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ProSense

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14. Wait

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 02:17 PM

Sep 2012

I don't recall how much staffers made being a HUGE issue for McCain or Obama in '08, Kerry or * in '04, Gore or * in '00 or even Clinton or Dole in '96. Sure, maybe it matters in a congressional race where the amount of money is far, far less, but I can't recall it ever having a significant impact on a presidential race.

...that's not the point. The point is Mitt's ground game sucks. It has been reported. Obama has been able to attract more people to support his campaign. If Mitt's salaries aren't a problem, why didn't he hire more people? You know why: If he hired the same number of people as Obama, he'd have a huge payroll, which would look absurd by comparison. He knows damn well he can't create that perception. This is a campaign not Wall Street. Why do you think the bonuses are being panned?

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Romney Campaign spends same as Obama Campaign for HALF the staff. [View all] ProSense Sep 2012 OP

There is an obvious need for Romney to Turbineguy Sep 2012 #1

Romney proves that Democrats are better job creators. ProSense Sep 2012 #2

Didn't he already do that? JHB Sep 2012 #9

If Willard ran government the same way as his campaign, SDjack Sep 2012 #3

The Republicans are fleecing the Romney "campaign". underpants Sep 2012 #4

Could you imagine if this was opposite, ProSense Sep 2012 #5

I'll bet there's more than Paul Ryan calling him "The Stench" aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #6

So Romney is paying is workers better than Obama and that's bad? hughee99 Sep 2012 #7

Yes, ProSense Sep 2012 #10

Hold on, are you worried about the Romney campaign running out of money hughee99 Sep 2012 #11

Really? ProSense Sep 2012 #12

Mittens isn't losing because the keystone team is leaking information, hughee99 Sep 2012 #13

Wait ProSense Sep 2012 #14

Mitt's ground game sucks for the same reason he can't attract more people to support his campaign. hughee99 Sep 2012 #15

"He's not a good candidate. People don't want to work for him " ProSense Sep 2012 #16

My point is, the amount Mittens has to pay his staffers is a symptom of a larger problem. hughee99 Sep 2012 #17

Agree. Here's a good example ProSense Sep 2012 #18

I think we're on the same page here, hughee99 Sep 2012 #19

The Romney campaign sounds terribly expensive...maybe they could outsource overseas brooklynite Sep 2012 #8