Jeb’s Campaign Downsizes Staff At HQ And Cuts Payroll By 40 Percent

In this photo taken Oct. 6, 2015, Republican presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush waits on stage in Davenport, Iowa. Hillary Rodham Clinton is dominating the money hunt in the presidential campaign. Sh... In this photo taken Oct. 6, 2015, Republican presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush waits on stage in Davenport, Iowa. Hillary Rodham Clinton is dominating the money hunt in the presidential campaign. She’s collecting more bigger-dollar contributions than any candidate in either party among 26 states. The Associated Press’ review found that Republican Ben Carson was the second-best fundraiser in 10 states among those who gave at least $200 this election cycle. The retired neurosurgeon is ahead of former Republican Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) MORE LESS
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The flagging GOP presidential campaign of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is cutting staff at its Miami headquarters to save more than $1 million per month and slash payroll by 40 percent this week, according to reports on Friday.

Politico reported that staffers were informed of the changes on a conference call.

“This is about winning the race,” an anonymous campaign adviser told Bloomberg Politics. on Friday. “We’re doing it now and making the shifts with confidence. We expect to win.”

From the Bloomberg report:

Bush’s advisers, under pressure from their donors and from falling and stagnant poll numbers, have been discussing ways to retool the campaign in recent days, and came to the conclusion that a course correction was essential. While recent tangles with Donald Trump have energized the campaign, Bush’s senior team recognized a more fundamental set of changes was required that didn’t involve dealing directly with the party’s surprising—and surprisingly durable—front-runner.

It’s unclear if Bush was on the call. The National Journal reported Bush was headed to Virginia.

Kristy Campbell, Bush’s campaign spokeswoman, said resources are being shifted into early primary and caucus states.

“Jeb is the one candidate with a proven conservative record, bold ideas and the strong leadership needed to fix the problems America faces,” Campbell said in a statement to the Washington Post. “We are moving our resources into the states to ensure that voters in primary and caucus states are introduced to his record and vision for the future.”

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  1. “We expect to win.”

    So does ____________.

  2. Avatar for dv01 dv01 says:

    We didn’t see this coming, said nobody.

  3. The flagging GOP presidential campaign of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is cutting staff at its Miami headquarters to save more than $1 million per month and slash payroll by 40 percent this week, according to a Friday report from Bloomberg Politics.

    “This is about winning the race,” an anonymous campaign adviser told Bloomberg on Friday. “We’re doing it now and making the shifts with confidence. We expect to win."

  4. Avatar for dnl dnl says:

    …sotto voce --------‘but not with Jebba’

  5. Jeb!: Unlike my brother, I want to balance the budget and ensure that we live with what we have; hence the layoffs. I will win because conservatives like fiscally responsible republicans.

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