Ben Carson slashes staff as funds dry up

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

CONCORD, N.H. — Ben Carson, the famed neurosurgeon whose bid for the Republican presidential nomination has struggled to keep pace with rivals, will cut more than 50 staff positions Thursday as part of an overhaul and downsizing of his campaign.

Salaries are being significantly reduced. Carson’s traveling entourage will shrink to only a handful of advisers. And instead of flying on private jets, Carson may soon return to commercial flights.

The employees being released — about half of Carson’s campaign — mostly work in field operations and at his headquarters in Northern Virginia.

Campaign officials, who confirmed the moves after The Washington Post obtained an internal memo about the layoffs, stressed that key aides in upcoming GOP primary contests will remain in place and that Carson is determined to stay in the 2016 race.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/02/04/ben-carson-slashes-staff-as-funds-dry-up/

[japple]

1. What kind of blade did he use to slash them? Will he brag about it later?

eom

[Javaman]

12. LOL

good one! LOL

[TwilightGardener]

2. You know, on top of losing their jobs, they don't deserve to be slashed.

That's awful.

[Plucketeer]

5. That's how Ben "operates"!

Ba-doom-boom!

[trillion]

18. Maybe they'll all go to Cruz at once, just like 5 of 6 members of his super pac team did.

[jalan48]

4. Now he's about to be relegated to the pizza man's status. Who will be the guy next time?

[OnlinePoker]

6. Probably ran out of money going to Florida after Iowa to buy clothes. n/t

[thesquanderer]

7. He didn't know he could buy clothes in Iowa for less than the cost of a private jet to Florida.

Heck, he could have had someone UPS some of his favorite clothes from Florida to New Hampshire.

[trillion]

19. Read up on him. He wasn't conservative enough for his Superpac:

Ben Carson’s N.H. super PAC staffers quit to volunteer for Ted Cruz: report
"Five paid New Hampshire staffers at the Ben Carson 2016 Committee super PAC reportedly resigned from their posts on Sunday to become volunteers for Republican rival presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz."
...
" A source familiar with the group’s operations told The Hill that one paid staffer, Sarah De La Cerda, remains in New Hampshire supporting Mr. Carson, “and intends to remain there.”
"The super PAC is operated independently of Mr. Carson’s campaign, which recently lost campaign manager..."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jan/11/ben-carsons-nh-super-pac-staffers-quit-to-voluntee/


Here is his money:

Which Presidential Candidates Are Winning the Money Race
By THE NEW YORK TIMES UPDATED Feb. 1, 2016
On Jan. 31, candidates and the “super PACs” supporting them filed reports with the Federal Election Commission on their finances through the end of 2015, providing a picture of how the campaigns and other groups raised and spent their money last year. Related Article
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/election-2016-campaign-money-race.html?_r=0

[trillion]

20. And here is something very telling about Hillary.

Facing Money Gap, Hillary Clinton Slowly Warms to ‘Super PAC’ Gifts
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/18/us/politics/facing-money-gap-hillary-clinton-slowly-warms-to-super-pac-gifts.html

She bent to what she even considers corruption.

[trillion]

21. I'm posting this one in LBN because it's within 12 hours.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Dead man snoozing. n/t

[Sunlei]

9. I read Carson gave all his Iowa people to Cruz as a parting gift. Cruz owes him now.

[brush]

13. That's the dirty trick rumor Cruz's campaign put out — that he was quitting and caucus goers . . .

should vote for Cruz.

It worked and he ended up "winning" which is why Trump is threatening to sue.

Cruz is as sleazy as it gets.

[yellowcanine]

10. But he still has money to fly to Florida to get fresh clothes?

Seems like a laundromat would be more cost effective?

[Third Doctor]

11. Why is he still in the race?

His time in the spotlight ended months ago. Besides the racist core of his party would never have nominated him anyway.

[brush]

14. Exactamundo!

[FLPanhandle]

15. I guess God didn't provide after all

So much for the power of prayer!

[JCMach1]

16. the Grift is up...

[Little Tich]

17. LOL

That was my first reaction...