Republican Presidential candidate, Donald Trump, is assembling a team of political strategists and campaign staffers charged with sustaining his lead in the Republican Presidential polls.
He is taking aggressive steps to build a political machine, particularly in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire.
Trump announced that he'd hired Michael Glassner, a former chief of staff to 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Glassner was also an adviser to former Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.) during his presidential campaign. Glassner is joining a Trump team that is expanding on the ground in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, key caucus and primary states that are often decisive in the march to the nomination.
Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski expressed confidence that their organizing efforts are on track. Lewandowski, a former director at the conservative Americans for Prosperity (AFP) said, "The poll numbers show that Mr. Trump is the leading candidate ... his message to 'Make America Great Again' is resonating." Lewandowski said that Glassner "is going to work to ensure that Mr. Trump has the best grassroots network in the country."
Trump has nabbed top political strategists in Iowa and South Carolina who had a role in pulling off major political upsets in those states during the 2012 Republican cycle.
Veteran strategist Chuck Laudner is spearheading the efforts in Iowa, managing a team of about 10 full-time staffers. Laudner's claim to fame was being one of the chief architects of Rick Santorum's stunning Iowa caucus political victory in 2012, which propelled him forward to an overall second-place finish in the delegate count behind Mitt Romney. "We're going to run the best ground game in the country out there," Lewandowski said. "Chuck is the best political operative in the state of Iowa."
In South Carolina, Trump has a team of about seven full-time staffers working to make inroads in the state. He's nabbed Ed McMullen, the state's GOP co-chairman, and Gerri McDaniel, who worked on Gov. Nikki Haley's (R) gubernatorial campaign and Newt Gingrich's 2012 presidential campaign.
In New Hampshire, Matt Ciepielowski is leading up a team of about five full-time Trump staffers, and Lewandowski said they're "quickly assembling a top team." Ciepielowski is a former AFP field director for the Granite State.
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