I've been tracking donations made through ActBlue this morning to the campaign of Rob Miller, the Democrat set to oppose Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) next year. The total at noon ET stands at about $200,000 and there's been a remarkable jump in the last hour or two:
The donation rate is now $60,000 per hour!
Here's the ActBlue link to make donations--let's keep it up! The kossacks4miller page alone has accounted for nearly half the total.
http://www.actblue.com/...
According to CampaignMoney.com, in his unsuccessful 2008 bid for the seat, Miller raised $316K including donations of $200 or more, an additional $40K from political action committees and $235K in self-funding. Clearly, the amount of money coming in now in the wake of Wilson's "you lie" outburst will retire any remaining debt and fund Miller's entire 2010 bid in a big hurry!
Interesting times.
UPDATE:
Donation rate flattening out a bit, now at $62K/hour:
If you haven't donated yet, step up and be a part of making history.
UPDATE 2:
Still hanging in at a fairly high level: