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Punt to NV state party
And then give them this quote:
"Democrats remain unified and energized as we head toward the convention and Election Day. In our primary contests across the country, Democratic voters continue to report that they believe our primary process has unified the party, and that they are enthusiastic about both of our candidates. At the same time, our candidates have each said they will support the eventual nominee and help make sure that Donald Trump and his reckless and divisive policies never set foot in the Oval Office."


HFA specifically pushed that part of it. At least that's what it seems like from when Mark spoke to the reporter.
From: Debbie Wasserman Schultz [hrtsleeve@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 10:32 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark
Subject: Re: WaPo: DNC to offer Sanders a convention concessionBy Abby Phillip and Anne Gearan May 19 at 8:56 PM
Patrice forwarded to me earlier. They have platform and drafting mixed up a bit in this story. And they have the numbers completely wrong. The Israel stuff is disturbing.
Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 10:28 PM
To: Brian Bond DemCon; Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Cc: Paustenbach, Mark; April Mellody; Wei, Shu-Yen; Dacey, Amy; Tracie Pough; Wartel, Jonae; Palermo, Rachel; Kyle Anderson; Patrice Taylor
Subject: WaPo: DNC to offer Sanders a convention concessionBy Abby Phillip and Anne Gearan May 19 at 8:56 PM

DNC to offer Sanders a convention concession
By Abby Phillip
and Anne Gearan
May 19 at 8:56 PM
In an attempt to head off an ugly conflict at its convention this summer, the Democratic National Committee plans to offer a concession to Sen. Bernie Sanders — seats on a key convention platform committee — but it may not be enough to stop Sanders from picking a fight over the party’s policy positions.
Allies of both Clinton and Sanders have urged Democratic leaders to meet some of Sanders’s more mundane demands for greater inclusion at the Philadelphia convention. Their decision to do so is expected to be finalized by the end of the week, according to two people familiar with the discussions. But growing mistrust between Sanders supporters and party leaders have threatened to undermine that effort.
Even with the committee assignments, Sanders plans an aggressive effort to extract platform concessions on key policies that could prompt divisive battles at a moment when front-runner Hillary Clinton will be trying to unify the party. Among other issues, he plans to push for a $15 national minimum wage and argue that the party needs a more balanced position regarding Israel and Palestinians, according to a Sanders campaign aide who requested anonymity to speak candidly.
Much like their view that the economy has been “rigged” to benefit the wealthy more than the middle and working classes, Sanders supporters have become increasingly convinced that national Democrats have stacked the political deck with rules that have made it difficult for Sanders to win enough delegates to threaten Clinton’s nomination.
Party leaders, meanwhile, have grown more frustrated with Sanders, who they say has unfairly fueled that perception.
“I don’t think they’ve handled it very well and I think they’ve lost the moral high ground on this,” said Ken Martin, chairman of Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer Labor Party. “It’s very clear now that the longer they stay in this race the more damage they’re doing.”
The mistrust hit a boiling point in Nevada over the weekend, when a ruckus caused by Sanders supporters
prompted security officials to cut short the state party convention. The incident worried party leaders impatient with the prolonged Democratic primary and looking to avoid drama in Philadelphia. Their impatience spread to Sanders when he issued a defiant statement
accusing Nevada Democrats of preventing a “fair and transparent process.”
Separately, the composition of three convention committees — platform, rules and credentials — has become key. Earlier this month, in a letter to DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Sanders threatened to bring the fight to the floor of the convention if she did not appoint more of his loyalists to the each of the three committees.
Martin and other Democratic chairmen urged national leaders to give Sanders the concessions he seeks — especially when it comes to the platform, which in the long run does not have a material impact on Democrats’ electoral chances in November.
“There are other chairs who probably feel that way and feel like this is my party and f--- Bernie Sanders,” said Martin, a Clinton supporter. “I’m not one of those.
“I feel very passionately that we have to open up that party and make sure that those voices are heard,” he said.
One of Sanders’s demands was the composition of the 15-person drafting committee, whose members are appointed at Wasserman Schultz’s discretion and write the party’s platform.
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One Democratic Party official requesting anonymity said Wasserman Schultz asked for recommendations from both campaigns in an effort to be inclusive.
But Sanders had sought to split the committee evenly between his and Clinton’s allies — plus one “neutral” appointment from Wasserman Schultz.
Weeks of negotiations followed, and the DNC eventually agreed to add more Sanders representatives. According to two people familiar with the conversations, the DNC and the campaigns will reach a final agreement — probably less than Sanders wanted but more than the DNC originally offered — by the end of the week.
A spokesman for the DNC declined to comment on the negotiations.
Sanders’s aides have also publicly and privately complained about the appointment of two Clinton loyalists — former congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts to head the Rules Committee and Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy to lead the Platform Committee — as chairmen of two of the convention’s standing bodies.
Tad Devine, a senior adviser to the Sanders campaign, said this week that they may yet seek to have Frank and Malloy removed from their posts.
In an interview with CNN Thursday, Clinton noted pointedly that she believes Sanders no longer has a shot at the nomination. She also said that Sanders will need to encourage his supporters to unify behind her, just as she did in 2008 when running against Barack Obama.
“I have every confidence that we’re going to be unified,” Clinton said. “I think what brings us together is Donald Trump.”
That hasn’t happened yet. A Sanders spokesman disputed Clinton’s assertion that the nomination is hers. And Sanders has ramped up the rhetoric in recent days, saying after Clinton won Kentucky that he still intends to win the nomination despite an overwhelming disadvantage in delegates.
Even if he doesn’t, he still intends to pick a platform fight at the convention, according to a campaign aide who requested anonymity to discuss strategy.
Clinton aides have said that on a slew of issues, Sanders is not far from the party. But the issue of U.S. policy toward Israel — which a Sanders adviser said “absolutely, legitimately will be a point of conversation” — has made some of Clinton’s backers nervous.
Sanders is seeking a more “even-handed” U.S. approach to Israeli occupation of land Palestinians claim for a future state. The current platform does not address the nearly five-decade occupation directly, but it endorses “a just and lasting Israeli-Palestinian accord, producing two states for two peoples.”
Speaking last month during a contentious debate with Clinton, Sanders — who declared himself “100 percent pro-Israel” — said that Israel’s 2014 military assault on the Gaza Strip was “disproportionate” to the threat posed by Hamas rockets launched from the Palestinian territory into Israel.
Behind his words is a long debate among U.S. and international policymakers — one that divides the Democratic base and could pose a challenge for Clinton when she must bring her party together: how to weigh Palestinian interests when dealing with Israel, and whether resolute U.S. backing for Israel diminishes leverage to promote peace and fair treatment of Palestinians.
“On one hand there is not an enormous amount of difference between them. They are both pro-Israel, they are both pro-peace,” said one longtime Clinton supporter. “But in the context of the campaign terms like ‘even-handed’ can come to mean that the United States is signaling a shift” — and Clinton would oppose that.


Ok I'll blast shortly.
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 6:04 PM
To: Crystal, Andy; RR2
Subject: RE: For research - this has chair approval - just fact edits pls
Thanks - let's get ths out
From: Crystal, Andy
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 5:55 PM
To: Walker, Eric; RR2
Subject: RE: For research - this has chair approval - just fact edits pls
Great, just one ed
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 5:36 PM
To: RR2
Subject: For research - this has chair approval - just fact edits pls
For Immediate Release
May 2, 2016
Contact - DNC Press 202-863-8148
DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Statement on Jewish American Heritage Month
Washington, DC - DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement today in recognition of May as Jewish American Heritage Month. As a Congresswoman, Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz was instrumental in establishing May as Jewish American Heritage Month. President George W. Bush first proclaimed JAHM almost in 2006 and it has been celebrated ever since:
"This month, we celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month by marking the important contributions that Jews have made to American life throughout U.S. history.
"From a young age, my parents taught me that a central tenet of our faith is tikkun olam - repairing the world. As active citizens and as Jews, they helped me understand that we have a responsibility to advocate for others and on behalf of justice and righteousness.
"This year's JAHM theme - Jewish contributions to education - builds upon that legacy of tikkun olam. We know that education can be the key for parents who want to give their children a better life or a chance to escape the cycle of poverty. Education is also our best defense against bigotry and ignorance in society. Jewish Americans have made major contributions to the American education system, most notably Julius Rosenwald's effort to help build more than 5,000 schools in the American South. By fighting for a better education for all Americans, Jewish Americans can do our part to repair our country and the world.
"There's a reason why two-thirds of Jews identify with the Democratic Party: because the Democratic Party's values are in sync with the values of the Jewish community, like tzedakah, or charity, gemilut hasadim, the gift of loving kindness, and the cause of social justice. This Jewish American Heritage Month, I'm proud to call myself a Democrat because I know that we are not only advancing the causes of our party but of the Jewish people."
Eric Walker
walkere@dnc.org
732-991-1489
@ericmwalker


Hi Shushannah, I’m copying April who runs communications at our Convention and would be the right person to get back to you.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Walshe, Shushannah
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 2:19 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Cc: Walshe, Shushannah
Subject: ABC News Inquiry
Luis,
Is the DNC making any preparations for Philadelphia for possible violence after what happened last weekend in Nevada? Are you changing any of your preps because of what happened?
It’s for a story we are working on about how what happened in Nevada could impact Philadelphia.
If you would rather talk on the phone, call anytime at 646-531-7324.
Thanks,
Shushannah
Shushannah Walshe
Deputy Political Director
ABC News
(w) 212-456-0236
(m) 646-531-7324
Shushannah.Walshe@abc.com
@shushwalshe


We have MTP Daily w segment w Steve Kornacki on MSNBC at 5:45pm EST locked in.
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 11, 2016, at 9:11 AM, Banfill, Ryan
wrote:
>
> Do we have anything in the works for 5:45?
>
> I saw the requests for Thursday and will circle back with you on that.
>
> Sent from my iPad


lol
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 3:12 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Subject:
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org


Written by the journalist Trump (unsuccessfully) sued for libel (seeking $5 billion in damages) after O'Brien reported Trump was only worth $150 - $250 million, instead of the $5 billion Trump was claiming at the time.
By any measure, Trump is a really rich dude. But his fixation on ceaselessly tossing out sky-high figures displays a routine neediness that's cause for concern in a candidate for the presidency.

