Sanders accuses DNC of tipping convention toward Clinton
By DANIEL STRAUSS
Bernie Sanders is accusing Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz of trying to tip the party convention in Hillary Clinton's favor, saying the chairwoman has packed the committees with Clinton supporters.
In a letter
to the chairwoman, the Sanders noted that of the 45 names he submitted Democratic National Convention committees, Wasserman Schultz appointed only three.
Story Continued Below
"I believe the composition of the standing committees must reflect the relative support that has been received by both campaigns," Sanders wrote in the letter dated May 6. "That was why I was so disappointed to learn that of the over forty people our campaign submitted at your request you chose to select only three of my recommendations for the three standing committees. Moreover, you did not assign even on of the people submitted by our campaign to the very important Rules Committee of the Democratic National Convention."
Sanders said that if the disagreement over convention committee appointments is not resolved, he would have his delegates move to change the platform on the floor of the convention.
"It is my hope we can quickly resolve this in a fair way," Sanders wrote. "If the process is set up to produce an unfair, one-sided result, we are prepared to mobilize our delegates to force as many votes as necessary to amend the platform and rules of the floor convention."
Sanders' chances of taking the Democratic nomination have grown, as he has a deep disadvantage in both pledged and superdelegates. But the insurgent candidate has vowed to continue on, and his deep run into the primary gives him additional leverage to pull the party to the left.
In his letter, Sanders also mentioned the Democratic Party platform drafting committee. In the letter he recounted Wasserman Schultz had discussed changing the process for selecting members of the committee.
"In our conversation, you told me with respect to the platform Drafting Committee that you would consider allowing each campaign to submit ten names from which you would choose four from each and then you would add an additional seven," Sanders continued. "While having four members on the Drafting Committee is an improvement, it does not address the fact that up to this point Bernie 2016 has secured 45% of the pledged delegates awarded. Frankly, we believe that percentage will go up in the coming weeks and, of course, we hope it will end up being a majority."
Sanders argued that each campaign should be able to pick seven members for the committee with the fifteenth member being one picked by both campaigns.
"This process will also ensure that the chairs of the standing committees conduct their proceedings with fairness and transparency," Sanders argued.
In its response to Sanders letter, the DNC released a statement saying both campaigns would be represented at the convention.
"Because the Party's platform is a statement of our values, the DNC is committed to an open, inclusive and representative process," the DNC said in a statement. "Both of our campaigns will be represented on the Drafting Committee, and just as we did in 2008 and 2012, the public will have opportunities to participate"
Read more: #ixzz47tO3sIaR
Follow us: @politico on Twitter
| Politico on Facebook
--
[DNC]
Rachel Palermo
Democratic National Committee
PalermoR@dnc.org
202-863-8041
From: Palermo, Rachel
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 11:50 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: RE: FLAG: AP: Sanders threatens floor fight at Dem convention
Longer article:
Sanders wants supporters represented at party convention
AP // KEN THOMAS
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders threatened a floor fight over rules and platform planks at the party's summer convention on Friday, warning the Democratic National Committee not to stack the convention's standing committees with supporters of Hillary Clinton.
Sanders wrote in a letter to Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz that the makeup of the standing committees that consider the party's platform and rules should reflect the level of support that he and Clinton have received during the 2016 primaries and caucuses.
"If the process is set up to produce an unfair, one-sided result, we are prepared to mobilize our delegates to force as many votes as necessary to amend the platform and rules on the floor of the convention," Sanders wrote. The letter came after Sanders spoke with the chairwoman by phone earlier this week.
Sanders said if the party is going to be unified in the fall, it can't have a convention in which the views of millions of people are "unrepresented" in the committee membership.
Pointing to the 9 million voters who have supported him, Sanders wrote, "I will not allow them be silenced at the Democratic National Convention."
Luis Miranda, a spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, said "because the party's platform is a statement of our values, the DNC is committed to an open, inclusive and representative process. Both of our campaigns will be represented on the drafting committee, and just as we did in 2008 and 2012, the public will have opportunities to participate."
