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  • David G
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2003
    • 89688

    Rick Perry: folding his tents?



    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry has stopped paying his 2016 presidential campaign's staff in the key early primary state of South Carolina, amid flagging poling numbers and sluggish fundraising.

    Spokesman Lucy Nashed said late Monday that "tough decisions have to be made in respect to both monetary and time-related resources."



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    David G
    Harbor Woodworks
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    "It was a Sunday morning and Goddard gave thanks that there were still places where one could worship in temples not made by human hands." -- L. F. Herreshoff (The Compleat Cruiser)
  • Glen Longino
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2008
    • 28863

    #2
    Re: Rick Perry: folding his tents?

    About time!

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    • David G
      Senior Member
      • Dec 2003
      • 89688

      #3
      Re: Rick Perry: folding his tents?

      Originally posted by Glen Longino
      About time!
      Yes... shoulda happened 20+ years ago <G>

      Go to bed, ya ol' phart.

      I'll race ya! I've still got some planning to do for tomorrow, but I can do it under the covers, thank the FSM.
      David G
      Harbor Woodworks
      https://www.facebook.com/HarborWoodworks/

      "It was a Sunday morning and Goddard gave thanks that there were still places where one could worship in temples not made by human hands." -- L. F. Herreshoff (The Compleat Cruiser)

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      • Glen Longino
        Senior Member
        • Jun 2008
        • 28863

        #4
        Re: Rick Perry: folding his tents?

        I'll be up awhile...had a five hour nap this afternoon!
        Sleep well, amigo!

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        • Gerarddm
          #RESIST
          • Feb 2010
          • 32453

          #5
          Re: Rick Perry: folding his tents?

          Once a freakin' idiot, always one.
          Gerard>
          Albuquerque, NM

          Next election, vote against EVERY Republican, for EVERY office, at EVERY level. Be patriotic, save the country.

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          • S.V. Airlie
            Ancient Mariner
            • Dec 2006
            • 63914

            #6
            Re: Rick Perry: folding his tents?