Trump's Financial Report? That's Rich
By
Timothy L. O'Brien
Donald Trump has once again made his income and wealth objects of fascination and confusion in the 2016 presidential race -- this time, by filing an updated personal financial disclosure form with the Federal Election Commission.
"I filed my PFD, which I am proud to say is the largest in the history of the FEC," Trump said on Tuesday. "I have built an incredible company and have accumulated one of the greatest portfolios of real estate assets, many of which are considered to be among the finest and most iconic properties in the world. This is the kind of thinking the country needs."
While Trump's iconic (but relatively modest) real estate portfolio hasn't actually allowed him to claim membership in the top tier
of major New York real estate developers for decades now -- based on the square footage or value of the properties he's owned and brought to market -- the new personal finance disclosure
did give him the opportunity to put more public clothing on his finances.
What were the "incredible" numbers the presumptive Republican presidential nominee disclosed in the new filing? More than $557 million in "income," up from $362 million he disclosed in an FEC document filed last July. Hold on, though.
In a press release
, the Trump team also described that $557 million as "revenue." To be clear, "income" is meant to be the amount of money Trump puts in his own pocket each year and "revenue" is the amount of money his businesses pull in (before expenses and other goodies that reside above the bottom line). As he did in his July release
, Trump appears to be conflating income and revenue in his public disclosures.
These figures also look a little odd when paired with reporting
from Crain's Aaron Elstein, which showed that Trump received a New York State tax break reserved for households with annual incomes of $500,000 or less. Trump received the breaks automatically because he was on a list of eligible recipients. "Could a reason be that his income in certain years was actually under the $500,000 threshold?" Elstein asked. "No one who knows will say." (Trump's representatives and state officials agree that taking the break was a mistake.)
Trump also noted in the press release this week that his net worth had recently ballooned to an unspecified figure "in excess of $10 billion." That's soared handsomely from the $8.7 billion he said he was worth when he announced his presidential run last June, and the $10 billion he said he was worth only a month after that. It's also far more than the $2.9 billion figure that my Bloomberg News colleague Caleb Melby arrived at
after reviewing Trump's holdings in July.
Trump, who flirted with personal bankruptcy in the early '90s, has never publicly offered an independently vetted assessment of all his debts. Indeed, much of the financial information he discloses is self-reported. Until that changes, there's a good chance that a strong dose of grade inflation runs through all of the net worth figures cited above.
There's a method to all of this for Trump. Despite a long history of major business failures
, he has used claims of outsized wealth as proof that he's a business titan and savvy deal-maker -- skills he claims will accompany him to the White House. Trump has also gotten decades of traction with the media by offering wildly differing statements about how much money he has, coaxing flocks of newspapers, magazines, TV shows and Web sites into ping-pong matches in which interviewers guess at what he's worth just as he sends another magical number
back over the net. (Disclosure: I wrote a Trump biography, "TrumpNation,"
for which he sued me in 2006 because, among other things, it questioned the size of his fortune.
The suit was later dismissed
.)
Trump has courted inclusion in the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans ever since the tally was first launched in 1982. He made the cut that year, when the magazine gave him props for an unspecified share of a family fortune estimated to be $200 million. Casino regulators, on the other hand, combed through his books as part of a licensing process at the time and they calculated that Trump had just $6,000 in savings, received a $100,000 salary from his wealthy father, and had snared a $1 million commission for completing a New York hotel deal -- all balanced against a $35 million credit line from a bank. In short, he appeared to be light on savings and potentially swamped in debt, which isn't typically a recipe for robust personal wealth.
Trump climbed the Forbes list in subsequent years, earning his place in 1989 based on the notion that he had $1.7 billion. Then he disappeared entirely in 1990, not to return until 1996. Forbes speculated that Trump's wealth in 1990 may have dropped to zero, when, in fact, his personal loan guarantees of $900 million at the time put him well below even that. He appeared on the Forbes 400 again in 1996 and has been a mainstay ever since.
In 2004, while I was trying to assess Trump's wealth, he told me that he was worth $4 billion to $5 billion before lowering the figure later that day to $1.7 billion. My sources -- individuals who worked with Trump and had a good sense of his finances -- thought he was worth $150 million to $250 million. Trump sued me for publishing that figure as part of a range of assessments of his wealth, saying it had damaged his reputation and business. Among the documents discussed during the litigation was a Deutsche Bank assessment from 2005 that put Trump's net worth at about $788 million; at the time, Forbes had pegged Trump at $2.7 billion, he was telling bankers and regulators that he was worth $3.6 billion, and he was telling me he was worth $5 billion to $6 billion (a billion or two more than what he had told me the year before).
By any measure, Trump is a really rich dude. But his fixation on ceaselessly tossing out sky-high figures displays a routine neediness that's cause for concern in a candidate for the presidency. It also is something you don't see in a long line of wealthy businesspeople stretching from Rockefeller and Buffett through Gates and Zuckerberg -- all of whom chose to do other things than brag about their riches.
"A fellow asked me that once and I said, 'I don't know," Nelson Bunker Hunt once told a congressional panel grilling him about his net worth. "But I do know people who know how much they are worth generally aren't worth much."
This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.
--
Nathan Kauffman
DNC Research Associate
574-849-4726


Cool thanks
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2016 11:20 AM
To: Freundlich, Christina; Walker, Eric; Paustenbach, Mark
Subject: RE: draft -- video release
Thx. With edits
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
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From: "Freundlich, Christina"
>
Date: 04/30/2016 11:15 AM (GMT-05:00)
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Subject: draft -- video release
NEW VIDEO: GOP’s Worst Week Ever
There’s no denying it – this week was the GOP’s Worst Week ever. And we haven’t even gotten to jokes at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner yet…
The Republican Party's dangerous and divisive candidates and campaigns brought them to a record low
with their favorability ratings –  no doubt compounded by desperate acts like Ted Cruz's choice of failed CEO Carly Fiornia as his running mate, Dangerous Donald's embrace of endorsements from “tough guys
” Bobby Knight and Mike Tyson, John Kasich's state of denial, or having their own refer to them as Lucifer in the flesh.
WATCH


April 27, 2016
This afternoon, Speaker Ryan is holding a #RyanAtGU Town Hall about issues important to today’s young people. Considering the GOP’s agenda of inaction, it’s clear that this Republican-led Congress is not going to address the real problems facing millennials, like making college more affordable or reforming our broken campaign finance system. Join today’s #FutureForum Tweet Storm to debunk Speaker Ryan’s claims today, from 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM.
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Coalition of nearly 70 national medical & other organizations have written Congress in favor of #Zika supplemental →
Unacceptable. For 65 days & counting @HouseGOP has refused to act on @POTUS' emergency supplemental request to protect Americans from #Zika.
RT if you agree: Congress must act! → @TIME: "The #Zika virus is continuing to spread around the globe, as health responders scramble..."
#DoYourJob, @HouseGOP. We must act to protect American families from the #Zika threat. Inaction on this issue is irrational & dangerous.
.@HouseGOP's
radical refusal to address the #Zika threat could have tragic consequences for Americans. RT if you agree: Congress must act!
#RyanAtGU TWITTER STORM:
Here's an idea @SpeakerRyan. How about a meaningful way to address higher ed debt, like allowing for refinancing of student loans? #RyanAtGU
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#budget cuts student loan programs & Pell Grants, thereby adding to the already huge levels of student debt. #RyanAtGU
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, talk is cheap. #Millennials want less empty rhetoric & more meaningful action on college affordability.  #DoYourJob #RyanAtGU
FACT: @HouseGOP's #budget, overall cuts current policy support for student loans/college aid by $185 billion over 10 years. #RyanAtGU
FACT of the day:
"In recent weeks, according to various state health departments, more than a dozen Americans in five states have returned from missionary work in Haiti with confirmed Zika infections." – Ezra Kaplan and Donald G. McNeil, New York Times
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House Democrats Hold Press Conference Calling On GOP To Do Their Job
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Thx for the media training presentation — it was really helpful! Can you pls send the Powerpoint when you got a sec? Would like to save it for future reference.
Also, since you have a large Twitter following, can you pls RT this?
Have a great afternoon sir!


