Guiliani is having money trouble. :-)

[AlCzervik]

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

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.

DuHaime and other aides stressed that relinquishing pay was voluntary and was limited to senior staffers, many of whom already had contributed the maximum allowed by law to the campaign, $2,300. Aides said some people offered to give up their checks, prompting the campaign to then ask if others wanted to volunteer. They insisted no one was forced to work without pay.

[Lint Head]

1. Call 911 quick! Ghoulianni is in trouble!

:dem:

[Parche]

2. He paid too much for his make up from Avon

:hi:

[DontTreadOnMe]

5. geez

"We have enough money, but we could always use more money," contended Mike DuHaime.

Is that their new campaign mantra?

[book_worm]

3. If I weren't getting paid for working for that goul I'd resign.

Poor Gouliani--the more people get to know him the more they come away disliking him.

[AlCzervik]

4. hehe exactly and i love it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. "delegate-rich Florida"?

I though the Republicans had halved its number of delegates as a punishment for holding the primary early. Doesn't sound very 'rich' to me ...

[Beacool]

7. Best news I've heard all day!!!

There are candidates out there who I may not vote for, but I despise Giuliani. I think that of the 15 people running for either party he's the only one who is not morally fit to be president. He's a creep and a thug. On Sept. 10 2001 he couldn't have been elected dog catcher in NY. We couldn't wait for the ghoul to finish his term, 9/11 is the best thing that happened to revive his career.

[Dulcinea]

8. Maybe Judy could hock her Baby Louis Vuitton bag to pay staffers.

*snark*

[robbedvoter]

9. Randi: Rudy's "strategy" is doing nothing, waiting for the others to lose. But Thompson

has already beaten him to that too"
Me thinks neocons settled on 100 years in Iraq McCain.
I noticed the desperation in the last debate: "I had suported the surge even BEFORE McCain supported the surge!"
It will be the official end for him on Super tuesday when someone else beats him in the meagerly attended NY primaries...:rofl:

[AlCzervik]

10. oh that was so funny, everyone was jumping on the old "but, but i supported the surge too!"

Romney was quite a snarky ass prick last night as well.