According to the Washington Post, some of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's biggest donors are pressuring the campaign to shake-up their staff and take a new direction. Others are even floating the possibility of donating to other candidates instead.
Stanley S. Hubbard, a Minnesota media mogul and top Walker donor, said that while he is sticking with Walker for now, he is considering also giving money to Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, all of whom performed well at Wednesday's debate, he said.
"I think I might help some other candidates too," said Hubbard. "There might be some good candidates."
There "might be some good candidates," a list of people that evidently wouldn't include Walker.
Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports the Walker campaign hasn't been paying all of its bills.
Nervous vendors to his campaign are waiting to be paid more than $100,000 for outstanding debts, according to a person at one of the firms who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The person was not authorized to speak publicly about the firm's financial relationship to Walker's campaign.
The person said there is widespread recognition that Walker built a large and expensive campaign infrastructure when fundraising was strong earlier in the year.
It would be easy forget that Walker was once the favorite among primary voters, but the most recent polls show his support sinking to 2 or 3 percent. This precipitous drop in support has apparently been accompanied by a fundraising drought.
Walker just launched a "reboot" of his campaign last week with a vow to destroy unions and labor law nationwide. A second reboot would undoubtedly look bad, but that appears to be what his donors are calling for.