Allbaugh

Allbaugh is also a friend of Michael Brown, director of FEMA who was removed as head of Katrina disaster relief and sent back to Washington amid allegations he had padded his resume, Wired News points out.

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A Republican strategist familiar with Mr. Perry's new team said Mr. Allbaugh is likely to play the role of campaign manager.

Perry Seeks Reboot With New Hires Jonathan Weisman 2011

The Texas Tribune's Paul Burka reports the news:I have also learned from a source in the Perry camp that Joe Allbaugh, who ran Bush's campaign in 2000, will join the campaign.

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I can't imagine that Allbaugh would come on board if he were not going to be in charge, which means that David Carney may be taking a back seat.

US politics live blog: Obama's new housing plan, Republican presidential candidates in a tangle 2011

"Dale is committed to find a way to preserve collective bargaining in the future," said Mr. Allbaugh in a telephone interview.

Moderate Wisconsin Republicans Offer Compromise Douglas Belkin 2011

In that scenario most, if not all, bets would be off.10.03am: It seems that Newt Gingrich has been courting the Perry camp in the past few days, with Politico saying he has been repeatedly texting the Perry campaign manager Joe Allbaugh.

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The proposal, written by Sen. Dale Schultz and first floated in the Republican caucus early last week, calls for most collective-bargaining rights of public-employee unions to be eliminated—per Mr. Walker's bill—but then reinstated in 2013, said Mr. Schultz's chief of staff Todd Allbaugh.

Moderate Republicans Offer Deal in Wisconsin Douglas Belkin 2011

The new appointments bring some of the biggest names in Republican campaign politics to Mr. Perry's side: Joe Allbaugh, who became head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency after managing Mr. Bush's first White House bid; Republican pollster Tony Fabrizio; and Nelson Warfield, who headed communications for Bob Dole's 1996 campaign and helped engineer wins in 2010 for Florida Gov.

Perry Seeks Reboot With New Hires Jonathan Weisman 2011

"Dale is committed to find a way to preserve collective bargaining in the future," said Mr. Allbaugh in a telephone interview.

Moderate Republicans Offer Deal in Wisconsin Douglas Belkin 2011

The proposal, written by Sen. Dale Schultz and first floated in the Republican caucus early last week, calls for most collective bargaining rights of public employee unions to be eliminated – per Mr. Walker's bill – but then reinstated in 2013, said Mr. Schultzs's chief of staff Todd Allbaugh .

Moderate Wisconsin Republicans Offer Compromise Douglas Belkin 2011