Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Rudy Money Woes Are Worse Than $9.11

The story about a Giuliani houseparty raising $9.11 per person hasn't even gone away when a fresh one is sending the campaign spinning. Anne Dunsmore is leaving the campaign right before the upcoming third quarter report and she happens to be his chief fundraiser. I wonder what that means?

From The Daily News:

In a sign of potential money woes, Rudy Giuliani has fired his presidential campaign's chief fundraiser and brought in a top rainmaker for President Bush, The Daily News has learned.

Anne Dunsmore, who took control of Giuliani's day-to-day fundraising operation in May, has been replaced by Jim Lee, a Texas money man and Bush ally who is already one of Giuliani's national finance co-chairs.

"Anne Dunsmore is no longer working on our campaign," Giuliani communications chief Katie Levinson confirmed. "We thank Anne for her service and the departure is amicable."


Amicable is such a nice word when you spin it right. Of course reality portends other things. It will definitely be interesting to see his third quarter numbers, and just how bad they are. Fundraising prowess for Republicans is down across the board and it isn't surprising that Rudy is affected by it as well.