Staffer rejoins McCain bid (Ia)

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Published Thursday | July 19, 2007
Staffer rejoins McCain bid

DES MOINES (AP) — A consultant to Republican John McCain has reversed her decision to resign from his presidential campaign and will continue helping him build ties with conservatives in Iowa.

Marlys Popma resigned from the campaign on Monday, but reconsidered after speaking with McCain and others.

"I got skittish about their commitment to Iowa," Popma said Wednesday. "I decided to leave them before they left us."

A string of consultants and staffers have left McCain's Iowa campaign, including consultants Ed Failor Jr. and Karen Slifka, and communications director Tim Miller.

McCain supporters have said he'll campaign for this winter's Iowa caucuses with a staff of about a half-dozen.

Popma said speaking with McCain and others in the campaign "convinced me of the seriousness of their commitment."

anybody have any idea what all these "staffers" get paid?

It seems like there is an endless supply of people not otherwise engaged available to be hired quickly when someone announces a run, and that the turnover is fairly turbulent. Are they all independently wealthy? Is there a "holding pen" somewhere chock full of them, ready to be called up like the national guard? Do they get paid so much it lures them from gainful employment? A lot of them sure don't appear to be committed to their candidates.

Inquiring minds want to know.

I wonder what they threatened her with. You don't rejoin a sinking ship unless the alternative is walking the plank.

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