So Romney is being "frugal" with the ad money, showers $200K bonuses on staff and

[magical thyme]

his national co-chair and former short-listed VEEP candidate Tim Pawlenty jumps ship 6 weeks before the election.

And suddenly it dawned on me he is running his campaign (into the ground) the same way he runs his leveraged buyouts into the ground. He's a one-trick pony, and that is his trick.

Dollars to donuts, the bonuses were to keep any more staff from bailing prematurely. And dollars to donuts there will be more and bigger bonuses paid out before his titanic goes under.

He's grabbing the donation money for his "friends" and bailing on the campaign biz.

[Walk away]

1. I sure hope Sheldon Adelson enjoys paying a bunch of incompetent losers...

huge amounts of money for failing. That's the Mitt Romney way. Buy it, destroy it, cash in!

[jsr]

2. Typical MO for corporate crooks