It's a bird, it's a plane.....no, it's a Ron Paul blimp.  That's right, Ron Paul supporters have decked out a blimp with their 2008 US Presidential candidate's name all over it.  The blimp will fly in South Carolina in conjunction with a TeaParty07 rally in Columbia and the highly anticipated second money bomb which online bookmakers forecast to raise around $6 million on Sunday.  A previous money bomb took in just over $4 million during a 24 hour period.

A 200-foot long blimp began flying over North Carolina on Friday to boost the Ron Paul campaign of Republican White House hopeful Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX).

The blimp, which has "Ron Paul Revolution" written in black and red letters on one side and "Who is Ron Paul? Google Ron Paul" in blue and red letters on the other, took off from Elizabeth City, according the group paying for the advertisement.

The group, which is not affiliated with the official Paul campaign, says they have raised about $250,000 to keep the blimp afloat for more than two weeks.

Money bomb betting was still being offered by Sportsbook.com on Friday with the OVER $6 million raised paying out $1 for every $3 bet (plus get back your original $3 bet if it wins).  The UNDER $6 million pays 2-1 odds. 

A CNN poll shows Ron Paul in 5th place among Republicans with 11 percent.   That's not bad considering both Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney are tied for 2nd place at 16 percent.  Mike Huckabee leads with 24 percent.  Fred Thompson had 17 percent.  However, 52 percent of those surveyed said they still haven't made up their minds. 

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Carrie Stroup, Gambling911.com

Originally published December 14, 2007 11:06 pm EST