January 11, 2008
Rudy: "Almost Everything" Is Going Into Florida
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. -- Following reports today that a dozen senior staffers are going without pay in January, Rudy Giuliani said this afternoon that his campaign is putting "almost everything" into Florida.
Speaking at a media availability at a charter school, Giuliani said the staffers volunteered to go without a salary this month as an "effort to stretch dollars even further."
"Some people volunteered to do it, we didn't ask anyone to do it, some people volunteered to do it because they wanted to stretch out the money," he said.
Giuliani downplayed the suggestion that the campaign was having financial problems. But he made clear that most resources are headed for the Sunshine State, where voters cast ballots on Jan. 29.
"We have some," he said when asked if there would be money for Feb. 5 states. "But frankly, Florida is real important to us so we're gonna put, if not everything into Florida, almost everything."
He also said donors would have to look at the campaign's balance sheet to see if it has cash on hand. The campaign reported Friday that it has $7 million available for the rest of the primaries.
(NBC/NJ's MATTHEW BERGER)
Posted at 05:21 PM
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