Apparently it was Ron Paul himself who organized the “Black This Out” moneybomb as a response to not getting equal time in the debate the night before.
“Claiming he did not speak for 40 minutes during the debate, Paul turned his gripe into a grab for funds by blasting supporters with a request to donate from October 19th to Monday at noon. […] Rep. Paul brought in $2.75 million for his third presidential campaign during the moneybomb, named for the “blackout” he complained of following the debate.”
You know, they make this out to be “a bitter old man tries to get his comeuppance”…anything to make him look bad…but to do that, they have to make it look like all Paul has to do is get a little perturbed and just all of a sudden raise $3 million on an hour’s notice (the debate ended at 11pm ET, the moneybomb officially started at 12am). There’s just a bit of satisfaction in that.