Allbaugh Caused Campaign Tensions, Perry Advisers Say
When Joe Allbaugh walked into his first staff meeting at the headquarters of the Rick Perry presidential campaign on Oct. 24, the governor of Texas had already blown his once formidable lead in the polls.
But there was still hope that he could rise again, and campaign manager Rob Johnson introduced the physically imposing Allbaugh, former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as a key part of the rescue effort.
“I’m just here to help,” several senior Perry advisers remember Allbaugh saying.
A few days later, at a subsequent gathering, it was a different story.
According to several ...
Comments (18)
Brenda Cruz via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Talk about inappropriate comments.
T D
Allbaugh's intimidating size and manner, and failure to adapt, reminds me of that administrator recently forced out at A&M for an incident involving a pocket knife.
Perhaps we can mark 2011 as the end of an era?
Huina Smith
And one wonders how campaigns cost so much. It is because campaigns basically are big operation to wine and dine the staffs and the so called "strategists" most of them really do not have any personal investment in whether their candidate success or not as long as they can keep their paychecks coming and they can charge $1700 on a couple runs of drinks. Pity the working class people or senior who skimp their lunch money to donate to campaigns who wrongly hope the money would go to good cause of changing the country. LOL.
Matt Russell via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Why don't you post something uplifting about Perry? Oh that's right...y'all take Soros money...
Austin Graham via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I concur with Mr. Russell. What is the problem ? Is the Tribune now one of Soros's bitches like MSNBC is? Shameful, just absolutely shameful!
Joy Mitchell via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Matt, there's NOTHING uplifting about Perry to print!
Mike Openshaw via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Austin; Soros has given money to the Trib.
In this case we see just how slimy political operatives generally are; backstabbing just as soon as the last check clears. Standard professional political class; no morals (and that goes for BOTH sides of the aisle).
Lloyd Griffith via Texas Tribune on Facebook
"...post something uplifting about Perry"...RICK Perry? Wow...talk about a tall order.
Cindy Casares via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Sandusky wouldn't be into it.
Jaye Ramsey Sutter via Texas Tribune on Facebook
That is a terrible analogy and indicative of exactly how out of touch campaigns are with voters. Campaign worker as victim--never mind how Perry's policies were abusive to the state and people of Texas. Disgusting.
Alisa Maples via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Disgusting
Fred Jensen via Texas Tribune on Facebook
When this primary is over I think that alot republicans will be Independents or nothing, worst I have ever seen in 72 years
Audrey Fisher via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Read the comments: No one is saying that Rick is great, or even good, instead they are whining about the Trib for writing the article. HILARIOUS and typical - blame the messenger in the tried and true RW tactic of bait and switch.
Stanley Moore via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Great quote.
Ginni Robinson
The worst thing about the Perry campaign was Perry.
JC DemocratofTejas
Yeah post something good about Perry. Hahaha. There isn't a thing to post. Other than finding a scapegoat. Perry did himself in. THE END.
Bob hampton
The problem wasn't either team of wizards. The problem was that even wizards who could foist off Little Bush as more than a fratboy, or who could repeatedly sucker the Tx electorate on Perry's behalf, were incapable of making a silk purse out of this sow's ear. For their part, the ex-Bush wizards had an even dumber candidate to disguise; for theirs, the Perry wizards had to try to fool smarter (well, for Repubs, at least) voters than in Tx, and against much tougher competition than they'd ever seen. The outcome predictably followed the pattern set by the Connally campaign of '80 and the Gramm campaign of '88: buckets of money spent ($2.7 million of it from Tx taxpayers for Ricky's ridiculous entourage), and not a delegate in sight. Oops.
Donna Thomas Woolf via Texas Tribune on Facebook
@Audrey...alot of people think Rick is great. The point here is a journalist or newspaper should not show bias! Just tell us the damn news we don't want your opinions or snide comments we just want the damn news! Hilarious and typical is right coming from a supporter of the biggest liberal rag in Texas. Keep it up Tribune people are so sick of the media these days, sheer lack of intelligent journalism! Just trash!