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The flagging GOP presidential campaign of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is cutting staff at its Miami headquarters to save more than $1 million per month and slash payroll by 40 percent this week, according to reports on Friday.
Politico reported that staffers were informed of the changes on a conference call.
This is about winning the race, an anonymous campaign adviser told Bloomberg Politics. on Friday. Were doing it now and making the shifts with confidence. We expect to win."
From the Bloomberg report:
Bush's advisers, under pressure from their donors and from falling and stagnant poll numbers, have been discussing ways to retool the campaign in recent days, and came to the conclusion that a course correction was essential. While recent tangles with Donald Trump have energized the campaign, Bush's senior team recognized a more fundamental set of changes was required that didn't involve dealing directly with the party's surprisingand surprisingly durablefront-runner.
It's unclear if Bush was on the call. The National Journal reported Bush was headed to Virginia.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jeb-bush-campaign-hq-cuts
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)BootinUp
(46,925 posts)in fact, based on what I remember about the last couple cycles, it would surprise me not in the least to see him end up on top.
Javaman
(62,439 posts)Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)Jeb Bush and his allies announced on Thursday that they had amassed more than $114 million in campaign cash over the last six months, dwarfing the combined fund-raising of his Republican rivals for the partys presidential nomination............ he's raised more than anyone in super pacs
and this was in July...........A fool and his money are soon parted
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/10/us/politics/jeb-bush-races-past-rivals-in-fund-raising-aided-by-super-pac-cash.html
global1
(25,168 posts)"There are other people out there that are very qualified, and we've had enough Bushes."