After almost a week of delays, the most innovative campaign advertising tool in quite some time has taken off:
RALEIGH, N.C. – A 200-foot long blimp bearing the name of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is flying over North Carolina.
Campaign spokesman Bryce Henderson said the blimp took off from Elizabeth City just before 9 a.m. It’s expected to fly over Raleigh and Greensboro in the afternoon, and over Charlotte just before nightfall.
The aerial billboard is emblazoned on one side with “Who is Ron Paul? Google Ron Paul.” The other side reads “Ron Paul Revolution.”
The blimp is scheduled to float up the East Coast past major cities. Organizers say they have raised $200,000 to get the blimp in the air; they hope to raise $400,000 more to keep it afloat until the New Hampshire primary on Jan. 8.
Because of weather, it doesn’t look like they’ll be making their way up here until at least sometime next week. But I’m sure we’ll be hearing more about this one.
Very cool. Hopefully people will take action after seeing this blimp and actually find out who Ron Paul or the rest of the candidates are. Don’t be a dumb voter, get informed.