Giuliani's Top Aides Give Up Salaries
It seems that the "Feb. 5 — wait for the Big States" strategy of Republican candidate Rudy Guiliani is a questionable idea when it comes to generating momentum, and not so good when it comes to raising money either.
The Washington Post's The Trail reports that a Giuliani aide has confirmed that campaign manager Mike DuHaime and several other top advisers and consultants who make large salaries stopped being paid on Jan. 1. If there is any sign of a campaign in financial trouble, it when the big names forgo salary in order to turn the campaign around.
The Giuliani campaign has staked everything on a victory in Florida on Jan. 29 that will propel them to more victories in the 22 states that vote on Feb. 5. But by keeping a relatively low profile in early states, he has seen media coverage of the campaign focus primarily on John McCain, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee.
Thursday in Florida he worked to get some of that media attention back. Giuliani talked about the need for some type of "federal backstop" to spread insurance risks associated with hurricanes and natural disasters. The idea of a "national catastrophe fund" is much talked about in Florida. The former New York mayor said he would ask his Florida campaign manager, Attorney General Bill McCollum to come up with specific proposals by the end of January.
3:31 PM ET | 01-11-2008 | permalink