Kasich stops Indiana campaign but stays for private fundraiser
Only 622 delegates are still available for the Republican race after polls closed for five East Coast primaries Tuesday night.
Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s lead
continued, claiming 950 delegates. In response, John Kasich opted to undercut Trump’s efforts by halting his Indiana campaign.
Kasich’s reallocation of resources was simultaneous with Ted Cruz’s Sunday announcement to focus his attention on Indiana and “clear the path for Governor Kasich to compete in Oregon and New Mexico.”
But then, in a diner in Philadelphia, Kasich told reporters if Hoosiers want to vote for him, “they ought to.”
Although it’s not unprecedented for candidates to skip over certain states, the agreement between Kasich and Cruz created a media storm.
“I don’t see this as any big deal other than the fact that I’m not going to spend resources in Indiana, (Ted Cruz) is not going to spend resources in other places,” Kasich said to the media Monday. “So what? What’s the big deal?”
Kasich cited funds as the motivator for the change.
“I don’t have, like, Daddy Warbucks behind me giving all this money,” he said Monday. “I have to be careful about my resources.”
Kasich did not cancel his private fundraiser in Indianapolis on Tuesday evening. In fact, Sunday’s announcement generated more fundraising interest from voters, said Pete Seat, senior project manager for Hathaway Strategies, the company handling Kasich’s Indiana campaign.
The real win comes from the delegates, though,
Seat said.
“It’s a delegate game, right,” Seat said. “In order to make sure Donald Trump doesn’t get the nomination on the first ballot, it’s about picking up delegates where you can.”
Indiana will send 57 delegates to the national convention this summer. Of those, 27 delegates represent congressional districts and therefore must vote for the candidate who wins in the district.
A separate 27 delegates are considered “at-large,” meaning they must vote for the candidate who wins the state. The three remaining delegates are bound to the Republican National
Convention.
After the April 26 Super Tuesday, Kasich is trailing behind nationally at 153 delegate votes, compared to Cruz’s 560, according to the Associated Press at the time of press.
However, Kasich’s campaign felt comfortable with its position with Indiana delegates, said John Weaver, Kasich for America chief strategist, in a statement.
“Ultimately people need to make the choice that they think is best,” Seat said. “If they want a second ballot especially, they need to make a smart decision when they go to the polls.”
Mathmetically, only Trump can win the GOP nomination on the first ballot. The alliance between Kasich and Cruz was designed to stop Trump from passing the 1,237-delegate threshold, therefore giving him the Republican nomination outright, according to both their websites.
If no candidate reaches this threshold, the nomination goes to a second ballot and delegates can vote for any candidate they choose.
However, this process can be a bit confusing to the average voter.
“I understand that the average voter doesn’t understand that and that this has been a very different election cycle,” Seat said. “It’s exposed the process to more people. There is an important distinction between something that materialized out of nowhere versus something that has been the process in which we nominate people for decades.”
Focusing on delegates rather than voters can be off-putting, Ohio Democratic Party Chair David A. Pepper said during a media conference call with Indiana Democratic Party Chair
John Zody.
“The more voters view politics as a game that’s not about them, the more they disengage and the more upset they get,” Pepper said. “They are seeing what seems, right now, as a political game in Indiana.”
Pepper criticized Kasich for not focusing or winning in his border states.
“I think it leaves voters who are clearly already frustrated, already frustrated with the Republican party, thinking, ‘Hey, these guys, this is just a game to them,’” Pepper said. “This isn’t a vision about how to help make Indiana a better state or the country a better country.”
Even from an opposing view, Pepper said he thought the joint attack against Trump actually hurt the other Republican candidates.
“Again, I’m a Democrat watching from the outside, but it does seem to play to Donald Trump’s hand,” Pepper said. “For some of these folks, it is a game and it’s not really about the issues that Indiana families care about or Ohio families care about.”
From the Republican standpoint, the shared goal is to beat Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, Seat said. To achieve this, Republican voters need to buy into the Kasich-Cruz alliance.
“If they’re okay with Donald Trump being the nominee and being defeated by Hillary Clinton in a spectacular fashion, then that’s what they should do,” Seat said. “If that’s not what they want to see, then they need to make the smart choice.”
From: Price, Jenna
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 6:39 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: RE: Kasich’s Hypocrisy in IN & OH Press Call Coverage
Broadcast clip from WHIO- TV:
WATCH
From: Price, Jenna
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 6:06 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Kasich’s Hypocrisy in IN & OH Press Call Coverage
Coverage on today’s call so far-
Democrats call out Kasich for absenteeism
TOLEDO BLADE // TOM TROY
The chairmen of the Ohio and Indiana Democratic parties today blasted Ohio Gov. John Kasich for his continuing absence from Ohio and for his withdrawal from campaigning in Indiana for the Republican presidential nomination.
Ohio Democratic Chairman David Pepper said Mr. Kasich should disclose the cost of the state troopers assigned to provide him with protection, and said revealing that information would not endanger him.
“Not only is John Kasich not reimbursing taxpayers for the hundreds of thousands of dollars, he’s not even coming clean with how much he’s spending,” Mr. Pepper said.
The fact-checking organization PolitiFact.com said the cost of Gov. Kasich’s security on the campaign trail through March 2 was $475,976.
The Kasich campaign has refused to disclose details about his security.
The governor’s official spokesman in Columbus and his campaign spokesman did not immediately responded to emails from The Blade about the issue.
“We’ve been watching the governor traipse all over the country, talking to voters, holding town halls, eating all kinds of things. He’s been gone 195 days and counting outside Ohio. Ohio has a lot of big issues and he has not been here to here to address them,” Mr. Pepper said.
He said Mr. Kasich has become “a lame duck a lot sooner than you normally would see in a second term.”
John Zody, the Indiana chairman, said Mr. Kasich’s statements are confusing because he won’t campaign for their votes, though he has kept a date for a fund-raiser.
“He's happy to ask Hoosiers for money, but not for votes," Mr. Zody said.
Mr. Kasich and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas announced on Sunday night that they would split their efforts in Indiana, Oregon, and New Mexico with the goal of preventing Donald Trump from getting to the 1,237 delegates needed to win on the first ballot at the convention. Under the plan, Mr. Kasich canceled his campaign appearances in Indiana and Mr. Cruz is to stay out of Oregon and New Mexico.
Flailing Cruz-Kasich alliance puzzles Indiana politicos
TALK MEDIA NEWS // WASHINGTON DESK
The shaky alliance between Republican presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ohio Governor John Kasich has left Indiana officials from both parties baffled.
The joint-campaign strategy announced Sunday evening is centered on Kasich declining to campaign in Indiana in exchange for Cruz staying out of Oregon and New Mexico.
The two candidates’ goal is to allow the other to perform in the respective states in order to prevent GOP front-runner Donald Trump from attaining the 1,237 delegates needed to capture the Republican nomination.
“I have a lot of questions,” Indiana State Representative Mike Karickhoff, a Kasich for America Indiana Co-Chair, told the Kokomo Tribune on Monday.
Karickhoff said he was in the campaign’s conference call detailing the decision, but that it only lasted 10 minutes.
Indiana Democratic party chair John Zody accused Kasich of “confusing Hoosier voters,” noting during a conference call with reporters Tuesday that Kasich is cancelling a campaign appearance but still attending a closed-door fundraiser in the state.
“He’s happy to ask Hoosiers for their money, just not for their votes,” Zody said.
The terms of the alliance seem to be confusing to the candidates’ themselves.
While Cruz’ campaign manager Jeff Roe said he was hopeful “allies of both campaigns would follow our lead” in order to clear the fields in the respective states, Kasich said Monday that Indiana voters should still support him.
“I’ve never told them not to vote for me,” Kasich said during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania the morning after the deal was announced. “They ought to vote for me.”
Adding to the confusion, a top representative for Kasich’s campaign in Indiana gave contradictory statements on whether Kasich was still seeking votes.
“Kasich is asking his supporters in Indiana to vote for Cruz so Trump does not win Indiana,” Jim Brainard, mayor of Carmel, Indiana and a state co-chair for Kasich’s campaign, told the Indianapolis Star Monday.
However, in a statement given to Bloomberg, Brainard said that he would not specifically urge Kasich supporters to back Cruz.
“Voters are smart, and they’ll figure out what they need to do,” Brainard said.


