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Top phone firm hangs up on McCain, GOP

By: Kenneth P. Vogel
Politico.com
Aug 3, 2007 06:13 PM EST

A well-connected Republican political firm is closing its call center partly because it was struggling to raise cash in fundraising calls for John McCain, the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee and others.

FYI Messaging, founded by operatives with close ties to the Bush administration, this week laid off 60 people working in a new call center in Phoenix.

The company would not comment officially on the layoffs, but someone familiar with FYI’s operations said, “We weren’t making a profit at it, and we didn’t really see that we were going to turn the corner as soon as we’d intended. It was a function partly of our business model and partly the environment we’re in right now.â€