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Related: About this forumSanders downsizes his campaign
Sanders downsizes his campaignFollowing a series of disappointing finishes, the Vermont senator tightens his belt.
By GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI 04/29/16 06:33 PM EDT
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. After months of spending an unparalleled amount on campaign operations across the country and regularly outspending Hillary Clinton on ad expenditures, Bernie Sanders is tightening his belt.
The campaign slashed the payroll Wednesday by axing hundreds of workers primarily on the field organizing team scaling the staff down to its smallest size in months. It downsized its campaign jet, even as the Burlington, Vermont-based candidate spends increasing amounts of time hopping from coast to coast. Top aides no longer travel everywhere with the candidate, choosing instead to stick to Washington and Vermont. Even Sanders' wife, Jane, hasnt been traveling with him, opting to play the main surrogate role from home. On Thursday, the campaign cut its ad spending in Indiana, the next battleground state on the calendar.
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Sanders downsizes his campaign (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Apr 2016
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enid602
(8,616 posts)1. clearly
Clearly, he's not readying himself for the GE.
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)2. ...
Cash has never been an issue for a senator who could boast of a fundraising haul of more than $182 million through March, thanks to his online cash juggernaut. (The next public campaign finance report is not slated to land until late May.) But by the end of the last reporting period, Sanders had also spent about $166 million, making him the candidate who both raised and spent the most leaving him far behind Hillary Clinton in terms of actual cash on hand: $17 million vs. $29 million at the beginning of April.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/sanders-downsizes-his-campaign-222662
MADem
(135,425 posts)3. They downsized the JET, too! Oh, the humanity!
It's all over but the sobbing. They're going through cash like Grant through Richmond!
With no ad reservations at all in the remaining primary states, the Clinton camp appears poised to let Sanders keep up the spending gap through California, even if its at a reduced level. The Clinton team has almost entirely shifted its attention to the general election, though it continues to maintain a team in the remaining primary states.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/sanders-downsizes-his-campaign-222662#ixzz47Kk6JoSR
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/sanders-downsizes-his-campaign-222662#ixzz47Kk6JoSR
stopbush
(24,396 posts)5. That's the most-telling sign of all. You only downsize the jet
if you don't have to accommodate the media.
Once the media climbs off your jet, it's over.
MADem
(135,425 posts)7. Fair point! nt
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)4. At least Bernie proved you can't buy the democratic nomination!
Thanks Bernie!
msongs
(67,405 posts)6. don't worry, Lockheed, Bernie still there for you nt
Cha
(297,205 posts)8. No more trips to Rome on the donor's dime.. eh, $27 bucks?
thank you, working!