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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (15253)	1/11/2008 7:35:44 PM
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Rudy Giuliani campaign workers go without pay By DAVID SALTONSTALL DAILY NEWS SENIOR CORRESPONDENT Friday, January 11th 2008, 6:17 PM nydailynews.com CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – As Rudy Giuliani makes a do-or-die push to win this state's Republican presidential primary, the former mayor's top campaign aides are foregoing paychecks this month. Usually, such penny-pinching is a sign of desperation in a campaign, and Giuliani has plenty of reason to worry – he finished at the back of the GOP primary pack in Iowa and New Hampshire and has little to look forward to outside of Florida, polls show. But top campaign aides insisted today that the decision to forfeit salaries was a voluntary act of dedication, not desperation, by those involved. "I believe in Rudy and believe he should be president," said campaign manager Mike DuHaime, who is among those not collecting a paycheck. "And I'm going to do whatever I can to help." DuHaime declined to provide names of the payless staffers, but he suggested it was between 15 and 20 people. He did reveal for the first time the amount of cash Giuliani had on hand at the end of December - $7 million, an amount the campaign doesn't have to report publicly until the end of this month. Assuming that's true, Giuliani is far from penniless and very likely has considerably more money than Arizona Sen. John McCain or former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, both of whom are known to be running much leaner campaigns. "We have a good amount of cash," said DuHaime. "But we could always use more." The pay cuts came as Giuliani was preparing to hold his first town hall meeting in Florida this month, where he was expected to highlight an issue aimed directly at storm-ravaged Floridians: federal disaster relief. As part of the plan, Giuliani is supporting the idea of a national insurance back-up fund, a key wish-list item of Florida Republican Gov. Charlie Crist, whose endorsement is perhaps the most sought-after in the nation among GOP contenders. "Fantastic," Crist said when told of Giuliani's plan. "He's been talking about the issue all along, but the fact that he has turned up the volume on it I'm sure is pleasing to Floridians."