Signs of financial strain showing up for Romney (Shocker: Staff Cutbacks at Team Romney!)

Associated Press ^ | 3/15/12 | Steve Peoples

[jimbo123]

The long and increasingly messy Republican presidential contest is starting to hit Mitt Romney where it hurts most: his wallet.

New signs of financial stress are emerging in Romney's campaign, which has built a wide lead in delegates thanks in part to the might of his bank account and multistate operation. As rival Rick Santorum's surprising strength keeps extending the nomination battle, Romney has scaled back expenses, trimmed field staff in some cases and begun to count more on free media coverage to reach voters.

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But it's less encouraging for the campaign that the money is badly needed to re-fill coffers that had sunk close to their lowest levels since Romney launched his presidential effort last year.

It's unclear if he will tap his own personal wealth.

[jimbo123]

That’s why I now think Romney’s campaign manager Matt Rhoades and his BFF Matt Drudge are intentionally sabotaging his campaign. Rhoades is a protegee of Ken Mehlman and the Bush RNC.

[freeangel]

IMHO. it’s more of a case that he feels he has it locked up with approval from his GOP royalty. He’s used to running with a lean, mean bunch of suits, isn’t he?

[Mountain Mary]

Heard that Mrs. Mittens said no to putting in tons of their own money like he did in ‘08.(How’d that work out for ya, Mittens?)

Actually I don’t believe a word of this. I think it’s a rumor started by the Romney campaign to make him seem like a regular guy or to get sympathy and more money.

Mittens wants this so badly, he’d sell his own family to win..or at least the dog, who is deceased on top of the car anyway.

[Mountain Mary]

That’s why I now think Romney’s campaign manager Matt Rhoades and his BFF Matt Drudge are intentionally sabotaging his campaign. Rhoades is a protegee of Ken Mehlman and the Bush RNC.

What do you mean, Jimbo?

[House Atreides]

“If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.” W.C. Fields

I spent considerable time wading through this searching for something having to do with Mitt’s fading finances. Maybe I’m just too tired, but I could find NOTHING. Or just maybe NOTHING was there.

Let’s focus on denying the nomination to Mitts.

[infowarrior]

It seems that the friends of Mehlman including Matt Drudge/Rhoades, Ann Coulter and the rest are intentionally sabotaging Romney’s campaign with their outrageously wasteful campaign expenses.

Now, why would they do *THAT*?

the infowarrior