebrating Fawkes's plot being foiled.[6] The fundraising drive raised over $4.2 million in one day, making it at that time the largest one-day Internet political fundraiser ever.[7][8] The moneybomb was backed largely by new or disaffected voters.[9] After this, the news media, such as CNN, began widely reporting the term "money bomb" to refer to the event.[10]

Expansion of moneybomb events

Multiple other similar events were and are continuing to be scheduled for several of the 2008 presidential candidates, often in coordination with a historical date such as the Boston Tea Party.[11] Unofficial drives set up after November 5 in support of Fred Thompson,[2][12] Barack Obama,[4] and Dennis Kucinich[13] were referred to by the media as moneybombs. Thompson's campaign disavowed his supporters' effort, which was speculated to have failed because it had been scheduled for the day before Thanksgiving and due to lack of realtime donation tracking feedback.[14] Neither the campaign nor the site released contemporaneous fundraising results after the fundraiser.[15] Kucinich's supporters organized a drive on December 15, in honor of the Bill of Rights adoption;[13] one supporter video called for viral advertising on the Internet and through word of mouth to increase the amount of donations.[16]

Boston Tea Party

No fundraising drives for any campaign matched the success of the November 5 event until December 16, when the grassroots supporter-organized Tea Party moneybomb raised an amount estimated as $6.0–$6.6 million[5][17][18][19][20], $6 million, of which is in approved credit card receipts[21] from 58,407 individual contributors to Paul's campaign,[22][23] breaking the November 5 record, as well as the 2004 one-day political fundraising record of John Kerry[19][24]makeing it the largest single day of fund raising, on-line or not, in U.S. presidential campaign history.[25] During the last minutes of the drive, the server refused to accept contributions due to an overload of donations, as about 100 contributors per minute donated to the campaign; More than an additional $100,000 were donated within the hour past midnight. [26][27][28][29][30]

Criticism

The money bomb, it seems, will be televised. Or at least streamed live over the Web.[31] Objections have been leveled at the mainstream media for their marginal coverage of Paul's fundraising, such as on Morning Joe on December 18, 2007, when Willie Geist referred to the Tea Party event: "You raised 6 million dollars on one day and there it is buried on page 50 of The Washington Post." It was reported that Ed Rollins told the the Washington Post "I've been in politics for 40 years, and these days everything I've learned about politics is totally irrelevant because there's this uncontrollable thing like the Internet. Washington insiders don't know what to make of it."[32] It is surprising that the media's coverage is so biased and uninformative, and people have to depend on blogs to provide them actual news now.[33]Are the polls frauds and the dim mainstream media still manipulated by evil corporate influences?[34]

Effectiveness

Moneybomb advertising for Ron Paul

Political consultant Ed Rollins said of the moneybomb concept, "I'll tell you, I've been in politics for 40 years, and these days everything I've learned about politics is totally irrelevant because there's this uncontrollable thing like the Internet. Washington insiders don't know what to make of it."[35]

Sonia Arrison of TechNewsWorld considered the transparency in pledge and donation amounts to be an important open-source element of moneybomb success: "Those revelations stand in direct contrast to traditional campaigns, which tend to be silent and proprietary about who is donating."[36]

Campaign finance analyst Leslie Wayne regarded the YouTube and viral campaigning associated with moneybombs as an unexpected new trend in campaign finance. Wayne found the November 5 event a remarkable success because "the Paul campaign never even asked donors for the money. A grassroots group of Paul supporters, via the Internet, all decided to have a one-day online fund-raiser for Dr. Paul."[37]

The link[38][39][40] between moneybombs and polling results[41][42] is unclear;[43] so is the link between fundraising in general and polling results.[citation needed]

Single-day fundraising comparisons

In 2000, after beating George W. Bush in the New Hampshire Republican primary, John McCain raised $1 million online in 24 hours.[1]

When John Kerry accepted the Democratic nomination in 2004, he raised $5.7 million in one day, partly over the Internet.[44][24]

On January 8 2007, a one-day call center organized by Mitt Romney raised $3,143,404 in donations[45][46] ($6.5 million including both donations and pledges).[47]

In November 2007, the New York Times and the Associated Press stated that the one-day fundraising record among 2008 presidential candidates was held by Hillary Clinton for raising $6.2 million on June 30 2007.[7][48]

On December 15, 2007 Dennis Kucinich raised $131,400 from approximately 1,600 donors.[49]

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