Rick Perry has stopped paying his 2016 presidential marketing campaign’s employees in the important thing early main state of South Carolina, amid flagging poling numbers and sluggish fundraising.
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Jeff Miller, Perry’s campaign manager, told staff on Friday that they would no longer be paid and are free to look for other jobs.
And how did the super PAC’s leadership know that they would need to step in and build a new campaign from scratch?
In the meantime, a group of Opportunity and Freedom super PACs promoting Perry’s candidacy, are planning to make up for the shrinking campaign.
Perry’s Iowa campaign spokesman, Robert Haus, didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment Monday night. “We all moved to volunteer status”. One of the reasons I like Carly Fiorina so much is that, although she had a hard time paying back her campaign staff for her run in California, she eventually fulfilled her financial obligations.
Perry is expected to keep up his campaign schedule and is traveling to South Carolina on Thursday.
Although Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is polling higher than Perry, his campaign seems to be having similar problems.
But Perry has raised barely over US$1 million during the first six months of 2015, an indication that the enthusiasm for a President Perry had come and gone.
Perry’s Twitter feed highlights the time he has spent in Iowa before the debate and since.
The statement from The Florida Tribune and Also the Washington Post also stated Perry’s money -flush allied super-Pac is getting ready to increase its governmental procedure to pay for that disadvantages that were campaigns.
“Here are the facts: We have plenty of money to put [Perry] in position to finish in the top three or even win Iowa”, Mr. Barbour told the Times.
News of Perry’s money woes has surprised people in his political circle.
“Everybody that’s working last week is on board this week”, said Katon Dawson, Perry’s South Carolina state chairman, who confirmed that payments have been halted.
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In his second bid for the presidency, Perry has set his sights on a strong showing in the Iowa caucuses. No. Are we still going to continue the governor’s regular visits every week to early states? Some Texas donors have been able to avoid giving to either candidate by saying they didn’t want to choose between their junior senator and ex-governor.
