Friday, January 11, 2008

Fiscal Responsibility?

I just heard on the "news" that some of Rudi Giuliani's staff are going to be working without pay for the next month. I guess that means he is practicing fiscal responsibility. Somehow, though, I like better the fact that Romney is dipping into his own multi-million dollar fortune to pay his staff. Giuliani has also made multi-millions since 9-11-2001. Why can't he dip into that fortune for a month until the Florida primary?

Update:FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog summarizes the fiscal situation of GOP candidates:
All of the GOP campaigns, except for Ron Paul (recently), have lagged behind the Democrats this year and have struggled financially.

On the GOP side, McCain is broke and floated a $3 million loan to keep his campaign going. Romney has contributed over $17 million (not counting the last quarter 2007) in his own wealth to fund the campaign and has gone dark (pulled campaign ads) every where except Michigan. Thompson is broke. Huckabee has never been prolific in his fundraising.

Good news is not on the horizon for any of the GOP candidates regarding campaign coffers.

But, what does this mean for the Giuliani campaign?

Probably not much since Florida and Super Tuesday are bunched so close together in the campaign calendar. If Rudy wins, he is flush with new cash. If he loses

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