Kamala Harris is dramatically restructuring her campaign

[Gothmog]

I really like Senator Harris and made a donation to her early on

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Kamala Harris is dramatically restructuring her campaign by redeploying staffers to Iowa and laying off dozens of aides at her Baltimore headquarters, according to campaign sources and a memo obtained Wednesday by POLITICO, as she struggles to resuscitate her beleaguered presidential bid.

The moves come as Harris is hemorrhaging cash and in danger of lacking the resources to mount a competitive bid against better-funded rivals in Iowa. The overhaul will touch nearly every facet of Harris’ operation, with layoffs or re-deployments coming at headquarters, as well as in New Hampshire, Nevada and her home state of California, a Super Tuesday prize that her advisers once viewed as a big asset.

Campaign Manager Juan Rodriguez will cut his salary, according to the memo, which was just over $10,000 a month in the third quarter of the year. Harris’ consultants will also have their payments reduced and the campaign plans to trim and renegotiate other contracts to slash overhead. Along with getting back in the black, a big motivation behind the cost-cutting decisions is a plan to stash enough resources for a seven-figure media buy in the weeks before the Iowa caucus.

[shenmue]

1. Yes

[Cha]

2. Charlie Pierce says it well..

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Mahalo, Goth

[StarfishSaver]

3. Reality Check

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[PunkinPi]

4. A good reminder why not to count Kamala out...

(not directed at you Gothmog)

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"I remember vividly in December 2003 getting a call from John Kerry who was trudging through the Iowa winter at, I think, 4% in the polls. And of course as we all know, he ended up winning."