Politics | Ron Paul Ron Paul 'Tea Party' Nets $6M No blimp, but otherwise a steaming success By Jane Yager Posted Dec 17, 2007 6:52 AM CST Copied Republican presidential hopeful, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, responds during the Des Moines Register Republican Presidential Debate in Johnston, Iowa, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (Associated Press) In an event dubbed "Boston TeaParty07," supporters of quirky GOP candidate Ron Paul rallied in the Boston snow yesterday while donations from across the nation dropped a record-breaking one-day "money bomb" of $6 million into the campaign. Most of the funds were donated over the Internet. To Paul's backers, the fundraising blitz demonstrated that he's a ''viable candidate," the Boston Globe reports. Despite the cash haul, not all was as hoped for. The Ron Paul Blimp, originally scheduled to fly over Boston, was instead in South Carolina, and a plan to dump tea in Boston Harbor was modified to tossing banners reading "tyranny" and "no taxation without representation" into boxes in front of a picture of the harbor. Read These Next Within half hour, Navy fighter jet and copter both go into the sea. After his grandma's fall, teen creates a winning solution. Study sheds light on what killed half of Napoleon's grand army. Don't blame data centers for your rising electric bill. Report an error