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Former Herman Cain Iowa staffer joins Rick Santorum
Politico ^ | October 17, 2011 | MAGGIE HABERMAN

Posted on 10/18/2011 6:43:32 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

Herman Cain's former Iowa state director, Tina Goff, has signed on to Rick Santorum's presidential campaign.

Goff is one of three Iowa staffers that resigned from the Cain campaign in June, citing Cain's unwillingness to make a serious effort in the first-caucus state ahead of the Ames Straw Poll.

"Senator Santorum has shown a tremendous commitment to Iowa and the principles our nation was founded upon. I have worked for several presidential campaigns, but none have the organization, passion, and focus of the Santorum campaign," Goff said in a statement. "This is a refreshing reminder of what voters require of candidates for the highest office in the land, and I am honored to join the Santorum team!"

Goff, who will manage operations in central Iowa for the Santorum campaign, worked on Fred Thompson's 2008 presidential campaign and Terry Branstad's 2010 gubernatorial campaign.

Cain will make his first trip to Iowa since the straw poll this weekend, to attend the Iowa Faith and Freedom Forum in Des Moines.


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cain; disloyalty; gopprimary; nothingnew; politics; rinoalert; santorum
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1 posted on 10/18/2011 6:43:39 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Meanwhile who is leading in the IA polls?


2 posted on 10/18/2011 6:45:35 AM PDT by Huck (TAX TEA NOW==SUPPORT 9-9-9!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I like Santorum, but this is much to do about nothing.


3 posted on 10/18/2011 6:45:46 AM PDT by jdsteel (Cain vs. Not Able.......now that Sarah's out.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

There may have also been an issue of better pay and more responsibility. I’ve seen Iowa field reps hop and jump around like grasshoppers going from candidate to candidate.


4 posted on 10/18/2011 6:47:08 AM PDT by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead.)
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To: jdsteel

If Herman Cain is on a roll, why would she make the move NOW to join Santorum’s campaign?


5 posted on 10/18/2011 6:47:53 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Free Vulcan
There may have also been an issue of better pay and more responsibility.

I believe Santorum isn't rolling in dough.

6 posted on 10/18/2011 6:49:08 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Santorum imploded on Fox News Sunday weekend before last. He couldn't handle the curveball that Chris Wallace threw him about gays in the military. By the end of the interview, Santorum was reduced to babbling incoherence.
7 posted on 10/18/2011 6:49:22 AM PDT by riverdawg
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

How’s it working out, Tina.


8 posted on 10/18/2011 6:49:44 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Herman Cain has surged into an eight-point lead over his nearest Republican rival in first-in-the-nation Iowa, an exclusive Newsmax/InsiderAdvantage poll released on Monday shows. The former pizza magnate is supported by 26 percent of voters who say they will vote for him in the Hawkeye State GOP caucus, compared to 18 percent who opt for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. The surprising numbers come just two months after the popular Ames Iowa Straw Poll where Cain ranked fifth among the top-tier candidates, taking 1,456 votes to winner Michele Bachmann’s 4,823 votes. Cain alos is running second behind Romney in New Hampshire, according to a separate Newsmax poll in that state. Combined, the two polls confirm that with the clock ticking on the primary season, Cain is now the clear favorite among conservatives who are determined to defeat Romney for the nomination. Read more on Newsmax.com: Newsmax Poll Stunner: Cain Soars to 8-Point Lead in Iowa Important:


9 posted on 10/18/2011 6:50:03 AM PDT by Grunthor (BEAT OBAMA WITH A CAIN!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Better yet, Jamie Dupree is talking to Boortz right now about how weird the support for Cain is even though he has no recognizabe effort in Nevada and especially in Iowa. He just can’t get over it.

I get it! and so do the 45% in the Zogby poll with Mittens at 21%. Their heads are exploding!


10 posted on 10/18/2011 6:51:04 AM PDT by mazda77 (and I am a Native Texan)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Not sure, but Santorum is definitely NOT on a roll. Perhaps just a personal decision that means little else beyond that, or a resume builder to have worked on TWO campaigns instead of one?


11 posted on 10/18/2011 6:51:04 AM PDT by RockinRight (My train of thought has derailed.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

No big deal...both are non-electable but one sings better.


12 posted on 10/18/2011 6:52:15 AM PDT by magritte
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To: jdsteel; Cincinatus' Wife

Right but when your candidate sucks four ways from Sunday, you grasp at these staws as you have nothing left and damned little positive to say about your own candidate.


13 posted on 10/18/2011 6:52:21 AM PDT by Grunthor (BEAT OBAMA WITH A CAIN!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

She quit on Cain in June. It’s not like she just left Cain for Santorum.


14 posted on 10/18/2011 6:52:31 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: SeaHawkFan

I know. That’s why I said why NOW?


15 posted on 10/18/2011 6:53:24 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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If Herman Cain is on a roll, why would she make the move NOW to join Santorum’s campaign?

Maybe it is simply because she needs work and the Santorum campaign made an offer.

16 posted on 10/18/2011 6:53:42 AM PDT by rogue yam
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
If Herman Cain is on a roll, why would she make the move NOW to join Santorum’s campaign?

Maybe it is simply because she needs work and the Santorum campaign made an offer.

17 posted on 10/18/2011 6:54:02 AM PDT by rogue yam
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
I'm not just saying this because I like Herman Cain, but what's with the unprofessionalism of these staffers? Santorum might be organized, but he's an idiot if he's hiring people who blab gossip & crap to the press (especially since there's probably 3 news people on the planet who are kind to the GOP).

This kind of thing reminds me of the idiots who came out with "diva" stories about Sarah Palin after the 2008 election. It said a lot more about them than Sarah Palin.

Any time I've ever started a new job, it was just understood that you don't trash the old one. Doesn't matter what the field. It's just unprofessional.

18 posted on 10/18/2011 6:55:13 AM PDT by The Sparrow
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I have had the situation where someone isn’t working out and have had to let them go.

A good business person won’t ruin the career of an employee so the process is that they are given notice and move on to another job.

I suspect this has happened since she’s not been invited to the join the Perry or Romney staff.

There is usually more than meets the eye when an employee leaves a successful venture.

JMHO


19 posted on 10/18/2011 6:56:08 AM PDT by not2worry
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Staffers gotta eat. Has nothing to do with Cain.


20 posted on 10/18/2011 6:56:15 AM PDT by bigbob
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