            Barely 60 days after declaring that he'd run for president, Rick Perry faces a financial crisis that threatens to short-circuit his comeback candidacy months before a single ballot is cast.
            The longest-serving governor in Texas history is so cash poor that his presidential campaign has stopped paying its own advisers. National Journal first reported Monday that Perry had frozen pay for South Carolina staff, and CBS and the Washington Post soon reported the freeze applied all across the nation — including in Iowa, New Hampshire and his Austin headquarters.
            "There's no way to spin this that's positive," said Matt Mackowiak, a Texas Republican strategist.
            The shockingly early financial implosion (four years ago, Perry hadn't even announced his 2012 candidacy yet) is a potentially crippling blow for a candidate who, despite energetically camaigning in Iowa and elsewhere on the political circuit, has found little traction in the polls.
            "We'll be able to live off the land for a while," predicted Katon Dawson, Perry's South Carolina state director.
            But while his official campaign has been reduced a volunteer operation, a trio of independent pro-Perry super PACs remain well-heeled, making it less likely Perry will be forced to exit from the race entirely.
            "Oh God yes, full steam ahead," said Austin Barbour, a senior adviser to Perry's super PACs. "Because we raised $16.8 million."
            The remarkable imbalance between the cash-strapped campaign and flush super PAC will likely test the limits, already being pushed by other underfunded candidates, of how much responsibility can be pushed off onto unlimited-money outside groups.
            "We raised as much money as possible so that we would have the ability to spend it in whatever way we needed to spend it," Barbour said, "whether it was traditional super PAC ways on paid media or whatever other ways we need."
            It's not clear if or when another round of actual Perry campaign paychecks will be issued. And Perry's super PACs can't simply rehire his official strategists and staff. "They have a 120-day moratorium," noted Barbour of Federal Election Commission regulations. Some Perry aides were already eyeing the job market elsewhere on Monday, multiple Republican sources said.
            Perry's campaign reported an anemic $1.1 million fundraising haul through the end of June and ended the quarter with $883,913 cash on hand. For perspective, that's about one-tenth of what Ben Carson, a political neophyte who has never held political office, raised via his campaign during that time.
            Meanwhile, Perry was burning through what little cash he had raised—spending almost $593,000 in little more than five weeks in May and June. Nearly two-thirds of the money Perry spent ($391,000) went to Abstract Communications LLC, a business registered in Austin to Jeff Miller, Perry's campaign manager.
            "As the campaign moves along, tough decisions have to be made in respect to both monetary and time related resources," Miller said in an email Monday evening.
            With a crowded 17-candidate GOP field, Jeb Bush dominating among big donors and Donald Trump dominating the news, there has been little space for longer shot candidacies. Perry's financial falter could be only the first of many, as other Republicans could soon face a cash crunch of their own: Bobby Jindal, Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee and George Pataki all had less than $1 million banked at the end of June, the same or less than Perry had.
            Fundraising was never supposed to be the chief question about Perry, especially after he raised more than $20 million for his 2012 race. He has been laying the groundwork for a 2016 campaign almost since the moment he quit four years ago: studying up, meeting with foreign policy advisers and honing policy positions. He even began wearing much-commented-upon new glasses. "The last 20 months," Perry told National Journal last year, "have been spent in a fairly intensive prep mode on all the big issues that face the commander in chief of this country."
            But Perry has struggled to redefine himself following that disastrous 2012 campaign that saw him finish in 5th in Iowa. The race was punctuated by Perry's painful debate lapse when he forgot the name of a government agency he would eliminate. "Oops," he said on stage.
            In 2016, Perry has so far has been defined by the debate stage he missed. He finished 11th in the Fox News' polling average last week, when only the top ten were allowed into the primetime debate. Instead, Perry had to compete in a 5pm show derided as the "B-list" or "kiddie table" debate before an empty arena in Cleveland. And even then political newcomer Carly Fiorina eclipsed him.
            Perry had tried desperately to make the main stage. In Iowa, his super PAC spent more than $1 million on radio and TV ads hoping that boosting his poll numbers there might ricochet into news coverage nationally. No dice: the numbers didn't budge, even as the only competition on the airwaves came from Jindal, who also missed the polling cut for the prime-time debate.
            On the stump, Perry tried to take on the controversial Trump, lashing out at him as "barking carnival act" and a "cancer on conservatism." That, too, failed to garner much attention.
            Last Thursday, Trump stood center stage as a record 24 million Americans tuned in. Perry was one of them, watching with fellow polling bottom-dwellers Santorum and Pataki, over beers and wine.
            Presidential campaign history is littered with candidates who retreated after financial woes to focus on a single state, most notably John McCain in 2008, who went on to win the GOP nomination after winning in New Hampshire. For Perry, most believe that state must be Iowa.
            "Bottom line is to make sure we get him in place to win Iowa," Barbour said of their strategy, "or at least get a top three finish in Iowa."
            Mackowiak, the Texas GOP strategist unaffiliated with Perry's campaign, said, "Perry ought to move to Iowa, pull a Santorum and do the 99-county tour."
            "That is not a fun way to run president," he added. "It is hard. It is unpleasant."
            The problem for Perry is that that appeared to be his strategy already. He has held more events in Iowa than anyone other than Santorum (Perry conducted 74 events over 38 days, according to the Des Moines Register) and still garnered little renown.
            Miller, the campaign manager, said that, Perry "remains committed to competing in the early states and will continue to have a strong presence in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina."
            An unpaid Dawson said he expected to pick up Perry at

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            • S.V. Airlie
              Ancient Mariner
              • Dec 2006
              • 63914

              #7
              Re: Rick Perry: folding his tents?