Clinton holds a sizable lead of more than 300 pledged delegates and has received about 3 million more votes than Sanders during the primaries. Including superdelegates - the elected party leaders and officials who can choose the candidate of their choice - Clinton is more than 90 percent of the way to clinching the nomination.
In the letter, Sanders notes that Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy will be in charge of the convention's platform committee and former Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank will run the rules committee. He calls both "aggressive attack surrogates on the campaign trail" for Clinton.
Sanders said he submitted the names of more than 40 people to serve on three standing committees and only three of his recommendations were selected by Wasserman Schultz. He said none of his supporters were assigned to the rules committee.
The Vermont senator has vowed to campaign through the end of the primary season in mid-June and advocate at the convention for his policy goals, which include fighting wealth inequality and overhauling the campaign finance system. He has also criticized states that do not allow independents to participate in Democratic contests or states that do not allow same-day registration.
--
[DNC]
Rachel Palermo
Democratic National Committee
PalermoR@dnc.org
202-863-8041
From: Palermo, Rachel
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 11:15 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: RE: FLAG: AP: Sanders threatens floor fight at Dem convention

@KThomasDC
2m2 minutes ago
.@BernieSanders
on his supporters: "I will not allow them to be silenced at the Democratic National Convention."

@KThomasDC
6m6 minutes ago
New: Sanders threatening floor fight over rules & platform planks at convention if the DNC stacks the cmtes w/ Clinton supporters.
--
[DNC]
Rachel Palermo
Democratic National Committee
PalermoR@dnc.org
202-863-8041
From: Palermo, Rachel
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 11:12 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: FLAG: AP: Sanders threatens floor fight at Dem convention
The Latest: Sanders threatens floor fight at Dem convention
AP
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is threatening a floor fight over rules and platform planks at the party's summer convention if the Democratic National Committee stacks the committees with supporters of Hillary Clinton.
Sanders writes in a letter to Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz that the makeup of the standing committees should reflect the level of support that he and Clinton received in the primaries and caucuses.
He says many of his supporters have not been included and notes Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy will be in charge of the convention's platform committee and former Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank will run the rules committee. He calls both "aggressive attack surrogates" for Clinton.
Sanders says if the process is unfair, he'll challenge platform planks, electoral reform planks and rules changes.
--
[DNC]
Rachel Palermo
Democratic National Committee
PalermoR@dnc.org
202-863-8041


Had pitched story on OC to this reporter a while back, and she ended up writing about it -- albeit in a diff way. Still good stuff for us!
For the first time, some Orange County voters might have to choose between two Democrats for Congress
Christine Mai-Duc
Orange County, which for decades held a reputation as the bastion of California conservatism, this year could see Republicans shut out of a congressional race for the first time.
Rep. Loretta Sanchez's (D-Orange) decision to run for U.S. Senate has attracted eight candidates hoping to replace her in the House. Thanks to California's relatively new top-two primary - and a crowded field of Republicans expected to split dwindling GOP votes - it's likely the June 7 primary will leave voters with a choice between two Democrats: Lou Correa and Joe Dunn.
Both are former state legislators, and both were elected to those seats in part because of help from Sanchez. They have amassed more money than the rest of the candidates combined.
The pool of Democrats also includes Bao Nguyen, the Garden Grove mayor
who came to the U.S. as a refugee from Vietnam.
The California Democratic Party has declined to endorse a candidate in this race, as has Sanchez. Already, more than $900,000 has been spent by these top three candidates and committees supporting them.
Among the Republicans running are Irvine City Councilwoman Lynn Schott; Bob Peterson, a commander with the Orange County Sheriff's Department; Rudy Gaona; and Louie Contreras. Gaona ran for Anaheim City Council in 2010, 2012 and 2013, and ran for the Orange County Board of Supervisors in 2014. Contreras ran for Congress as a Democrat a decade ago. Also running is Nancy Trinidad Marin, a therapist who switched her party from Democratic to run with no party preference.
In the 46th Congressional District, Democrats make up 47% of registered voters, compared with 27% Republicans and 22% with no party preference. It's the only Orange County congressional district where Democrats hold such an advantage.
