Wall Street Journal: “For campaign veterans accustomed to tight budgets and constant fundraising struggles, being in the Bloomberg bubble meant entirely changing their mind-set and essentially removing money as a factor in any decision-making.”
“It also meant significantly higher salaries, relocation stipends, three catered meals a day, corporate housing in New York City, new MacBooks and iPhones, fancier hotels for those on the road with rooms they didn’t have to share, among other luxuries they are unlikely to get on any other campaign, according to the staffers and Federal Election Commission reports.”
“And all of that was possible without a campaign schedule that revolved around blocking off time for the candidate to make calls to major donors or to travel to wealthy enclaves for fundraising. Several staffers said there were many moments—sometimes in a single day—when they were stunned by the ease with which decisions could be made and problems solved when money didn’t matter.”
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