              neophyte who has never held political office, raised via his campaign during that time.Meanwhile, Perry was burning through what little cash he had raised—spending almost $593,000 in little more than five weeks in May and June. Nearly two-thirds of the money Perry spent ($391,000) went to Abstract Communications LLC, a business registered in Austin to Jeff Miller, Perry's campaign manager.
              "As the campaign moves along, tough decisions have to be made in respect to both monetary and time related resources," Miller said in an email Monday evening.
              With a crowded 17-candidate GOP field, Jeb Bush dominating among big donors and Donald Trump dominating the news, there has been little space for longer shot candidacies. Perry's financial falter could be only the first of many, as other Republicans could soon face a cash crunch of their own: Bobby Jindal, Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee and George Pataki all had less than $1 million banked at the end of June, the same or less than Perry had.
              Fundraising was never supposed to be the chief question about Perry, especially after he raised more than $20 million for his 2012 race. He has been laying the groundwork for a 2016 campaign almost since the moment he quit four years ago: studying up, meeting with foreign policy advisers and honing policy positions. He even began wearing much-commented-upon new glasses. "The last 20 months," Perry told National Journal last year, "have been spent in a fairly intensive prep mode on all the big issues that face the commander in chief of this country."
              But Perry has struggled to redefine himself following that disastrous 2012 campaign that saw him finish in 5th in Iowa. The race was punctuated by Perry's painful debate lapse when he forgot the name of a government agency he would eliminate. "Oops," he said on stage.
              In 2016, Perry has so far has been defined by the debate stage he missed. He finished 11th in the Fox News' polling average last week, when only the top ten were allowed into the primetime debate. Instead, Perry had to compete in a 5pm show derided as the "B-list" or "kiddie table" debate before an empty arena in Cleveland. And even then political newcomer Carly Fiorina eclipsed him.
              Perry had tried desperately to make the main stage. In Iowa, his super PAC spent more than $1 million on radio and TV ads hoping that boosting his poll numbers there might ricochet into news coverage nationally. No dice: the numbers didn't budge, even as the only competition on the airwaves came from Jindal, who also missed the polling cut for the prime-time debate.
              On the stump, Perry tried to take on the controversial Trump, lashing out at him as "barking carnival act" and a "cancer on conservatism." That, too, failed to garner much attention.
              Last Thursday, Trump stood center stage as a record 24 million Americans tuned in. Perry was one of them, watching with fellow polling bottom-dwellers Santorum and Pataki, over beers and wine.
              Presidential campaign history is littered with candidates who retreated after financial woes to focus on a single state, most notably John McCain in 2008, who went on to win the GOP nomination after winning in New Hampshire. For Perry, most believe that state must be Iowa.
              "Bottom line is to make sure we get him in place to win Iowa," Barbour said of their strategy, "or at least get a top three finish in Iowa."
              Mackowiak, the Texas GOP strategist unaffiliated with Perry's campaign, said, "Perry ought to move to Iowa, pull a Santorum and do the 99-county tour."
              "That is not a fun way to run president," he added. "It is hard. It is unpleasant."
              The problem for Perry is that that appeared to be his strategy already. He has held more events in Iowa than anyone other than Santorum (Perry conducted 74 events over 38 days, according to the Des Moines Register) and still garnered little renown.
              Miller, the campaign manager, said that, Perry "remains committed to competing in the early states and will continue to have a strong presence in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina."
              An unpaid Dawson said he expected to pick up Perry at the airport in South Carolina on Thursday.

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              • John of Phoenix
                Senior Member
                • Jun 2001
                • 31214

                #8
                Re: Rick Perry: folding his tents?

                The glasses didn't work.

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                • S.V. Airlie
                  Ancient Mariner
                  • Dec 2006
                  • 63914

                  #9
                  Re: Rick Perry: folding his tents?

                  So bloody like Buddy Holly's!!

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                  • CWSmith
                    New Hampshire
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 43999

                    #10
                    Re: Rick Perry: folding his tents?

                    Originally posted by John of Phoenix
                    The glasses didn't work.
                    Maybe the indictment will.
                    "Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world." - Bono

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                    • Chip-skiff
                      Wolves Without Borders
                      • Jan 2008
                      • 22764

                      #11
                      Re: Rick Perry: folding his tents?

                      It's a clue to the state of US politics that his campaign is broke, while the PACs (that suck up cash from anonymous slimeballs) have millions.

                      So much dirty money in the game.

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                      • Nicholas Scheuer
                        Senior Member
                        • Aug 2006
                        • 13579

                        #12
                        Re: Rick Perry: folding his tents?

                        Ya'know? One can make up one's mind despite the "money". Try it.

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                        • Chip-skiff
                          Wolves Without Borders
                          • Jan 2008
                          • 22764

                          #13
                          Re: Rick Perry: folding his tents?

                          Originally posted by Nicholas Scheuer
                          Ya'know? One can make up one's mind despite the "money". Try it.
                          Explain.

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