Rudy is
looking more desperate every day:
Top advisers to former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani have voluntarily agreed to forgo their salaries or consultant fees, an indication that Giuliani's strategy of sitting out the early primaries is causing fundraising problems for the campaign.
An aide confirmed that campaign manager Mike DuHaime and several other top advisers and consultant who make large salaries stopped being paid as of Jan. 1.
"We want to ensure that all of our resources are pointed to Florida," said campaign spokeswoman Maria Comella. "We're being cautious. We're going to spend a lot of time in Florida."
Comella declined to comment on fundraising efforts, but said the campaign has $11.5 million cash on hand, with about $7 million that can be used for the primary. She said the campaign continues to raise money for Giuliani's presidential bid.
Cautious = not paying your staff?
But the decision to suspend salaries suggests that the mayor's strategy of waiting for the campaign to arrive in Florida is taking its toll.
By refusing to compete vigorously in Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan or South Carolina, Giuliani has been relegated to watching on the sidelines. The crush of news coverage of the candidates in Iowa and then New Hampshire barely mentioned Giuliani.
The other leading candidates -- former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and Arizona Sen. John McCain -- have been constantly in the news for a month as they fight with each other for wins in those states.
I think he's hurtin'.
1 comment:
wow, I'm sure that'll do a lot for staff morale. Why doesn't he borrow money from himself like Romney does? With all the millions he's earned from exploiting 9/11, surely he can afford it more than his staff can? Despite claims to the contrary, I'm willing to bet that at least some of his staff are less than thrilled to be making this sacrifice.
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