The central Orange County seat - home to Disneyland - boasts an ethnically diverse population, with the Latino-heavy city of Santa Ana to the south and, to the east, a strip of Little Saigon, an enclave of Vietnamese Americans who make up 7% of registered voters.
"This is no longer the land of Reagan," said Fred Smoller, a political science professor at Chapman University in Orange. Smoller says it's "all but certain" Dunn and Correa will face off in November because of their substantial edge in fundraising and name recognition.
In 1996, when Sanchez first defeated Rep. Robert "B-1 Bob" Dornan
by less 1,000 votes, there were immediate charges from Republicans thatthe election had been thrown by illegal votes from noncitizens
. The district was already predominantly Latino and Democratic, but Republicans were known for better turnout. Back then, the county was dominated by older, white voters who had settled after World War II, and were known for a specific brand of social conservatism. Over the years, Smoller said, those people have died or moved and been replaced with younger Asian and Latino immigrants.
"This is a district that in some ways is the story of Orange County," Smoller said, predicting the county will vote for a Democrat for president for the first time since it favored Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.
Two rounds of redistricting have since made this district safely Democratic. (Sanchez once paid a consultant $20,000 to help draw the lines in her favor, famously telling reporters
in 2001, "Twenty thousand is nothing to keep your seat. I usually spend $2 million every election.")
Even so, before voters approved the top-two primary system in 2010, Republican candidates could rely on at least advancing to November.
"It used to be that every party had their chance to have a nominee in the general election," said Jon Fleischman, a conservative blogger and former state Republican Party official who lives in Orange County.
The last Republican who faced Sanchez, Adam Nick, received just 18% of the vote in the June 2014 primary, and went on to lose by 20 points in November. District observers do not expect that to happen this time around, with two strong Democratic candidates and the split GOP field, not to mention a competitive Democratic presidential primary expected to boost turnout.
With that in mind, "it's even more of a longshot" that a Republican might advance, Fleischman said.
The same dynamic might play out at the top of the ticket, with Sanchez hoping to prevail and make it to a November ballot to challenge the Senate front-runner - fellow Democrat and state Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris.
None of the five non-Democratic contenders have yet mounted strong campaigns, raising far less money. Only three have appeared at candidate forums and debates.
Schott does not live in the district. She says she thinks voters will respond to her "fresh" and "balanced" approach to issues, but has struggled to break $50,000 in fundraising, and has loaned herself $20,000.
Both Gaona and Contreras said in phone interviews they switched party affiliations because the Republican Party better aligns with their views, including opposition to abortion with few exceptions.
Neither has raised or spent any money, according to FEC records.
Contreras ran as a Democrat against Republican Rep. Jerry Lewis in 2006, winning 33% of the vote in the general election.
Peterson bills himself as "just an average guy" who overcame homelessness as a teenager to become a high-ranking sheriff's official. He's raised less than $14,000 as of March 31, spending almost none of it so far.
When a reporter called Marin's cellphone and identified herself, the woman who had answered hung up. Subsequent calls and texts went unanswered.
The California Republican Party hasn't endorsed a candidate or gotten involved in the race, choosing instead to spend money on more competitive contests. The National Republican Congressional Committee also is staying out.
Correa is painting himself as a middle-of-the-road consensus Democrat, while Dunn enjoys support from traditionally progressive circles. Nguyen is styling himself in the vein of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the candidate he has endorsed for president.
Correa, 58, says he is a "common-sense Democrat" whose ability to broker compromises served his constituents for the 18 years he was in office. He's raised more than $380,000 this cycle, much of it from corporate executives and PACs.
He has also benefited from more than $535,000 for ads and mailers in independent expenditures by the National Assn. of Realtors. The Latino Victory Fund, geared toward electing Latino politicians, has kicked in another $22,000 for phone banking.
"My views are shaped not by picking up the ideology or the principles of any one group, but I want to address the needs of my community," he said. "I'm driven by the needs of the constituents here."
