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How Much Do Campaign Staffers Make? (Bonus: Caption Hillary and Huma)
Slate ^ | Feb. 07, 2008 | By Michelle Tsai

Posted on 02/07/2008 4:31:06 PM PST by jdm

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Some of Hillary Clinton's top aides said Wednesday that they will forgo pay for February to help conserve cash. In January, about a dozen of Rudy Giuliani's senior staffers also volunteered to go unpaid for the month as the campaign headed toward critical primaries. And last summer, as John McCain ran low on funds, the senator had to let go dozens of workers and aides. So, how much do campaign staffers make?

More than they did four years ago. The campaigns have raised record amounts of money during this election cycle—$583 million in 2007 alone, compared with a total of $880 million for the entire '04 campaign and $529 million for the '00 contest. Patti Solis Doyle, Clinton's campaign manager, volunteered her services for February, but she was paid $41,000 for the last quarter of 2007, according to campaign reports—giving her an annual salary of $164,000. (This is about 10 percent more than Gore's top staffers were getting in 2004.) McCain's chief of staff, Mark Salter, had a $200,000 salary from the campaign at one point. Beth Meyers, Romney's campaign manager, had been paid $100,000 annually as of last year, while the candidate's finance director, Spencer Zwick, was getting $25,000 a month. Full-time speechwriters make $50,000 to $90,000, though campaigns may bring in outside help at $15,000 per speech.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hillary; hillaryandhuma; huma; laterdarling
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What did Hillary write on the paper?

1 posted on 02/07/2008 4:31:08 PM PST by jdm
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“No fruit cup!”


2 posted on 02/07/2008 4:34:08 PM PST by digger48 (http://prorev.com/legacy.htm)
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I hope Huma makes A LOT of money considering the duties that she is forced to perform. I hope that Saudi intelligence is paying her very well for her sacrifice. I dont even want to think about how horrible it must be!


3 posted on 02/07/2008 4:34:41 PM PST by Astronaut
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To: jdm

"You already know the carpets match the drapes!"

4 posted on 02/07/2008 4:36:51 PM PST by BurbankKarl
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To: jdm
"I love you
a bushel and a peck
a bushel and a peck
and a hug around the neck."
5 posted on 02/07/2008 4:36:55 PM PST by Enterprise (Those who "betray us" also "Betray U.S." They're called DEMOCRATS!)
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“Your place or mine?”


6 posted on 02/07/2008 4:37:05 PM PST by jdm (A Hunter Thompson ticket would be suicide.)
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To: BurbankKarl

LOL!!!


7 posted on 02/07/2008 4:37:27 PM PST by jdm (A Hunter Thompson ticket would be suicide.)
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To: jdm

8 posted on 02/07/2008 4:38:34 PM PST by johniegrad
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I am already in a bad mood today....no telling what else I will post!


9 posted on 02/07/2008 4:40:47 PM PST by BurbankKarl
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Huma’s teeth look like Bugs Bunny’s...still hot, though...


10 posted on 02/07/2008 4:41:30 PM PST by mozarky2 (Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist!)
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To: jdm

...and then you make little circles with your tongue.


11 posted on 02/07/2008 4:42:18 PM PST by Uriah_lost (This space closed for a respectful mourning period...)
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To: jdm

Not Guilty!

(the brunette)


12 posted on 02/07/2008 4:52:14 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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Hmmmm.....$15K a speech?

I wonder if anyone would be interested in an offshore speechwriting facility in India? Completely confidential, of course.


13 posted on 02/07/2008 5:00:55 PM PST by proxy_user
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"Is that right? I can save 90% on my pant suits if I buy them in New Delhi?"
14 posted on 02/07/2008 5:15:50 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (Truth : Liberals :: Kryptonite : Superman)
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“the ENGLISH alphabet huma, you lick my alphabet, not those doofus things your savage cult calls letters”. (apologies to sam kinison.


15 posted on 02/07/2008 5:20:57 PM PST by bobby.223
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Huma's front teeth are as big and ugly as Hillary's. Do they have the same dentist?

16 posted on 02/07/2008 5:49:42 PM PST by mass55th
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To: mass55th
Looks a little better in this photo:


17 posted on 02/07/2008 7:59:31 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: jdm

The operative passes her orders to the Manchurian Candidate.


18 posted on 02/07/2008 9:42:29 PM PST by redstates4ever
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To: Enterprise

“...you betcher pretty neck I do!”


19 posted on 02/07/2008 9:43:33 PM PST by redstates4ever
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To: jdm

Huma: “You have spinach in your teeth.”


20 posted on 02/16/2008 6:28:21 PM PST by Old Lady
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