So what to do? Speaking Trump’s name gives him power. He is like Voldemort in that regard. (Also, he is immortal and cannot die as long as his Towers survive. His buildings are his horcruxes and contain fragments of his soul.)
The trick is not to speak his name.
But fortunately for senators in tough, competitive seats, there is another option. You don’t have to endorse Trump. You can just support the Nominee of the Party.
Donald Trump is terrible. Good thing there’s this ‘nominee’ guy!
Alexandra Petri
Washington Post
May 9, 2016
Donald Trump is a problem.
He has a 65 percent unfavorable rating
. He is prone to firing off unexpectedly at the mouth. He either doesn’t understand or actively wants to destroy the credit of the United States. If you’re a senator running for reelection and his name shows up at the top of the ticket, you might as well tie an albatross around your neck and head out to sea.
So what to do? Speaking Trump’s name gives him power. He is like Voldemort in that regard. (Also, he is immortal and cannot die as long as his Towers survive. His buildings are his horcruxes and contain fragments of his soul.)
The trick is not to speak his name.
But fortunately for senators in tough, competitive seats, there is another option. You don’t have to endorse Trump. You can just support the Nominee of the Party.
These are not the same thing at all! They are quite different. The Nominee is everything Trump isn’t.
Here’s Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) talking about Trump
: “I have strong disagreements with Mr. Trump.”
Here’s McCain talking about the Nominee: “The nominee of the party, the party of Ronald Reagan and Teddy Roosevelt, has my support.”
Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) won’t endorse Trump. In February, she said
, “There’s no place in our society for racism and bigotry, and I found Mr. Trump’s response to David Duke and the KKK disgusting and offensive.” But she will support the nominee. Her communications director, Liz Johnson, confirmed as much to the New Hampshire Union Leader
. “As she’s said from the beginning, Kelly plans to support the nominee.”
It is good that there is this third option. The Nominee sounds wonderful.
He seems to have a strong base of support. Senators who have nothing positive to say about Trump at all speak glowingly of the mysterious Nominee
.
Very little is known about him, apart from the fact that he is probably statesmanlike and definitely not embarrassing to have at the top of the ticket, and probably Reagan would have liked to have a beer with him, or something, but what more do you need to know?
Andrew Kaczynski at BuzzFeed
first noted the groundswell of support for this Nominee guy among high-ranking senators during a KTAR Arizona radio interview with McCain, Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska). The Nominee, McCain confirmed, has his support. Trump, not so much. “I’m not comfortable with a lot of the things that he has done,” McCain noted.
Sullivan concurred. “There’s a number of things I don’t agree with in terms of what Donald Trump has said on the campaign trail,” he said on the same show. “Some of his rhetoric, some of his policy, certainly some of his instincts on national security and foreign policy.”
But fortunately, Sullivan has another choice. “I plan on supporting the Republican nominee. At this time.”
Cotton concurred. “I’ve long said that I will support the Republican nominee because we can’t afford a third Obama-Clinton term.”
The Nominee of the Party sounds like a rational guy. Even House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) — who is “not ready
” to support Trump — had compliments for the Nominee. “We hope that our nominee aspires to be Lincoln or Reagan-esque,” Ryan observed
.
Lincoln or Reagan-esque? Wow! What a high bar.
This “nominee” character sounds almost as good as that Never Trump fellow. (Whatever happened to him, by the way?)
“Senator McCain, we already know that you’re supporting Trump, but are you endorsing Trump?” the KTAR hosts asked.
“I’m supporting the nominee of the party,” McCain responded
. “I’m telling you the answer and that is, I’m supporting our nominee.”
Given the choice of Donald Trump and the Nominee of the Republican Party, these senators would support the Nominee of the Party, hands down.
If they turn out to be the same person, this is going to be very uncomfortable.


Rally with Ted Cruz
Wednesday, April 27
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
(Doors Open at 3:30 PM)
The Pavilion at Pan Am Plaza
201 S Capitol Ave
Indianapolis, IN 46225


Sure.  I follow the elections and can talk generally about them, but my core competency is economic policy.  Feel free to utilize me if you think I’m the right fit for an interview.  Happy to do what I can for the Party and to support the President.
Here are some clips of past interviews -
Discussion on ACA and Small Businesses

Small Minority Businesses Hit by Recession

What’s Next After Obama’s Speech to Wall Street

From: "Manriquez, Pablo"
>
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 5:08 PM
To: David Ferreira
>
Cc: Luis Miranda
>
Subject: Re: Connecting you...
Great, thanks guys!  David - For awareness, right now we’re booking lots of strategists on CNBC and Fox Biz if you’re up for that. Spanish-language side there’s a lot we can do too. Let me see what comes up next week!
Pablo
On Apr 26, 2016, at 5:05 PM, david@ferreirastrategies.com
wrote:
Hello Pablo and thanks for the referral Luis.
I'm a general economic/business issues consultant formerly VP of GR at the Hispanic Chamber where I built that department from scratch.
Solid Dem and big ACA supporter.  I'm good in English and Spanish.  Also, I'm quite decent at point-counterpoint interviews where policy is involved.
Happy to help should you need me.
D.
202.494.6098 cell
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 26, 2016, at 4:59 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Pablo, meet David. David meet Pablo. Pablo is our lead booker at the DNC and we’ve been getting more requests from the business channels so I suggested to him that we should put you in the rotation. Pablo, below is David’s bio.
David D. Ferreira is the founder and principal of Ferreira Strategies LLC, a full service government relations firm based in Washington, DC. Mr. Ferreira is an accomplished government affairs and legislative policy specialist with over 15 years of expertise in public policy advocacy as well as federal appropriations, infrastructure authorizations, and legislative and political process/strategy.
Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Ferreira was Vice President for Government Relations at the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. In this capacity, Mr. Ferreira oversaw all areas of government relations: policy formulation and advocacy, drafting and managing legislation, communications with Congress and government agencies, and successfully securing federal appropriations for the organization.
Over the years, Mr. Ferreira has served as a regular commentator on public policy and legislative issues with frequent appearances on outlets like NPR, Wall Street Journal, AP, Routers, CNN, Univision and Telemundo. Mr. Ferreira also helped negotiate and manage the 2008 Democratic Presidential Debate in Las Vegas NV.
Prior to joining the USHCC in 2006, Mr. Ferreira was a Senior Advisor and Legislative Director for Congressman Joe Baca (D-CA). In this role, he successfully directed the Congressman’s efforts on his priority legislative projects and secured federal resources for the Congressional District through federal appropriations and authorizations.
Mr. Ferreira was also a White House appointee in the Clinton Administration, serving as Special Assistant for budget and appropriations to the Chief Financial Officer at the U.S. Department of Energy. In this capacity he was responsible for aiding the CFO on appropriations and budget, and Congressional. These duties included aiding in the overall formulation of the DOE budget, the appeal of the OMB passback, and the process of external coordination with House Appropriations Committee staff.
Prior to his appointment in the Clinton Administration, Mr. Ferreira served as Legislative Assistant for appropriations to former Congressman Esteban Torres, a senior appropriator and the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Operations subcommittee.
In his personal capacity, Mr. Ferreira was involved with then Senator Obama’s presidential campaign. As an early supporter, he was also a founding member and leader within Latinos for Obama. Mr. Ferreira worked closely with the campaign, field, political and policy staffs to provide knowledge and expertise on Hispanic and small business issues. Those efforts stretched into aiding the Presidential Transition Team on issues related to small business and financial services.
In previous campaign cycles Mr. Ferreira has served as a GOTV consultant for the Democratic National Committee, was a founding member of Latinos for Dean, and has been involved in many other campaigns.
A native of Puerto Rico, Mr. Ferreira received his Bachelors degree of International Affairs from the George Washington University. He was a founding board member of the Hispanic Lobbyists Association, and is a member of various civic groups.
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


Berto, our guys in Systems who manages mailman is in the process of fixing DNCRRMain as we speak. He estimates it will take about 20 minutes. Once it's fixed, you'll need to send the blast again.
Let us know if you have any questions.
Sean Gray (sgray@MISDepartment.com)
Ticket Details
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Department: DNC Helpdesk
Type: 15 Minutes
Status: Open
Priority: High
Helpdesk:


This is ridiculous. DWS hits were at 6:40 and 1:00. From now on if DWS is on TV I want video of her tweeted within 30 minutes of her appearance. Why can the RNC do that and we can't?
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Palermo, Rachel
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 7:24 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Cc: Price, Jenna; Manriquez, Pablo
Subject: Re: Why didn't @Dncpress tweet out our interviews with DWS and myself today?
It hasn't received comms approval. I sent it a while ago. I'll re up.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 18, 2016, at 7:23 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC


Paul Manafort interview: Watch here
From: Roberts, Kelly
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 7:14 PM
To: Comm_D; djtspeaks@hillaryclinton.com
Subject: RE: Video Request: Manafort on MSNBC
- Trump is now the head of the Republican party as far as the voters and the country are concerned
- Praising Trump for overcoming obstacles/expectations so far in the race
- Asked about convention, says Trump understands media, he's a TV star. He's going to Cleveland on Thursday and Friday to begin talks
- race for White House ultimate reality show
- Playing clips of Trump attacking HRC over Bill Clinton
- Manafort says Trump will definitely be talking about this during the campaign. Pressed on whether or not they actually have a case here, Manafort says "stay tuned"
- Clintons have never run against Donald Trump
From: Roberts, Kelly
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 7:07 PM
To: Comm_D; djtspeaks@hillaryclinton.com
Subject: Video Request: Manafort on MSNBC


Adding legal...
Sent from my iPhone
On May 4, 2016, at 5:41 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Hey Brad, see below from McClatchy, Sanders is claiming the money from HVF has already been spent on ads and direct mail for Hillary and so can’t go to the DNC or state parties… Can we debunk?
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Kumar, Anita
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 5:36 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark
Subject: joint victory fund
Sanders campaigns says:
"In fact we can see from her FEC-tracked disbursements exactly where the remaining money has gone. It has gone straight to advertisements and direct mail campaigns for Hillary. The money can't eventually go to the DNC and state parties because it has already been spent."
[
--
Anita Kumar
White House Correspondent
McClatchy Newspapers
202-383-6017 (office)
202-304-9868 (cell)
akumar@mcclatchydc.com
Twitter: @anitakumar01


Hi Luis,
Thank you for letting us know. Can you send me the date for Pablo's official last day at the DNC? Also, we do not have that job description on file. Is there another description that may be helpful for you to update?
Thanks!
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 7:28 PM
To: Lindsey Reynolds; Kristele Pyles
Subject: Manriquez resignation
Lindsey and Kristele, Pablo Manriquez came in today to submit his resignation. He was offered a much higher salary at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and will be departing soon. He initially said two weeks but I asked him for three. Kristele, do we have an old booker job description we can update to start the candidate search?
Let me know if you have any questions.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC


