Ruh-roh, MSNBC reporting some of Guiliani's campaign staff is now working for no pay

[AlCzervik]

claims it isn't a money problem but they are not getting paid, not volunteers mind you but campaign staff.

[Wildewolfe]

1. Thats ok... some have been working without brains for a while now....

[Blarch]

2. How can the GOP national front runner...

be broke ? ...broke and he didn't even campaign in Iowa, NH or SC

[babylonsister]

3. Knowing how much dough Rudy has of his own wouldn't endear

me to working for him for free, not that I ever would...

[Virginia Dare]

5. Most of that goes to maintaining his current and former wives though..

Judy needs a new pair of shoes....:cry:

[stanwyck]

10. And then there's the plane seat just for her

handbag. I wonder what all the professional Hillary haters think about Queen Judy? Here's a social-climbing adulteress who is obsessed with materialism. And they hate Hillary because she, gasp!, wants universal health care?

[Atman]

4. I hear he's sending Bernie Kerik out to shake down some local shopkeepers

"You know, it'd be a shame if anything happened to this nice bakery you got here...President Rudy would protect you...for a price..."

.

[blondeatlast]

6. Uh-oh, indeed. If his campaign is finished how can we be expected to remember, oh, uh,

wait, wait, don't tell me, it's right on the tip of my tongue...

Oh, yes--the time that terrorists attacked innocent Americans on our own soil. That would be 9/11. With Rudy gone, we'll never remember that... :eyes:

[Angela Shelley]

7. He´s just practicing being the next prez

[Lint Head]

8. He must be in trouble. Quick, someone call 911!

:dem:

[AlCzervik]

9. article is here

By LIZ SIDOTI, AP
Fri Jan 11, 11:12 AM EST

About a dozen senior campaign staffers for Rudy Giuliani are forgoing their January paychecks, a sign of possible money trouble for the Republican presidential candidate and last year's national front-runner.

"We have enough money, but we could always use more money," contended Mike DuHaime, Giuliani's campaign manager and one of those who now is working for free. "We want to make sure we have enough to win."

At the end of December, the campaign had $11.5 million cash on hand, $7 million of which could be used for the primary, DuHaime said Friday. He disputed the notion of a cash-strapped operation and said Giuliani continues to bring in cash; several fundraisers are scheduled this week in Florida.

The former New York mayor has yet to win a contest and is counting on a victory in delegate-rich Florida on Jan. 29 to prove his candidacy is viable heading into the multistate contests slated for Feb. 5, where he believes he can prevail in states such as California and Illinois.

It's an unorthodox and costly strategy because Florida and states that follow have some of the most expensive media markets in the country. And with so many states voting in such a short time period, candidates can do little else but rely on paid media to get their message out.

Republican strategists estimate that it will cost roughly $35 million to run one week of heavy levels of ads in the two dozen states that hold contests on Feb. 5.

Giuliani has struggled to grab his share of the spotlight from rivals Mike Huckabee, winner in Iowa, and Sen. John McCain, the victor in New Hampshire, as well as Mitt Romney. Recent polls show Giuliani, the undisputed leader in most 2007 national surveys, losing his top spot.

more at link
http://www6.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2008/01/11/Giuliani.Money/print/