JoeChalupa
01-02-2012, 11:00 AM
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Low Cost Way to Eliminate Your Rivals
Roger Simon notes the Iowa caucuses "do not pick winners as much as they eliminate losers. And the Iowa caucuses Tuesday are likely to eliminate from serious contention the only two men who might have blocked Romney's path to victory: Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry."
Said one Romney aide: "Iowa is about eliminating Gingrich and Perry without us having to spend a lot of money to do so. Last time, we spent $2 million just on the [Ames] straw poll, $10 million on television and had over 30 paid staffers. This year we've been on TV for only a month and have not spent much on ads, we've have five paid staffers and we didn't do the straw poll."
~~Perry has the cash to keep going and from what I've heard over the weekend and this morning, none of the candidates is dropping out until at least South Carolina. Santorum now running ads in SC so his "surge" is giving him confidence. I see either Bachman or Perry beging the first to call it quits.
Low Cost Way to Eliminate Your Rivals
Roger Simon notes the Iowa caucuses "do not pick winners as much as they eliminate losers. And the Iowa caucuses Tuesday are likely to eliminate from serious contention the only two men who might have blocked Romney's path to victory: Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry."
Said one Romney aide: "Iowa is about eliminating Gingrich and Perry without us having to spend a lot of money to do so. Last time, we spent $2 million just on the [Ames] straw poll, $10 million on television and had over 30 paid staffers. This year we've been on TV for only a month and have not spent much on ads, we've have five paid staffers and we didn't do the straw poll."
~~Perry has the cash to keep going and from what I've heard over the weekend and this morning, none of the candidates is dropping out until at least South Carolina. Santorum now running ads in SC so his "surge" is giving him confidence. I see either Bachman or Perry beging the first to call it quits.