Lewandowski on CNN:
-          "His messaging in large crowds is tailor-made to that large crowd. In a small audience, as you would anybody else, a different way that you speak to people in a smaller crowd. That's what Paul was crying to get across.  What you'll see tomorrow from Mr. Trump, detailed foreign policy speech in Washington. We'll go out to Indiana, which coach Bobby knight is joining us for a massive, raucous crowd-- something that many people on the channel have had the opportunity to see because you cover it well usually. Again, what Paul is talking about in smaller meetings, when Donald Trump is one-on-one with someone, he may not be having the same type of loud, verbose conversation. Donald Trump will never change. The motto of the campaign, 'let Mr. Trump be Mr. Trump.'"
-          Says Manfort, McKay, and Wiley are an important part of an expanded team
-          Media narrative of a tug-of-war within the campaign doesn't exist
From: Bhatnagar, Akshai
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 4:45 PM
To: Yoxall, Collin; Research_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Lewandowski on CNN
Watch here
From: Yoxall, Collin
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 4:20 PM
To: Research_D
Subject: Video Request: Lewandowski on CNN
Did see this go around. Short clip posted to CNN politics twitter handle:

Collin Yoxall
Research Associate, DNC
Office: 202-863-8126 X8126
Mobile: 334-703-1690
cyoxall@dnc.org


I'm running home to grab my laptop charger. Will be back at 6pm to media monitor. I can take the morning monitoring shift too, if that will make Team Regional smile. Will work with Akshai or someone to make sure my monitoring is up to snuff.
Lastly, for those of us w/o cable packages at home, we should get a comms account for IQ Media &/or Snapstream, not to clip or download video (we have quota on how much data we can process through those services), but to monitor shows.
Have fun at the ballpark.
Sent from my iPhone


APRIL 24, 2016 -
DONALD J. TRUMP RESPONSE TO CRUZ AND KASICH CAMPAIGNS
It is sad that two grown politicians have to collude against one person who has only been a politician for ten months in order to try and stop that person from getting the Republican nomination.
Senator Cruz has done very poorly and after his New York performance, which was a total disaster, he is in free fall and as everyone has seen, he does not react well under pressure. Also, approximately 80% of the Republican Party is against him. Governor Kasich, who has only won 1 state out of 41, in other words, he is 1 for 41 and he is not even doing as well as other candidates who could have stubbornly stayed in the race like him but chose not to do so. Marco Rubio, as an example, has more delegates than Kasich and yet suspended his campaign one month ago. Others, likewise, have done much better than Kasich, who would get slaughtered by Hillary Clinton once the negative ads against him begin. 85% of Republican voters are against Kasich.
Collusion is often illegal in many other industries and yet these two Washington insiders have had to revert to collusion in order to stay alive. They are mathematically dead and this act only shows, as puppets of donors and special interests, how truly weak they and their campaigns are. I have brought millions of voters into the Republican primary system and have received many millions of votes more than Cruz or Kasich. Additionally, I am far ahead of both candidates with delegates and would be receiving in excess of 60% of the vote except for the fact that there were so many candidates running against me.
Because of me, everyone now sees that the Republican primary system is totally rigged. When two candidates who have no path to victory get together to stop a candidate who is expanding the party by millions of voters, (all of whom will drop out if I am not in the race) it is yet another example of everything that is wrong in Washington and our political system. This horrible act of desperation, from two campaigns who have totally failed, makes me even more determined, for the good of the Republican Party and our country, to prevail!


I'm not sure, we'll check.
I'd suggest you send a letter to Chair at the same time.
On May 11, 2016, at 9:16 PM, Sammon, Bill
> wrote:
If Fox were to send letters of invitation to the two candidates for a final debate in California, can we say that the DNC is amenable to Fox hosting it? Thank you.
On May 4, 2016, at 8:00 AM, Erik Smith
> wrote:
I'm happy to talk anytime. Let me know a good time for you.
On May 3, 2016, at 10:01 PM, Sammon, Bill
> wrote:
Folks:
Given Bernie's victory tonight, should we move forward with talks for a debate in Simi Valley in late May? A Democratic debate on Fox, with Megyn et al, would draw an enormous audience and drive voter interest through the roof. Would love your thoughts.
Best,
Bill
On Apr 26, 2016, at 5:48 PM, Sammon, Bill
> wrote:
Thanks, Luis. Erik, that sounds great. Let's talk tomorrow. 202-302-0964. Best...Bill
On Apr 26, 2016, at 5:32 PM, Erik Smith
> wrote:
Thanks Luis.  Bill good to reconnect.  We used to talk a while back when I was Gephardt's flack.
We'll know a lot more about where we are tomorrow since both campaigns have suspended talks until after the primary.
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 5:26 PM
To: Sammon, Bill; Erik Smith
Subject: Connecting you...
Hi Erik, I'm connecting you here with Bill Sammon who is the Vice President of News and Washington Managing Editor for Fox News Channel. As you know Fox recently hosted Senators Clinton and Sanders for a Town Hall. Bill and his team led that effort, and they are interested in being considered for the possible additional May debate. I had a good conversation with Bill yesterday and laid out the process, so I wanted to make sure he's in touch with you directly.
Thanks, - Luis.
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
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Need to add/edit the constituencies, but need your review of the other language.
Thanks!
From: "Alvillar, Raul"
>
Date: Monday, April 25, 2016 at 10:15 AM
To: MARILYN DAVIS
>, Luis Miranda
>, Anu Rangappa
>
Subject: RE: Please review
I like it.
Raul Alvillar
National Political Director
Democratic National Committee
Tele. 202.863.8000
From: Davis, Marilyn
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 10:02 AM
To: Alvillar, Raul; Miranda, Luis; Rangappa, Anu
Subject: Please review


DAILY VIDEO UPDATE – 5/18/16
DONALD TRUMP
Commentary: 5/18/2016: Central Florida News 13 - Orlando, FL reported that Donald Trump has hired Rick Scott’s pollster Tony Fabrizio to help turn around his unfavorable numbers with groups like women and Hispanics. [Watch
]
5/18/2016: WTVT (FOX) - Tampa Bay, FL Sen. Marco Rubio said he supports the Republican nominee but stands by the comments he made about Donald Trump being a dangerous con artist. [Watch
]
5/18/2016: WNYW (FOX) - New York, NY reported that Carrie Prejean and and Ivanka Trump defend Donald Trump’s treatment of women and discredit the New York Times article. [Watch
]
5/18/2016: WBNS-CBO (CBS) - Columbus, OH reported that Donald Trump released a list of Supreme Court nominees. [Watch
]
Tracking: DONALD TRUMP: 05/18/2016, Meeting with Henry Kissinger. Trump Tower New York, NY [www.washingtonpost.com] [Not tracked]
DONALD TRUMP: 05/18/2016, Meeting with Bob Vander Plaats. BVP "advocate[d] "team of rivals" in his cabinet." Trump Tower New York, NY [@KatyTurNBC] [Not tracked]
DONALD TRUMP: 05/19/2016, 6:00 PM: Rally/Fundraiser for Chris Christie National Guard Armory 151 Eggert Crossing Road, Lawrenceville, NJ [invite] [Volunteer scheduled]
DONALD TRUMP: 05/20/2016, 12:30 PM: NRA Leadership Forum Kentucky Expo Center Louisville, KY [www.nraam.org] [Volunteer scheduled]
CHRIS CHRISTIE
Commentary: 5/18/2016: WABC (ABC) - New York, NY reported that Gov. Chris Christie currently has the worst the worst approval rating of any of the 9 states covered by the Quinnipiac poll with in the last 6 years. The people of New Jersey strongly oppose him as Donald Trump’s vice president as well. [Watch
]
DOUG DUCEY
Commentary: 5/18/2016: KOLD (CBS) - Tucson, AZ reported on Gov. Doug Ducey criticizing the President for his position on transgender bathroom laws all over the country. [Watch
]
MARY FALLIN
Commentary: 5/17/2016: KOKI (FOX) - Tulsa, OK reported that Gov. Mary Fallin signed an online sales tax bill into law. [Watch
]


Here's all the info you asked for, sir. Hope you have a safe flight!
From: Jake Hamburg
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 2:14 PM
To: Garcia, Walter
Subject: AK Information
Hi Walter,
First, my cell phone is: 907.891.6864
*   Dinner Information attachment contains the speaking order and other matters. I sent this to Kay earlier which I believe was forwarded on to some folks at the DNC
*   The 2016 State Convention Media Credentials attachment is a list of the media we have credentialed to attend.
*   The Event -Email - Have you bought your tickets is a blast email we sent statewide twice.
*   ADP State Convention...attachment was sent to my press  list
*   Reminder - ADP State Convention... attachment was sent to my press list.
*   Banquet Floor Plan attachment shows the general set up with podium in the center.
We have provided the DNC with a lot of intel about the alternative event.
All the best,
Jake Hamburg
Communications Director, Alaska Democratic Party
jhamburg@akdems.org
(907) 258-3077
This communication is paid for by the Alaska Democratic Party, 2602 Fairbanks Street, Anchorage, AK 99503
and is not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.