Correa has been endorsed by Rep. Linda Sanchez of Whittier, the congresswoman's sister; Reps. Ted Lieu of Torrance and Tony Cardenas of Los Angeles; and the California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce PAC.
Dunn, who has backing from major labor unions such as the California Federation of Labor, SEIU and the California Teachers Assn., has said he is true progressive with a strong record to back it up.
He supports a federal $15 minimum wage and wants to relieve student loan debt for students and improve California's infrastructure. He's remained a competitive fundraiser, with more than $320,000 in contributions, mostly from attorneys and labor union PACs.
In an interview, Dunn, 57, called Correa a "career politician" and emphasized his own time as the CEO of the California Medical Assn. and executive director of the State Bar of California after leaving the Senate.
Dunn was fired from that job in 2014
over claims of misconduct. He filed a whistle-blower lawsuit, alleging the state bar had altered records to hide a backlog in complaints against attorneys and that he was fired in retaliation for raising the issue. Dunn said claims he misled the board of directors and spent money improperly are "not only unwarranted, they're false." His lawsuit was later dismissed in arbitration, but he was given the option of amending some of his complaint.
Both Dunn and Correa should be familiar to many voters in the district. They previously represented the 34th state Senate District in back-to-back terms. The district lines then mostly mirrored the 46th congressional seat they're running for today, including large swaths of Anaheim and Santa Ana and a portion of Garden Grove.
Nguyen, 35, has emphasized his compelling personal history as a Vietnamese refugee, including the fact that his mother fled Vietnam while she was eight months pregnant with him and gave birth in a Thai refugee camp. "For a poor kid like me to become mayor of my hometown and now be running for Congress is what the American dream is about," said Nguyen. "I want to make sure other kids have a fair shot, too," he said.
Nguyen has received endorsements from Rep. Mark Takano (D-Riverside) and the powerful California Nurses Assn. He has only raised $119,948 and has spent about half that. In a phone interview, Nguyen called money in politics "legalized bribery," a phrase Sanders often uses on the campaign trail. He also called Dunn and Correa "establishment folks" who have done little to help Orange County in recent years.
Despite his fundraising lag, Nguyen could enjoy a boost in votes if the Vietnamese community turns out, given that its members make up 7% of voters and have been known to swing elections.
Correa knows this well: He lost a county supervisor election last year because of differences in turnout
; voters in the Little Saigon enclave were shown to be twice as likely to vote
than those in Santa Ana, where Correa had strong support from the Latino community. Vietnamese American Andrew Do, a Republican, won by 43 votes
.
More than 40% of residents of the 46th district are foreign-born, and more than two-thirds of those are not citizens. Among registered voters, Latinos make up 45%, and Asian Americans make up 13%.
An early poll conducted for Correa's campaign
showed him with a more than 20-point lead, and Nguyen with a slight advantage over Dunn. But Dunn proved his fundraising prowess in the five months since that poll was released.
"Identity politics will definitely play a role," said John J. Pitney Jr., a political scientist at Claremont McKenna College and former staffer for House Republicans. "A lot of what voters will know about these candidates is embedded in their name."
If it does end up being Dunn and Correa in the general election, Pitney predicts a competitive race.
"The candidates see it as a real opportunity because the district is so heavily Democratic," Pitney said. "Whoever wins is likely to be in there for a long time."
--
Walter Garcia
Western Regional Press Secretary
Democratic National Committee (DNC)
Email: GarciaW@dnc.org
Twitter: @WalterGarcia231
[SigDems]


Outgoing call to +1 (202) 255-6029 (Other)
Duration: 59 Seconds
+1 (202) 255-6029
Other:  +1 (202) 255-6029
Microsoft Lync


It now starts at 9am in DC


And one more from Variety (this article was the main feature in their latest edition)
Amy Dacey, CEO of the Democratic National Committee, says, “You have to go to where people are getting their information, and where people are watching. Some times I think candidates go to places where they think they can get their message across in a fast way, but they also diversify. They are talking to print reporters. They are talking on cable news. They are talking on social media. And they are having some appearances on some of these shows. But the bottom line is to get more people engaged and realizing about the election and what is at stake, so I think you have to factor in all of those things.”
