Dayton shakes up campaign advisers (Send in the losers!)

[Dickie Flatt]

http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5183479.html

Two of Sen. Mark Dayton's top financial aides have left his campaign as Dayton seeks to ramp up his fund-raising efforts for next year's election.

Dayton's finance director, Dinah Dale, left the campaign last month, and his national fund-raising consultant, Shari Yost, left in October. Both changes were described as "mutual'' by all three involved.

Dayton, a Minnesota Democrat, has brought in Kim Kauffman, who was a top fund-raiser for last year's failed Senate campaign of North Carolina Democrat Erskine Bowles, to replace Yost. He has not yet hired a replacement for Dale. ...

Dayton also said he was hiring Shrum, Devine & Donilon as his media adviser, the same firm he used in 2000. Dayton is a longtime friend of Bob Shrum, who was a chief strategist to John Kerry's presidential campaign. But the firm said Wednesday that Shrum was leaving to become a senior fellow at New York University.

[sasquatch]

1. Jesus, it's like the 1919 black sox every fucking day with these people!!

:argh:

[lancdem]

2. Sounds like Shrum and his pals

don't have as bad a track record working on nonpresidential campaigns. However, I wouldn't touch 'em with a 10-foot pole.

[Walt Starr]

3. Looks like that's one seat the Democrats can kiss goodbye!

When will they ever learn?

[Deja Q]

7. Just like with the brussel sprouts...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2943494

[Wilms]

4. Bowles may not have lost. He may have been ripped off. n/t

[PROGRESSIVE1]

5. Bob Shrum????

:wtf:? Minnesota's going to the GOP now!

:cry:

Why did Wellstone have to die??? Dayton is a loser!

:eyes:

[bluestateguy]

6. Bob Shrum writes great concession speeches.

n/t

[brentspeak]

8. Maybe Shrum should run for president

The guy's such a loser, yet otherwise intelligent people keep running to him time-and-again; could you imagine how well he would do with brain-dead Bush supporters?

[AlCzervik]

9. Why are people enabling Shrum?

how many losing election does he have to be on before they wake up???