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Look: Republican obstructionism has got to stop.
"It really is an outrage. And it just continues, the
seven-and-a-half years of unbelievable obstructionism
we have seen from these right-wing Republicans."
--Bernie Sanders
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Maryland-Senatorial (Democratic Primary)
30% Reporting
Freddie Dickson
2% of total vote
5,336 Votes
Donna Edwards
39% of total vote
141,339 Votes
Ralph Jaffe
1% of total vote
2,967 Votes
Theresa Scaldaferri
1% of total vote
4,986 Votes
Charles Smith
1% of total vote
2,875 Votes
Violet Staley
1% of total vote
3,714 Votes
Blaine Taylor
1% of total vote
2,371 Votes
Ed Tinus
0% of total vote
1,038 Votes
Chris Van Hollen
54% of total vote
192,965 Votes
Lih Young
3% of total vote
9,251 Votes
V/r,
Elias Gonzalez | Political Staff Assistant |  Veterans Outreach Desk
Democratic National Committee
O: (202) 488-5006 | C: (202) 657-1649
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From: Gonzalez, Elias
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 10:03 PM
To: Gonzalez, Elias
Subject: FW: Primaries in DE, MD, and PA
Good evening,
AP has called the Democratic senatorial primary race for Chris Van Hollen.
V/r,
Elias Gonzalez | Political Staff Assistant |  Veterans Outreach Desk
Democratic National Committee
O: (202) 488-5006 | C: (202) 657-1649
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From: Gonzalez, Elias
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 9:08 PM
To: Gonzalez, Elias
Subject: FW: Primaries in DE, MD, and PA
Good evening,
Below are the current results:
Delaware-1st Congressional District (Democratic Primary)
0% Reporting
Bryan Townsend
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Lisa Blunt Rochester
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Sean Barney
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Mayoral - Baltimore, MD (Democratic Primary)
0% Reporting
Mack Clifton
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Gersham Cupid
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Sheila Dixon
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Elizabeth Embry
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Patrick Gutierrez
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DeRay Mckesson
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Nick Mosby
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Catherine Pugh
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Carl Stokes
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Cindy Walsh
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David Warnock
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Wilton Wilson
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Calvin Young
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Mayoral - Baltimore, MD (Republican Primary)
0% Reporting
Armand Girard
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Chancellor Torbit
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Brian Vaeth
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Alan Walden
0% of total vote
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Larry Wardlow
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Maryland-4th Congressional District (Democratic Primary)
0% Reporting
Anthony Brown
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Warren Christopher
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Matthew Fogg
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Glenn Ivey
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Joseline Pena-Melnyk
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Terrence Strait
0% of total vote
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Maryland-4th Congressional District (Republican Primary)
0% Reporting
Robert Broadus
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Rob Buck
0% of total vote
0 Votes
George McDermott
0% of total vote
0 Votes
David Therrien
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Maryland-8th Congressional District (Democratic Primary)
0% Reporting
David Anderson
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Kumar Barve
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Dan Bolling
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Ana Sol Gutierrez
0% of total vote
0 Votes
William Jawando
0% of total vote
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Kathleen Matthews
0% of total vote
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Jamie Raskin
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0 Votes
Joel Rubin
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0 Votes
David Trone
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Maryland-8th Congressional District (Republican Primary)
0% Reporting
Dan Cox
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Jeffrey Jones
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Elizabeth Matory
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Aryeh Shudofsky
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Shelly Skolnick
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Freddie Dickson
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Donna Edwards
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Ralph Jaffe
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Theresa Scaldaferri
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Charles Smith
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Violet Staley
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Blaine Taylor
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Ed Tinus
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Chris Van Hollen
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Lih Young
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Chris Chaffee
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Sean Connor
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Richard Douglas
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John Graziani
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Greg Holmes
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Joe Hooe
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Chrys Kefalas
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Mark McNicholas
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Lynn Richardson
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Anthony Seda
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Richard Shawver
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Kathy Szeliga
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Dave Wallace
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Garry Yarrington
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Pennsylvania-2nd Congressional District (Democratic Primary)
16% Reporting
Chaka Fatah-Incumbent
45% of total vote
11,138 Votes
Dan Muroff
4% of total vote
914 Votes
Brian Gordon
12% of total vote
2,890 Votes
Dwight Evans
39% of total vote
9,567 Votes
Pennsylvania-8th Congressional District (Democratic Primary)
0% Reporting
Shaughnessy Naughton
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Steve Santasiero
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Brian Fitzpatrick
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Steve Andy Warren
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Marc Duome
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Pennsylvania-Attorney General (Democratic Primary)
7% Reporting
John Morganelli
51% of total vote
4,537 Votes
Josh Shapiro
39% of total vote
17,637 Votes
Stephen Zappala
10% of total vote
23,265 Votes
Pennsylvania-Attorney General (Republican Primary)
7% Reporting
John Rafferty
77% of total vote
2,920 Votes
Joseph Peters
23% of total vote
863 Votes
Pennsylvania--Senatorial
7% Reporting
Joe Sestak
25% of total vote
23,071 Votes
Kathleen McGinty
40% of total vote
36,211 Votes
John Fetterman
24% of total vote
21,520 Votes
V/r,
Elias Gonzalez | Political Staff Assistant |  Veterans Outreach Desk
Democratic National Committee
O: (202) 488-5006 | C: (202) 657-1649
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Great idea. Murphy would likely be a go and Kaylie used to be his Press Secretary before coming here.
From: Helmstetter, TJ
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 1:01 PM
To: Jefferson, Deshundra; Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark
Cc: Walker, Eric
Subject: RE: Press Call for NRA Leadership Forum in Louisville
Senator murphy might be into this too
From: Jefferson, Deshundra
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 1:01 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark
Cc: Helmstetter, TJ; Walker, Eric
Subject: Press Call for NRA Leadership Forum in Louisville
Luis,
How do you feel about doing a national press call ahead of the NRA Leadership Forum on Friday? The messaging would be that Trump, McConnell, Ryan et al are in the pockets of the NRA.
We reach out to Rep. Esty who represents parts of Newtown, CT; Rep. Aguliar who represents parts of San Bernardino, CA; and a Rep from Chicago to speak on the call.
Please let me know if this is a go!
Deshundra
[SigDems]
Deshundra Jefferson, Southern Regional Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
JeffersonD@dnc.org
| (202) 863-8112


Hi, y’all —
Just for context, I’ve pasted the three drafts below. These are the subject lines we’re going to test:
I’m ready to beat Donald Trump, NAME – are you?
NAME, the whole world is counting on us
I’m ready to beat Donald Trump, NAME – are you?
I’ve never been prouder to be a Democrat
I’m ready to beat Donald Trump, NAME – are you?
NAME, I’m asking you to help
Amy signed off as well, and she spoke with the Chair about them just a moment ago.
From: Hillary Clinton
>
Reply-To: democratic party
>
Date: Sunday, May 8, 2016 at 4:00 PM
To: Digital_D
>
Subject: [sample] I've never been prouder to be a Democrat
Keith --
The Republican Party has a new leader: Donald Trump. I can't think of a time in my life when I've been prouder to be a Democrat -- or more committed to building a strong party.
Consider Trump's stated goals for his first 100 days in office: He plans to undo some of President Obama's most important accomplishments, like the Affordable Care Act and executive orders on immigration, and he promises to appoint a Scalia-like justice to the Supreme Court to rip away our dearest progress, like marriage equality and a woman's right to choose.
Keith, we absolutely cannot let those things happen. We need to protect and build on President Obama's legacy -- for our shared values, and for the future of the country we love. Your $10 contribution to the Democratic National Committee today will do just that -- can you help?
If you've saved your payment information, your donation will go through immediately.
QUICK DONATE: $10
QUICK DONATE: $25
QUICK DONATE: $50
QUICK DONATE: $100
QUICK DONATE: $200
Or donate another amount.
As Democrats, we have a very different vision for our country, from protecting LGBT people and public education at the state level to raising the minimum wage and confronting climate change as a nation. We know that there are no magic solutions -- we get things done by rolling up our sleeves and putting in hard work.
That starts with working to elect Democrats all across this country, to protect President Obama's legacy, and to make sure Donald Trump never, ever becomes president.
We can't win this fight without you, Keith. Chip in now -- the world is counting on us:

With deep thanks,
Hillary
From: Hillary Clinton
>
Reply-To: democratic party
>
Date: Sunday, May 8, 2016 at 4:00 PM
To: Digital_D
>
Subject: [sample] Keith, the whole world is counting on us
Keith --
What was once unimaginable is now all but certain. Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for president.
This isn't hyperbole: Our country -- and the whole world -- is counting on us to win this election.
No matter who you're supporting in our Democratic primary, I know this team will step up and do all we can to keep Trump out of the White House.
Please give what you can today, and let's start defeating Donald Trump right away.
If you've saved your payment information, your donation will go through immediately.
QUICK DONATE: $10
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QUICK DONATE: $50
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Or donate another amount:

Thank you,
Hillary
From: Hillary Clinton
>
Reply-To: democratic party
>
Date: Monday, May 9, 2016 at 11:12 AM
To: Digital_D
>
Subject: [sample] Keith, the whole world is counting on us
Keith --
What was once unimaginable is now all but certain. Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for president.
This isn't hyperbole: Our country -- and the whole world -- is counting on us to win this election.
No matter who you're supporting in our Democratic primary, I know this team will step up and do all we can to keep Trump out of the White House and beat the Republicans who will be on the ballot with him.
Please give what you can today to help.
If you've saved your payment information, your donation will go through immediately.
QUICK DONATE: $10
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Or donate another amount:

