McCain Retools Money Team, Delays Entry

[Olney Blue]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0407/3416.html

McCain Retools Money Team, Delays Entry

Amid growing internal concern about poor fundraising and the direction of his presidential campaign, Sen. John McCain's top advisers bluntly told backers on Tuesday of plans to overhaul the campaign and delay its formal announcement until after a major speech on Iraq.

"This is clearly a moment in the campaign that says, ‘Hello? Wake up!' " finance chairman Tom Loeffler said in a telephone interview. "It’s not a time to jog anymore. It’s a time to sprint in the fundraising efforts. We have learned the political fundraising realities of 2007, and we are making the proper adjustments."

The kickoff was moved back for an Iraq policy address he is to deliver April 11, tentatively at Virginia Military Institute, talking about the importance of succeeding - and the consequences of failing – in Iraq. His presidential candidacy, which has so far lacked the luster of his first in 2000, could rise or fall on the issue, since he strongly supported the president on Iraq, particularly his plan to "surge" 30,000 or so additional troops into the country.

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McCain is reported to be concerned not only with the disappointing fundraising but also with spending.



McCain's campaign is NOT doing well......

[politicaholic]

Thus the stroll through Baghdad...

blatant media move.

[stevedeshazer]

1. I got lost at 'McCain Retools, Delays Entry '

:rofl:

There's pharmaceutical remedies for that, Grampa. :)

[ComerPerro]

12. glad I am not the only one who thinks that way FIRST

[IChing]

13. I think he missed what was called the MONEY SHOT !!!

On his photo op to Iraq. I like the headline also.

[sandrakae]

2. Good. Let him be a two time loser.

[AlCzervik]

3. So long, farewell, Auf wiedersehen, good night. It's time to say goodbye.

[napi21]

4. He spent6 years screwing up his chances. John doesn't stand a chancein 08!

Even some of the news people said "the people fell in love with the McCain of 2000, but this one is nothing like him!

[PSPS]

5. Gee, I thought that after hiring Nixon's "jew counter," his problems would be over!

[BuyingThyme]

6. Yes, what this campaign needs is another Iraq stunt.

:rofl:

[Olney Blue]

7. To think I admired him at one time....

[AlCzervik]

8. i used to have respect for him, i didn't vote for him but there was always respect

and thats really the worst thing for me, what a long strange and now pathetic trip he's been on for the past 6 years.

[Olney Blue]

9. Yes, he sold out. Wonder what he REALLY things of the screaming chimp....

[AlCzervik]

10. i think he still hates Bush and i bet he actually hates himself more than anybody.

it must really hard for him to look at himself in the mirror every morning.

[TwilightGardener]

11. He'll hang on until August--that will be a month of reckoning for the GOP

in terms of the "surge".

[ComerPerro]

14. I don't think it would hurt any canddiate to back out at this point to re-emerge later

its only April 07