Jeb Bush’s Campaign Takes Steps to Rein In Spending

nyt ^ | Aug 24, 2015 10:08 pm ET | Maggie Haberman

[Red Steel]

Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign has asked various divisions to be mindful of their spending, in a reminder that despite his giant “super PAC” bankroll, campaign dollars are ultimately more valuable.

Campaign officials asked workers to tighten their belts a few weeks ago, according to two people briefed on the matter. In some cases, staff members’ paychecks shrank, these people said.

The cuts were not a result of fund-raising shortfalls, these people said, but were intended to correct needless spending before the campaign gets into the heat of the election season.

[doc1019]

First sign you are losing.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Have they all become “volunteers” yet like Perry’s people?

[Jane Long]

Did the memo go out to staffers en espanol?

[tumblindice]

Or they could pay them in pesos. The checks look impressive.

[2ndDivisionVet]

[Jane Long]

LOL!!! He looks hangry, or something :)

[Texas Eagle]

Rein in spending? What the hell kind of politician is he?

You don't rein in spending. You force your contributors to give more. Or you borrow the money and force your contributors to pay it back.

Rein in spending. As if it's his own money he's spending.

[Not now, Not ever!]

Is this what it looks like when the wheels come off?

[freedumb2003]

>>Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign has asked various divisions to be mindful of their spending, in a reminder that despite his giant “super PAC” bankroll, campaign dollars are ultimately more valuable.<<

And soon to end.

Unless he can get them Asian Anchor Babies to chip in.

[ConservativeMind]

SuperPAC funding can't directly contribute to candidate funding, I thought, so the idea that people might think the PAC money was available is strange...

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

UH HUH.

[ConservativeMind]

Did that exchange actually happen?

[DoughtyOne]

Squeak...

Squeek...

Hmmm, Bushes campaign needs some oil before those wheels come off.

[freedumb2003]

Is this what it looks like when the wheels come off?

"Daddy does this mean we won't see Disneyland?"

"No, darlin' -- never in a million years."

[LongWayHome]

And so it starts.....not going to miss you.

[2ndDivisionVet]

No, it’s a parody of John McCain’s stupid answer to an audience member in 2008 about Barack Obama.

[JediJones]

Sounds like the Bushes still have a problem with over-spending.

Campaign dollars are more valuable because the SuperPAC could defect to Rubio, Kasich or Fio-RINO to avoid going down with the Jeb-tanic.

[ballearthout]

Sounds like they are planning to pay some large crowds to show up at events and even when you got umpteen million dollars, that IS expensive. lol

[matt1234]

With a one week beard and some dumpy clothes, I could picture Jeb as a squeegee guy.