Posted on 08/17/2016 12:36:26 AM PDT by usafa92
NEW YORK — Donald Trump is shaking up his campaign's leadership amid flagging poll numbers, NBC News has learned.
Kellyanne Conway — already a senior adviser to the campaign — told NBC News she has been promoted to the role of campaign manager. She confirmed that Paul Manafort will stay on as campaign chair but said Stephen Bannon, the co-founder of conservative Breitbart News, will come on board as campaign CEO.
The moves were first reported by The Wall Street Journal and mark yet another round of internal shakeups for a campaign that seems to be struggling to find consistent footing.
I want to win," Trump told the newspaper. "That's why I'm bringing on fantastic people who know how to win and love to win."
The Trump campaign parted ways with controversial campaign manager Corey Lewandowski after the primaries ended, citing a new phase of the campaign.
Manafort had been unofficially filling the role of campaign manager after Lewandowski's departure, but himself has been the subject of controversy amid questions over his ties to ousted Ukrainian Prime Minister Victor Yanukovich.
Trump has been trailing in polls to rival Hillary Clinton, with some Republicans publicly pressuring the Republican National Committee to abandon Trump's bid and instead focus on down ballot races.
The latest NBC News / SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll showed Clinton leading Trump by 9 points, 50 percent to 41 percent.
I think he does off-the-cuff and Teleprompter equally well. Each style has its place — specific to the venue, audience, and topic. Sober policy speeches work better with Teleprompter.
Since you do not know me at all, instead of resorting to name calling...which is an empty reply and retort absent of thought process...you might have asked me if I was a Cruz supporter. Instead, you took the easiest way out and accomplished nothing except establishing you are a name caller. I do not allow my thirteen year old grandson to resort to name calling.
Yep, the guy is much wiser than he is given credit for. He is always ahead of them.
+1 to you then. Carry on.
Intellectually lazy of me to take such a shortcut in thinking.
+2 to you.
Then I do forgive you. I must admit I have been known to take some shortcuts in thinking a few times in my life....ok..maybe more than a few. Besides, I really like your screen name. Reminds me of an old cat I had. I loved him dearly.
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