Ron Paul Asks Supporters to Pay for Million-Dollar Ad Campaign

He's Ron Paul and he approved this message, but he's going to need your donation to pay for it.

In an e-mail sent to subscribers on the RonPaul2012 website, Paul makes an impassioned plea for money to pay for a nearly one-million-dollar ad campaign set to begin running this week.

"Big Dog," the first of two new ads this week running in both Iowa and New Hampshire, poses Paul as a bulldog against big government as he aims to make huge cost-saving cuts to the tune of $1 trillion in spending in his first term in office.

The second ad, "Serial Hypocrisy," is a shorter version of a web ad Paul released a week ago targeting Newt Gingrich and his alleged less-than-conservative values.

"I am the only candidate with a plan for a one-year, trillion-dollar spending cut and a balanced budget within one term," Paul writes in his e-mail. "But it's up to you and me to make sure the voters understand the facts. ... I must raise $1 million this week to fully run both "Serial Hypocrisy" and "Big Dog" in both Iowa and New Hampshire. So please be as generous as you can."

As of 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to a running tally on the RonPaul2012 website, donations totaling more than $911,000 have already been collected.