Presidential Race Takes Over Pop Culture as Hopefuls Embrace Celebrity Status
[Senior Editor]
Ted Johnson
Senior Editor
Bernie Sanders
looked exhausted as he got off a flight from Las Vegas in October at Burbank Bob Hope Airport and walked through the concourse, to be met by a reporter with a question.
The query concerned the record ratings for the first Democratic debate, and Sanders gave a serious, on-message answer that tied the Nielsens to his campaign’s core message, saying the numbers proved that viewers are interested in “the real crises facing the American middle class.”
An hour later, Sanders was decidedly more lighthearted, dancing on a Warner Bros. soundstage during an appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” where he answered questions about his hair, whether he’d ever been in handcuffs and his favorite member of One Direction.
[
ANITA KUNZ FOR VARIETY
It’s nothing new for candidates to gamely turn to showbiz outlets to reach the electorate. But in this crazy election cycle, what is new is the magnitude of such activity.
Never has politics been so blended with entertainment. Contentious presidential debates help drive larger audiences than most new fall series; candidates are eager to take part in sketches on late-night TV and strive to be hip to pop-culture references, to sprinkle catch-phrases into their tweets and to reveal their music playlists; and celebrity surrogates are as polarizing as the candidates themselves.
It’s a climate in which celebrity status seems to translate into political clout, and in which level of exposure is scrutinized as much as polling numbers.
A carnival atmosphere has always surrounded presidential campaigns, but the mix of pop with politics has become serious business that translates to awareness, attention and adulation. MediaQuant, an analytics firm, drew headlines last month when it calculated Donald Trump
’s “earned media” output — a dollar amount tied to the free exposure he has gotten from countless interviews, magazine covers, talk-show skits and morning-show call-in interviews. The tally was $2.4 billion — more than the combined total for Hillary Clinton
($947 million), Ted Cruz
($532 million) and Sanders ($480 million).
By another measurement — exposure across hundreds of consumer publications — Trump and Clinton beat sports stars like Tom Brady and celebrities like Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and Justin Bieber when it comes to the value of their “earned” media, according to MediaQuant.
“One of the things I have gotten marginally famous for years ago was saying, ‘Politics is show business for ugly people,’ ” says political consultant Paul Begala, chief strategist for the 1992 Clinton-Gore ticket. “And so much more today than ever,” he adds. “It is becoming both more showbiz-y and more ugly.”
Take Hillary Clinton, whose cameo on “Saturday Night Live” drew enough of a stir that the candidate has embraced other scripted shows, including making a highly publicized appearance on Comedy Central sitcom “Broad City.” Her campaign has countered the news-media drumbeat of “those damn emails” and Goldman Sachs speeches with exposure that is humorous and self-deprecating. In March, the Clinton campaign unveiled an unusual 30-second spot on ABC that featured the stars of Shonda Rhimes’ shows — and that ran the night those series aired. The network was apparently concerned enough over potential viewer confusion that it released a statement noting that “broadcasters are required by the FCC to carry these ads.”
Cruz, whose image was heavily defined by D.C. media as the man who once helped shut down the government, made a habit of sprinkling into his speeches references to “Star Wars,” along with TV-born catchphrases like “jump the shark” and a reenactment of the “mostly dead” scene from “The Princess Bride.” Just a few months into his campaign, he appeared in a Buzzfeed video in which he did an array of impressions from “The Simpsons.”
[
Bernie Sanders visits with “Ellen”; Hillary Clinton cozies up to“Broad City’s” Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson; Ted Cruz channels “Simpsons” characters for Buzzfeed. COURTESY OF COMEDY CENTRAL/NBC/BUZZFEED
When Sanders first entered the race, he seemed so laser-focused on his core message that he couldn’t be bothered with offbeat questions on lifestyle topics. Last August, he scolded a New York Times writer who asked him about the scrutiny of Hillary Clinton’s hair vs. his. But by the time he did Ellen’s show, he was game to laugh.
