Meanwhile, in GOPland......

[OmahaBlueDog]

<<Huntsman campaign manager quits>>

NBC News has confirmed that Jon Huntsman campaign manager Susie Wiles has quit the campaign, and she's being replaced by top communications aide Matt David.

Huntsman senior adviser John Weaver says in an email:

"Susie has served the campaign well and was vital in getting it off the ground in such a short time-frame. In just under three months Gov. Huntsman has returned from China, launched a campaign and created a strong infrastructure in the 3 early primary states. He's built important relationships with donors, as well as political, policy, and grassroots leaders that other candidates have been courting for half a decade."

Read more at: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/07/21/7135353-huntsman-campaign-manager-quits

<<Polls show Perry already resonating with voters >>

Even as he meets with potential top donors, Rick Perry has yet to decide if he’s running for president. But two polls released this week indicate that if the Texas governor chooses to do so, he would enter the race better positioned than rivals who have campaigned for far longer.

The still-undeclared Perry — who has promised to make a decision in the next few weeks — received 11 percent of Republicans' support in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey of the GOP presidential field, trailing only Rep. Michele Bachmann and early primary front-runner Mitt Romney. Nine percent of GOP voters picked Perry as their second choice, according to the poll, tied for third highest.

Read more at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43839119/ns/politics-decision_2012/

<<RNC fundraising pace under Priebus lags Steele's>>

The Republican National Committee yesterday filed its report with the Federal Election Commission, showing that it raised $6.8 million in the month of June.

The bad news for the RNC under Chairman Reince Priebus: That means its 2nd quarter haul (about $19 million) is less than what Michael Steele's RNC raked in the 2nd quarter of 2009 ($20.5 million). In addition, the Priebus-led RNC has brought in more than $37 million for the first half of the year, versus the Steele-led haul of $40 million-plus in the first half of 2009.

Also by comparison, the Democratic National Committee -- with President Obama's help -- raised nearly $60 million for the first half of 2011.

Read more at: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/07/21/7134676-rnc-fundraising-pace-under-priebus-lags-steeles

[FSogol]

1. When Huntsman's campaign manager quit, was the term "snowball's chance in hell" heard?

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