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The latest from the campaign trail.........
The presidential campaign of Senator John McCain, the Arizona Republican who once seemed to be poised to be his party's nominee, acknowledged that it was in a political and financial crisis as a drop in fundraisers forced it to dismiss dozens of workers and aids and retool its strategy on where to compete.
The campaign said that decline in contributions had left it with $2 million. It said it had just raised just $11.2 million over the last three million over the last three months, despite McCain's pledge to do better than his anemic $13 million showing in the first three months of the year.
McCain's advisors laid blame for his most recent spate of problems on his close association with the recently defeated immigration bill, which prompted a sharp backlash against his campaign from conservatives already skeptical of his idealological credentials.
But he has also had to contend with a host of other issues, including his support of the Iraq war, opposition from evangelical voters, the prospect of former Senator Fred D. Thompson's entry into the race, and the sense that his continuing struggles to raise money were consuming the campaign and making fundraising even more difficult.
McCain was visiting Iraq as his aides moved to reshuffle his campaign organization a second time. They said they will focus his efforts now on three states, Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. The problems fuiled speculation that McCain would pull out of the race, a notion that his aides were quick to reject.
What happened? People used to think this guy was unbeatable. Now Guiliani and Romney are beating the pants off of him in fundraising and in the polls.
The presidential campaign of Senator John McCain, the Arizona Republican who once seemed to be poised to be his party's nominee, acknowledged that it was in a political and financial crisis as a drop in fundraisers forced it to dismiss dozens of workers and aids and retool its strategy on where to compete.
The campaign said that decline in contributions had left it with $2 million. It said it had just raised just $11.2 million over the last three million over the last three months, despite McCain's pledge to do better than his anemic $13 million showing in the first three months of the year.
McCain's advisors laid blame for his most recent spate of problems on his close association with the recently defeated immigration bill, which prompted a sharp backlash against his campaign from conservatives already skeptical of his idealological credentials.
But he has also had to contend with a host of other issues, including his support of the Iraq war, opposition from evangelical voters, the prospect of former Senator Fred D. Thompson's entry into the race, and the sense that his continuing struggles to raise money were consuming the campaign and making fundraising even more difficult.
McCain was visiting Iraq as his aides moved to reshuffle his campaign organization a second time. They said they will focus his efforts now on three states, Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. The problems fuiled speculation that McCain would pull out of the race, a notion that his aides were quick to reject.
What happened? People used to think this guy was unbeatable. Now Guiliani and Romney are beating the pants off of him in fundraising and in the polls.
Wow, everyone who's lived in NY(especially conservatives) have told me the opposite. Interesting...