Then there’s Donald Trump, who entered the campaign (down an escalator) already an entertainment celebrity via “The Apprentice,” but one with a rather high negative ‘Q’ score. He countered with shtick — a break-all-the-rules strategy in which all publicity is good publicity. In the first Republican debate, when Megyn Kelly asked him about his treatment of women, his first instinct wasn’t to attack the question or Kelly (although he eventually did) but to get in a nasty one-liner about Rosie O’Donnell.
Mark McKinnon, political consultant and co-creator of Showtime’s “The Circus,” which documents the ongoing campaign, says Americans are looking to be entertained as well as informed. “So to break through the clutter,” he says, “the candidates are compelled to look to nontraditional venues and formats to communicate their message.
“One thing we’ve learned doing ‘The Circus’ is that voters are hungry for authenticity,” he adds. “They want to see what the candidates are like beyond the talking points, debates and speeches. So, alternative approaches give them an opportunity to show a side of themselves that voters rarely see but want to see. It gives voters more context and nuance for what kind of person the candidate is.”
Kristina Schake, deputy communications director for the Clinton campaign, says appearances on entertainment shows are great avenues to reach people, and have allowed the candidate to share information younger voters may not know about, such as her time at Wellesley College or with the Children’s Defense Fund, before she was Secretary of State.
Bits on “Saturday Night Live” and other shows, she says, “have been invaluable.”
“The skit of Hillary playing Val the bartender [on “SNL”] and Kate McKinnon playing Hillary was one of the most talked about television appearances in terms of reach this cycle,” Schake says. “These moments matter because they transcend party affiliation, and everyone can enjoy them. The Secretary has enjoyed them too, and still can’t believe they convinced her to sing in it.”
“One of the things I have gotten marginally famous for years ago was saying, ‘Politics is show business for ugly people.’ And so much more today than ever. It is becoming both more showbiz-y and more ugly.”
PAUL BEGALA, POLITICAL STRATEGIST
The rise in such appearances also is a function of a fragmented media universe.
Amy Dacey, CEO of the Democratic National Committee, says, “You have to go to where people are getting their information, and where people are watching. Some times I think candidates go to places where they think they can get their message across in a fast way, but they also diversify. They are talking to print reporters. They are talking on cable news. They are talking on social media. And they are having some appearances on some of these shows. But the bottom line is to get more people engaged and realizing about the election and what is at stake, so I think you have to factor in all of those things.”
Television has long been seen as an outlet to connect with voters — but some candidates have expressed reluctance. Almost 50 years ago, as Richard Nixon’s handlers carefully crafted a comeback, they convinced him to do a guest spot on “The Mike Douglas Show,” the soft, celebrity-driven talk show based in Philadelphia.
“You know, politics is more and more becoming show business,” Nixon said, as he bantered over such topics as his tan with Douglas and that week’s co-hosts, Sandler and Young. Off camera, Nixon reportedly said, “It’s a shame a man has to use gimmicks like this to get elected.”
Nine months later, having secured the Republican nomination amid the tumult of 1968, Nixon tapped pop culture again. He did the hottest show on TV, “Laugh-In,” in a clip that lasted just a few seconds but showed he was hip to what was hip. “Sock it to me?” he said, repeating the show’s catchphrase. “Laugh-In” creator George Schlatter notes that the show tried, but failed, to get rival Hubert Humphrey to appear.
In the years since, candidates have tapped pop culture to varying degrees: President Gerald Ford made a pre-filmed cameo on “Saturday Night Live” in the midst of the 1976 primary campaign; Ronald Reagan, the first actor to become president, used a signature line from one of his movies — “Go win one for the Gipper” — as a call to action for his campaign; and Bill Clinton played the saxophone on “The Arsenio Hall Show” during the 1992 race.
“When we put Bill Clinton on ‘Arsenio Hall,’ it was scandalous,” Begala recalls. “We got a ton of static. And now it is mandatory.”
