Wilson Dem challenger raises $500k off "you lie"

UPDATE 5:24 p.m.: It's up to $500,000 now.

UPDATE 2:57 P.M. The DCCC now puts the figure at $400,000. This could be heading toward a million, and the pace is quickening.

UPDATE 1:59 p.m. Wow. Over $350,000 in about 18 hours from 10,000 donors. This is definitely in Tinklenberg territory. Miller has raised nearly as much in less than 24 hours as he did in all of 2008.

UPDATE 11:20 a.m.: The number is now up to $200,000 from 5,000 contributors. Miller raised just $390,000 for his whole 2008 campaign, self-funding another $235,000.

Shades of El Tinklenberg?

Rob Miller, Rep. Joe Wilson’s (R-S.C.) Democratic opponent in 2010, raised $100,000 in the eight hours after Wilson’s outburst during President Obama’s health care speech last night, according to an informed source. That figure comes from 3,000 individual contrbutions.

You’ll recall Democrat Tinklenberg couldn’t count the money fast enough at the end of the 2008 election cycle after Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) suggested President Obama was un-American.

Wilson defeated Miller 54-46 in 2008, so the money could go to something worthwhile. We’ll keep an eye on whether the funds keeps rolling in.