January 08, 2007

Romney's Staff: An Update

Generally, we pay no attention to the absolute size of a presidential exploratory committee. They tend to be big.

But just five days after kick off, there are 60 Republicans on the staff of ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney. Assuming today's event raises a lot of money (and there's ample reason to assume that the tally will exceed $3 million), these folks will get paid.

There are nine people in the communications shop, including researchers and support staff. There are about a dozen finance and compliance staffers; Julie Teer and Joe Wall are recruting field and political operatives; there are paid staff in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Michigan; there are administrative assistants and an office manager. There's even a warroom.

The Romney 60 doesn't include the four state directors (IA, NH, SC and MI) the campaign has already lined up. Within the next few weeks, Romney will flesh out his teams in these early primary states. [MARC AMBINDER]

Posted at 03:40 PM

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