Sanders campaign overhauls New Hampshire team: report

[Uncle Joe]

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Sanders has swapped his New Hampshire state director Joe Caiazzo with Shannon Jackson, who ran the senator's reelection campaign last year, according to a report from The New York Times. The shakeup was reportedly announced to the staff in New Hampshire on Sunday.

"We’ve built a great team in New Hampshire and are in a really strong position there. The campaign is now building out our operations to include Massachusetts and Maine state directors as we increase our focus in Super Tuesday states," Faiz Shakir, Sanders's campaign manager, said in a statement obtained by The Hill. "We are running a 50 state campaign, taking no state or voter for granted and expanding our operations to secure the Democratic nomination."

The campaign's top officials have also been shuffled recently. Former chief of staff Ari Rabin-Havt and former Communications Director Arianna Jones were promoted to deputy campaign managers. A new senior communications adviser will be hired, the Times reported.

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Sanders expanded the state's campaign offices and staff in July.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/461506-sanders-campaign-overhauls-new-hampshire-team-report

Bernie is growing out his campaign.

[George II]

1. 22 minutes ago:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287281314

[Uncle Joe]

2. I saw yours, mine is a different source and has more information. n/t

[OilemFirchen]

3. Toast.

Finally.

[Uncle Joe]

4. Thank you, cheers to you as well OilemFirchen.

[NYMinute]

5. Changing a pilot as the plane is nosediving nt

[Thekaspervote]

6. Zooom... bang!!

[ritapria]

7. Bernie has between 20% - 29% support in NH

Bernie is not nosediving in NH ... He is in either 1st place or a very close second according to the three most recent NH Polls (CBS /YouGuv, Harris X , Franklin Pierce/Boston Herald) ……

[Uncle Joe]

8. I totally agree ritapria,

welcome to D.U.

[emulatorloo]

9. Sounds like a good move K&R

[Uncle Joe]

10. I believe so as well emulatorloo.

[emulatorloo]

11. ...

[Gothmog]

12. Top adviser Ehrenberg parts ways with Sanders campaign after 'fundamental disagreements' on strategy

Link to tweet

While the Caiazzo transfer may have received national headlines, to Granite Staters who are fans of Sanders – and to many state political activists in general – Ehrenberg’s departure was a shock.

In an interview, Ehrenberg, who has been involved in New Hampshire politics for about three decades, told WMUR: “From the very beginning of this campaign, the state director (Caiazzo) and I had fundamental and very strong disagreements about how to wage a successful New Hampshire primary campaign.

“After months of discussion between me and key people in the campaign, it became clear that we could not agree, and within the last couple of days we agreed that I would no longer be part of the campaign. As of the end of the month, I will no longer be advising Bernie Sanders on campaign strategy.”

[LanternWaste]

13. "This is troubling for Bernie."

[Gothmog]

14. More than 50 members from Sanders' state steering committee applauded

This was in one of the articles on this shake up https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/15/sanders-shakes-up-new-hampshire-campaign/

Sen. Bernie Sanders “has replaced the New Hampshire state director of his presidential campaign after growing indignation from his fiercest supporters that their concerns about losing the first-in-the-nation primary states were being ignored,” Politico reports.

“More than 50 members from Sanders’ state steering committee applauded on Sunday afternoon when they heard that Joe Caiazzo had been reassigned to Massachusetts.”

[Gothmog]

15. Sanders campaign wracked by dissension

From the daughter of one of DU's posters

Link to tweet

Some of Bernie Sanders’ fiercest supporters are sounding the alarm that the campaign is bogged down by disorganization, personality clashes, and poor communication between state operations and national headquarters.

After a pair of setbacks this week — the acrimonious shakeup of his staff in New Hampshire on Sunday and loss of the Working Families Party's endorsement to Elizabeth Warren a day later — Sanders’ allies and former aides are worried that recent disappointments are not one-off stumbles but rather emblematic of larger problems in his bid for the White House. The concerns are particularly acute in New Hampshire.

“Seeing the campaign not be able to outshine Warren with WFP progressives doesn’t have me questioning WFP’s process,” said Rafael Shimunov, a former national creative director for WFP and 2016 Sanders volunteer. “It has me questioning where the Bernie campaign could have done better, because I want to make sure the strongest candidate unmasks Biden and unseats Trump.”

The worries come as the campaign enters a critical, more urgent phase. After Labor Day, more voters typically tune into the election and begin to make up their minds. Expectations for Sanders are sky-high, especially in New Hampshire, where he defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016 by 22 percentage points.