Thank you,
Hillary
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Great - just fixed a couple spacing issues.
Eric, were you still taking out some of the stuff at the bottom?
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 9:48 AM
To: Palermo, Rachel; Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis; Freundlich, Christina; Walsh, Tom
Cc: RR2
Subject: RE: ICYMI- The Hill: Hispanic voter registration spikes
Plus RR2. Highlighted pushback from Ruth Guerra but I like the stuff at the end so I say we just blast the whole thing.
From: Palermo, Rachel
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 9:42 AM
To: Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis; Freundlich, Christina; Walsh, Tom; Walker, Eric
Subject: ICYMI- The Hill: Hispanic voter registration spikes
Key points:
Registration among Hispanic voters is skyrocketing in a presidential election cycle dominated by Donald Trump
and loud GOP cries to close the border.
...
Still, rising registration rates among Hispanics in Colorado, Florida and Nevada could make it easier for the Democratic candidate to retain those swing states. Even Arizona could be in play, say some poll watchers.
Registration is a game-changer with Hispanic voters.
Only about 48 percent of eligible Hispanics vote, but nearly 80 percent of registered Hispanics go to the ballot box.
Hispanic voter registration spikes
THE HILL // RAFAEL BERNAL
Registration among Hispanic voters is skyrocketing in a presidential election cycle dominated by Donald Trump
and loud GOP cries to close the border.
Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Association of Elected and Appointed Officials, projects 13.1 million Hispanics will vote nationwide in 2016, compared to 11.2 million in 2012 and 9.7 million in 2008.
Many of those new Hispanic voters are also expected to vote against Trump if he is the Republican nominee, something that appears much more likely after the front-runner's sweeping primary victories Tuesday in five East Coast states.
A whopping 80 percent of respondents in a poll of registered Hispanic voters in Colorado and Nevada said Trump's views on immigration made them less likely to vote for Republicans in November. In Florida, that number was 68 percent.
The figures are sparking confident tones from Democrats, who think their party's nominee will benefit from a huge advantage in the fall not only in the presidential race but also in battles for the House and Senate.
Because of the contrast between the GOP and Democratic fields, "we feel absolutely confident about our chances of electing Democrats up and down the ballot in November," said Walter Garcia, western regional communication director for the Democratic National Committee.
Many of the newly registered Hispanic voters are in California and Texas, relatively safe states for Democrats and Republicans, respectively.
In fact, because so many Hispanic voters live in those states, the effect of the rising registration numbers will be somewhat undercut, according to Vargas.
Still, rising registration rates among Hispanics in Colorado, Florida and Nevada could make it easier for the Democratic candidate to retain those swing states. Even Arizona could be in play, say some poll watchers.
Registration is a game-changer with Hispanic voters.
Only about 48 percent of eligible Hispanics vote, but nearly 80 percent of registered Hispanics go to the ballot box.
Democrats have already targeted Colorado, Florida and Nevada with at least $15 million for Hispanic outreach, according to Vargas.
In Colorado, where 15 percent of eligible voters are Hispanic, the demographic has already shown its ability to flip elections.
The 2016 Colorado Democratic caucuses were one of the first big tests for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders
against rival Hillary Clinton
. With nearly 30,000 newly registered voters and strong support from Hispanic millennials, Sanders beat Clinton by more than 20,000 votes.
President Obama won 51.5 percent of the vote in Colorado in 2012, compared to 46 percent for GOP nominee Mitt Romney. In Nevada, Obama won 52 percent of the vote to Romney's 46 percent.
Arizona has been a relatively safe state for Republicans in recent presidential elections, but Democrats have long wondered if they could make it competitive.
Romney won 53.5 percent of the vote there in 2012, Obama 44.5 percent.
David Lublin, professor of government at American University, describes Arizona as "the sort of state that if Clinton starts moving into landslide or big-win territory, she could win."
Yet the real danger for Republicans could be down the ballot - particularly in the battle for the Senate, where longtime Sen. John McCain
(R-Ariz.) could be a target.
Obama won 74 percent of the Hispanic vote in 2012, according to exit polls by NBC.
A Democrat in 2016 would likely depend on larger Hispanic turnout and a larger share of the white vote to win the state.
Romney hurt himself with Hispanic voters in 2012 by suggesting that undocumented workers self-deport. He moved to the right on immigration and border security in the primary and was relatively quiet on the issue in the general election.
Both parties think Trump's rhetoric, which has included insults directed at Mexicans and a plan to build a wall on the border and make Mexico pay for it, could be more difficult to overcome in a general election.
Trump has "motivated Latino voters," said Rep. Norma Torres (D-Calif.)
Immigration was shown by an America's Voice/Latino Decisions poll to be the primary issue driving Hispanics away from Republican candidates in 2016.
However, Hispanic voters nationally said the most important issue facing the country is the economy.
Ruth Guerra, Republican National Committee director of Hispanic media, gives little credence to the polls: "Not only is Latino Decisions on Hillary Clinton's payroll, they have proven to be inaccurate time and again, so we will take their results in context."
She also criticized Clinton, the likely Democratic nominee, on immigration issues, accusing her of thinking Hispanics would have "amnesia."
She noted that Clinton was opposed to giving drivers licenses to undocumented workers as a senator from New York but has now reversed her position.
"Clinton's flip flops and hypocrisy on immigration are a mile long because she will tell voters anything to win an election," Guerra said.
A win by a Democrat presidential candidate in Florida, Colorado and Nevada would make it very difficult for a GOP candidate to reach 270 electoral votes and win the White House.
In fact, Democrats could actually lose the swing state of Ohio but win Pennsylvania or Wisconsin and get to 270 - simply by holding other states that have voted for the Democratic nominee in presidential elections for the last six cycles.
Jon Ralston, a veteran Nevada political journalist who is not surprised by the numbers, said, "The real problem is that Trump, and, to a lesser degree, Cruz, will drive up Hispanic turnout against Republicans."
He said the only path for the GOP nominee to the White House in such a situation would be to win more white votes.
Ralston described this as "a path we have never seen before. Huge increase in white vote."
[
If the numbers hold true, the electoral map becomes daunting for Republicans with the three states in question turned solid blue. Based on 270towin's 2016 toss-up map, Democrats would only have to win one of either Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia or North Carolina (or a more unlikely combination of only New Hampshire and Iowa) if the Hispanic vote does indeed deliver Colorado, Florida and Nevada.
"It's not a favorable situation among Latinos and it doesn't seem like Republicans will be able to make it up among white voters," said Lublin.


[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Palermo, Rachel
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 5:30 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Cc: Price, Jenna
Subject: Approval process draft
Approval Process
1.      For Communications approval:
All quotes, statements, and blasts should go through commsapproval_d@dnc.org
, which includes the senior Communications team and Deputy Editor for review.
*         Mark or Luis must sign off for communications approval, or if neither is available, Eric and Tom can agree on language and move it forward.
*         Luis and Ryan must sign off on anything with DWS's name on it.
*         Luis must sign off on anything with his name on it.
2.      For research approval: the staffer that wrote the blast must then combine edits and send to rr2@dnc.org
. Write in the email that Communications has signed off and it's ready for research.
3.      For blasting: After receiving Research approval, the author will then blast themselves or ask one of the Press Assistants to blast. Reply to the RR2 chain before sending so we can ensure that we wait 15 minutes in between blasts.


Let's send
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
On Apr 23, 2016, at 4:13 PM, Brinster, Jeremy
> wrote:
Fine by me
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 23, 2016, at 4:12 PM, Walker, Eric
> wrote:
Blastable
On Apr 23, 2016, at 1:01 PM, Paustenbach, Mark
> wrote:

The ‘Never Trump’ movement had the Worst Week in Washington
By Chris Cillizza
April 23 at 8:00 AM
Remember Wisconsin? That state's primary on April 5 was the beginning of the end for Donald Trump, insisted the " Never Trump" movement within the GOP. The gig was up! Voters were on to him! He was imploding!
Fourteen days later, Trump took more than 60 percent of the vote and all but a handful of the available 95 delegates in New York's primary. Trump's across-the-board win zeroed out Ted Cruz's mathematical chances of getting to the 1,237 delegate threshold before the July national party convention. Meaning that Trump is now the only one of the three Republican candidates still in the race who can secure a majority of the delegates on the first ballot.
[
The calendar will only get better for Trump. He could well sweep all five states -- Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island -- that vote on Tuesday, further adding to his momentum. And anew poll released Friday
showed Trump leading Cruz in Indiana's May 3 primary, a state where the "Never Trump" forces have already dedicated lots of time and money
and the winner can take most or all of the state's crucial 57 delegates.
Amid this series of wins, Trump has also taken genuine strides to improving his campaign staff -- and his new hires have, in turn, begun much-needed outreach efforts to GOP delegates and establishment types to assure them that Trump doesn't present nearly the risk as the party's nominee as some have suggested
. The new team also appears to have Trump's ear, as the GOP front-runner delivered a much more measured victory speech than usual
following his New York win.
What's an organization driven by the sole purpose of keeping Trump from the nomination to do? Struggle, that's what.
A movement like "Never Trump" is entirely dependent on momentum and the money that goes along with it. Allowing Trump to roll through April almost uncontested -- no part of the "Never Trump" group spent any money on TV in New York -- looks like a major strategic mistake in retrospect.
John Weaver, chief strategist for John Kasich's presidential campaign,bashed the "Never Trump" movement
for its absence from the playing field in two major states.
Trump may not ultimately get to 1,237 delegates. And he may well never end up as the Republican presidential nominee. But, he had a VERY good week. And, that means those trying to keep him from the nomination had a bad week. In fact, the Worst Week in Washington.
--
Chris Cillizza
The Fix
Washington Post
@thefix
--
Chris Cillizza
The Fix
Washington Post
@thefix


