Breaking news: Kamala Harris is laying off dozens of aides at her Baltimore HQ and moving staffers to Iowa as she struggles to revive her troubled presidential bid
Harris is hoping to duplicate the successes of past campaigns that shed staff and came back to win primaries after near collapses the year before — and to avoid the fate of countless other hopefuls who spent too big early and faded late. In the memo, Rodriguez, who oversees the campaign’s budgeting, describes an “incredibly competitive resource environment” — in other words, a keen competition for campaign dollars from larger donors.
That's deepened concerns among Democratic officials and some campaign aides in recent days about whether she’ll have the money to compete in early states where she’s being swamped by better-polling competitors. “It’s an unsustainable path,” said Ami Copeland, former deputy national finance director for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. Assessing Harris’ third-quarter fundraising blitz, Copeland added, “If that’s the best you’ll squeeze out bringing all of the assets to bear, it’s looking very dire.”
The question surrounding the Harris campaign is how to turn it around. Low-polling candidates — even those with a conceivable shot at placing in Iowa — seldom raise large sums online, particularly without viral moments. Even those can be fleeting. Harris’ persistent problems come as she’s sought to raise her profile in recent weeks with a steady diet of TV appearances around Democrats’ impeachment efforts of Donald Trump.
Rodriguez wrote in the memo that Harris has raised more than $35 million from over 350,000 donors, with an average contribution of $34. Harris’ competitors outside of Biden, however, all improved over time. Bernie Sanders, Warren and Buttigieg have all steadily amassed tens of millions of dollars over the course of their campaigns.
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