McCain campaign in slow implosion

[Bradley in DC]

McCain Shakes Up Campaign Again After Low Fundraising Expectations (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287720,00.html)

John McCain's campaign, trailing top Republican rivals in money and polls, is undergoing a significant reorganization with staff cuts in every department, officials with knowledge of the shake-up said Monday.

Some 50 staffers or more are being let go, and senior aides will be subject to pay cuts as the Arizona senator's campaign bows to the reality of six months of subpar fundraising, these officials said.

They spoke on condition of anonymity because the plans have not been made public. An afternoon conference call was scheduled to announce the results of second-quarter fundraising. . .

[PatriotOne]

McCain Shakes Up Campaign Again After Low Fundraising Expectations (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287720,00.html)

John McCain's campaign, trailing top Republican rivals in money and polls, is undergoing a significant reorganization with staff cuts in every department, officials with knowledge of the shake-up said Monday.

Some 50 staffers or more are being let go, and senior aides will be subject to pay cuts as the Arizona senator's campaign bows to the reality of six months of subpar fundraising, these officials said.

They spoke on condition of anonymity because the plans have not been made public. An afternoon conference call was scheduled to announce the results of second-quarter fundraising. . .

It will be real interesting to see where the McCain supporter's disperse themselves after he bows out.

[Bradley in DC]

McCain campaign implodes? (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0707/4755.html)
By: Richard Allen Greene
Jul 2, 2007 01:38 PM EST


McCain was once considered the front-runner for the GOP nomination.

Sen. John McCain, once assumed to be the front-runner for the Republican nomination for president, announced disappointing second quarter fund-raising figures on Monday and will be cutting staff in an effort to stay afloat.

The McCain camp had figured it would be able to raise $100 million this year, campaign manager Terry Nelson told reporters, but now realizes that assumption was "incorrect."

Nelson said McCain had raised $11.2 million this quarter -- a far cry from the $32.5 million posted by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton's $27 million, and barely more than the third-place Democrat, John Edwards, who claimed about $9 million.

The campaign has about $2 million cash on hand, he said.

The figures mark a sharp collapse for the Arizona maverick who gave George W. Bush a bracing run in the early stages of the race for the 2000 Republican nomination.

McCain's advisers said he had received contributions from just over 72,000 donors.

They declined to reveal their new fund-raising target for the year.

Nelson will be working without a salary "for the next several months," he said, and senior staff is taking pay cuts.

Every department of the campaign was restructured, he said, but he would not say how many jobs were being cut.

The Associated Press said 50 slots were being eliminated, citing unnamed "officials with knowledge of the shake-up." Nelson refused to confirm the number.

McCain aides say the campaign will accept public matching funds and estimate it is eligible for $6 million.

The campaign is retooling to focus on the four early-voting states of Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

Political scientist Larry J. Sabato of the University of Viriginia Center for Politics warned that a collapse this early could well be fatal to McCain's hopes of winning the GOP nomination.

"You can run again but you can't hide from the early disaster," he said, citing examples of mid-race comebacks ranging from Ronald Reagan in 1976 to Ross Perot in 1992.

"But in every case," Sabato warned, "the comeback candidate lost."

[LibertyEagle]

Stick a fork in him. After the amnesty deal, he's done.

What I don't get though is why Giuliani is not history also. Do people not understand that he is for open borders and amnesty too? While we're talking about it, 'ol Mitt has flip-flopped on this issue so much, he should have whiplash.

[Bradley in DC]

McCain’s campaign ponders accepting matching funds
(http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/mccains-campaign-ponders-accepting-matching-funds-2007-07-02.html)By Sam Youngman
July 02, 2007
A second consecutive disappointing fundraising quarter is leading the campaign of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to consider accepting federal matching funds in the primary, campaign manager Terry Nelson told reporters Monday.

[Oddball]

Arrrgggh, maties!! We're takin' on water!!

Strike the sails!! Man the lifeboats!! Arrrrrrgggh!!!

[beermotor]

Is that Donald Sutherland in your avatar? heh...

Yeah, McCain's toast after the amnesty bit. I imagine the only thing that's saved Giuliani is the fact that he's not in the Senate, so can easily throw darts from the cheap seats. He is not electable, not by a longshot, so he will die a slow death once Fred Thompson appears. And if Newt shows up, that will split the hawk / flip flopper vote even more ways.

[PatriotOne]

July 2, 2007 2:45 PM

McCain Low On Cash
With just $2 million on hand, a campaign reorganizes.

By David Freddoso

“Yes, sir. I understand that you may not like Senator McCain,” a frustrated staffer says into her telephone. “But we need to show party unity tonight. I really hope you’ll come — you don’t need to bring a check with you.”


So went the hours leading up to the June 21 Lincoln Day Dinner in Orange County, Florida, according to Florida Republican sources. More than 50 seats had to be filled at the last minute, and organizers were frantically calling around to fill them. Some interpreted this as a sign that local Republicans were less than thrilled with the choice of keynote speaker, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a candidate for the presidency. That may be unfair — the event did draw 700 people — but this is not an isolated incident. McCain has just had one of those months.

Rest here:

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZGFlMTE5OWQzY2ZmODAxZjlkYjg0MDE3M2QyNjM4MjI=

[Badger Paul]

Guliani, luckily for him, does not have to take votes in the U.S. Senate.

McCain will stay in through at least New Hampshire. He's got too much pride to pull out without even a voting being cast yet.