Is it radio or TV?
On May 2, 2016, at 8:13 PM, Manriquez, Pablo
> wrote:
Walker you want it?
Sent from my iPhone
On May 2, 2016, at 7:56 PM, Paustenbach, Mark
> wrote:
I'll be on a train back to DC
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
On May 2, 2016, at 7:23 PM, Manriquez, Pablo
> wrote:
What: Mark and Jared Halpern
What: One on one interview on Indiana primary.
When: Tomorrow night, 7:35PM EST
Where: At Mark’s convenience (needs to be somewhere quiet)
Lock it in?
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


Got it.  I didn't change it but here it is again
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 9:06 AM
To: April Mellody
Subject: RE: Rollout
Cool. Yeah last night opened fine. I'll forward this to DWS.
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S(r)4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: April Mellody
>
Date: 05/22/2016 09:02 (GMT-05:00)
To: "Miranda, Luis"
>
Subject: Re: Rollout
Weird. Will try again. Not yet and I am sure he'll want his own but we did draft something for topline guidance.
"The Democratic Party has always fought to create a better life for all Americans." said Rep Cummings. "I am pleased that we have some of our best and brightest assembled here to outline our collective vision our nation's future."
Sent from my iPhone
On May 22, 2016, at 8:57 AM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
For some reason this attachment is not opening. Did we get a quote back from Cummings?
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S(r)4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: April Mellody
>
Date: 05/22/2016 08:49 (GMT-05:00)
To: "Banfill, Ryan"
>, Leah Daughtry
>, Tracie Pough
>, "Miranda, Luis"
>, Patrice Taylor
>, Dana Vickers Shelley
>
Subject: Rollout
Rollout plan is below with draft press release attached.
Saturday May 21
LDD- Update DWS on updated call plan; once confirmed, LDD and PT will divide calls once plan is approved by DWS
-Staff to begin notification calls
Finalize Public Affairs Guidance - AP/DS
*   Talking Points
*   Q&A
Finalize Press Release -get quotes from DWS, Cummings  etc.- AP/DS
Connect with Cummings staff to update and get time to connect with Cummings -PT/DS
Identify and Secure Validators
-Tom McMahon
-Elaine Kamarck
-Don Fowler
-Paul Kirk
Sunday May 22
Drafting Committee Member Notification calls-LDD & Staff
Prep Cummings- DS
Lock In Preview/Launch Story Reporter - AP/DS
*   Recommendation: Anne Gearan- Washington Post
Monday May 23
Finalize Drafting Member notification calls-LDD & Staff
Campaigns, Leadership and  DNC Notification calls (REID, NP, JEC, officers, etc)-LDD & Staff
Preview / Launch story runs in print in Washington Post
Press Release announcing Drafting Committee Members goes out - DNCC
Cummings on TV in afternoon
Tuesday May 24
Announce public participation component of process- DNCC


h/t Matt
Listen here
See exchange on POWs and McCain
-          TRUMP: "Some people like what I said, to know the truth. There are many people who like what I said. After I said that, my poll numbers went up seven points."
Trump on Imus in the Morning:
We will raise a lot of money. $1 billion or $1.5 billion.
-          I spend less than anybody else
-          I know how to spend it. Maybe that's why people like me
Putting yourself in a position to take money from people and groups that will expect things?
-          "Well they are really paying-any money  is going to be paid to the party. So I'm not taking money, but the party will take money, and the party will support me and other people."
-          The party will also be spending on Senators, etc.
Meeting with Paul Ryan? Just you and him? Or Staff?
-          Don't know him. Only met him one time
-          "Might be" just him and I. But he probably has a few people that he feels comfortable having
-          He probably wants to get to know me a little bit
You should offer him VP slot to throw him off
-          He wouldn't want it
-          Speaker slot was already hard enough to fill
Tyson said "everybody has a plan until they get punched." Clintons didn't expect Bernie challenge. Are they prepared?
-          HRC can't make great trade deals
-          Libya, Benghazi were a disaster. So many things she handled so badly
-          She wants to abolish the 2nd amendment. She essentially wants to abolish the 2nd amendment and take guns away
-          I will eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse. Other countries are ripping us off
When you get to Oval Office, will you find that things are harder to get done than expected?
-          There will be some of that.
-          But I've been involved in politics at the highest level for a long time, just not on this side
-          Obama can't get things done
What level of income represents the middle class?
-          One way to describe is people that have been absolutely disenfranchised
-          Different levels in different places
-          In NYC, middle class person would be considered wealthy in other cities
-          Have to be consequences for companies leaving
John McCain wants apology for the POWs?
-          I've actually done that
-          I like John McCain. McCain is a hero.
-          All POWs are heros, whether or not they are captured
Do you regret saying that [about McCain]?
-          "I like not to regret anything"
-          "What I said, frankly, is what I said. Some people like what I said, to know the truth. There are many people who like what I said. After I said that, my poll numbers went up seven points."
Someone who avoided draft through deferments shouldn't say that?
-          College deferments. Great lottery numbers
-          I do feel bad... that's why I was involved in building Vietnam memorial in NY
-          Vietnam War was a mistake. Just like Iraq
Family's role in your campaign. Role in your administration?
-          Probably not
-          A little thing called nepotism that is not very good
-          They will be running the business
Obama going to Hiroshima.
-          He should not apologize.
-          His going there does not bother me
-          Reminds people of the tremendous power of nuclear
-          Should not apologize in any way, shape, or form


For Planning Purposes
May 19, 2016
Contact: DNC Press – 202-863-8148
*MEDIA ADVISORY*
TODAY, May 19th at 2:00 PM ET: Representative John Yarmuth and Kentucky AFL-CIO President Bill Londrigan Will Hold Press Call to Discuss Donald Trump’s Visit to Kentucky
Today, Rep. John Yarmuth and AFL-CIO President Bill Londrigan will hold a media call in advance of Donald Trump’s visit to Louisville tomorrow for the NRA Leadership Forum.
WHO:
Representative John Yarmuth
Kentucky AFL-CIO President Bill Londrigan
WHAT:
Media call
WHEN:
TODAY, May 19th at 2:00 PM ET
RSVP:
Please email Rachel Palermo, at palermor@dnc.org
for dial-in information
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Got it.
On May 11, 2016, at 10:25 PM, Debbie Wasserman Schultz
> wrote:
No, I would not encourage them to do that. As of right now, the Sanders campaign is not supporting a DNC sanctioned debate, which as you know, was part of the agreement when we added the four extra debates. We need to make sure that if we were going to entertain the possibility of having FOX host the final debate, that they understand that we start with this as a DNC sanctioned? debate and that is non-negotiable. Thanks.
DWS
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From: Erik Smith
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 9:20 PM
To: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz; Amy Dacey; Lindsey Reynolds; Lisa Garcia; Tracie Pough
Cc: Miranda, Luis; Jessica Borchert
Subject: Re: Connecting you...
What do folks think? I haven't had any conversations like that with him. Luis, have you?
On May 11, 2016, at 9:16 PM, Sammon, Bill
> wrote:
If Fox were to send letters of invitation to the two candidates for a final debate in California, can we say that the DNC is amenable to Fox hosting it? Thank you.
On May 4, 2016, at 8:00 AM, Erik Smith
> wrote:
I'm happy to talk anytime. Let me know a good time for you.
On May 3, 2016, at 10:01 PM, Sammon, Bill
> wrote:
Folks:
Given Bernie's victory tonight, should we move forward with talks for a debate in Simi Valley in late May? A Democratic debate on Fox, with Megyn et al, would draw an enormous audience and drive voter interest through the roof. Would love your thoughts.
Best,
Bill
On Apr 26, 2016, at 5:48 PM, Sammon, Bill
> wrote:
Thanks, Luis. Erik, that sounds great. Let's talk tomorrow. 202-302-0964. Best...Bill
On Apr 26, 2016, at 5:32 PM, Erik Smith
> wrote:
Thanks Luis.  Bill good to reconnect.  We used to talk a while back when I was Gephardt's flack.
We'll know a lot more about where we are tomorrow since both campaigns have suspended talks until after the primary.
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 5:26 PM
To: Sammon, Bill; Erik Smith
Subject: Connecting you...
Hi Erik, I'm connecting you here with Bill Sammon who is the Vice President of News and Washington Managing Editor for Fox News Channel. As you know Fox recently hosted Senators Clinton and Sanders for a Town Hall. Bill and his team led that effort, and they are interested in being considered for the possible additional May debate. I had a good conversation with Bill yesterday and laid out the process, so I wanted to make sure he's in touch with you directly.
Thanks, - Luis.
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Democratic National Committee
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