Perhaps no candidate or president has been more savvy in trying to command attention through entertainment than President Obama. He was the first sitting commander-in-chief to make an in-studio appearance on a late-night talk show, when he sat down with Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show” less than two months after taking office. In 2013, his appearance with Zach Galifianakis on Funny or Die’s “Between Two Ferns” was credited with helping drive enrollment in Obama Care. By the time he appeared in Jerry Seinfield’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” last year, any talk of whether Obama’s cameos are “presidential” had given way to discussion of whether they are laugh-out-loud funny.
By the time of this year’s campaign, it wasn’t a question of whether a candidate would do late-night TV; it was how far they would go to make a mark.
[
Donald Trump has been so ubiquitous in the media this campaign season, sometimes it seems like there must be more than one of him. Taran Killam and Darrell Hammond help fuel that conceit on a skit from the Trump-hosted Nov. 7 airing of “Saturday Night Live.” COURTESY OF NBC
While late-night interviews with candidates have made news, comedic skits have made lasting impressions, like the one in which Clinton took a phone call from Trump (aka Fallon) on “The Tonight Show,” or when Mitt Romney read mean tweets from Trump on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” or, most prominently, when Trump himself hosted “Saturday Night Live.”
Jon Macks, a writer on Leno’s “Tonight Show” throughout its run who specializes in political humor, says that with candidates popping up all over late night, mere appearances no longer pack the punch they once did.
“It is what it is,” he says. “You are not going to see JFK, when he was a senator, on Jack Paar for an hour. Or John Kerry on Jay Leno having a legitimate and smart conversation about policies. You see it once in a while, but not to the degree you have seen it in the past.”
Part of the reason is the drive for skits that will travel virally — not necessarily a desire to succinctly convey a policy position.
“In a world defined by six-second Vines, the eight-second sound bite seems like the Gettysburg Address,” Macks says.
“The candidates are entertainment in and of themselves,” he adds. “When candidates go on ‘Jimmy Fallon,’ they are not going on to position themselves with the electorate. They are going on to be part of a skit. They are not doing a bit to lead to some big policy discussion. It is entertainment as pure entertainment.”
For the few candidates who balk, the alternative is to be out-entertained.
Dave Berg, co-producer of Leno’s “Tonight Show,” was a supporter of Marco Rubio and urged the campaign to maximize opportunities on late night. Instead, he said, the campaign squandered its chances: Rubio’s appearance on “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon” in January, for instance, turned out to be unmemorable. Berg calls the interview “substandard,” and wonders why the Rubio campaign didn’t try to tap further into pop culture, given the candidate’s telegenic personality and youth.
When candidates do try comedy, the right choices are “very, very important,” Berg says, even though such appearances are typically short on policy details. “It is important that you get the right sketch. If it is the wrong sketch, it can be disastrous.”
When Kerry appeared on “Leno” during the 2004 campaign, he insisted on riding in on a motorcycle. The result, says Berg, “reminded me of Dukakis riding in the tank with a helmet on.”
Candidates almost always have veto power over a sketch. “Some of our writers would write 10 bits that would be rejected by the candidates,” Berg recalls. “Our writers couldn’t stand Al Gore. His people would reject bit after bit, even though they were going to vote for him.”
Still, rarely were candidates unwilling to do any routine at all, he says. “One thing I have learned about people in the political world, and also about commentators and journalists: In each and every one of these people is a comedian dying to get out.”
Actor Mark Ruffalo, an activist-actor who is backing Sanders, believes authenticity is the key to successfully connecting with voters via entertainment platforms. He notes that his son’s favorite shows are on YouTube, featuring user-generated celebrities, because “it has a credibility to it. There is no artifice.
“When candidates go on ‘Jimmy Fallon,’ they are not going on to position themselves with the electorate. They are going on to be part of a skit. It is entertainment as pure entertainment.”
JON MACKS, WRITER
“It is reaching people in ways that the mainstream media can’t, for one,” he adds. “It is a direct line to your constituency. There is no middle man.”
Such a targeted connection is important, he says, because of the way people consume media. “We live in this era of decentralization,” he explains. “The entertainment industry is decentralizing. The news is decentralizing. What you are seeing is politicians finally realizing it is a way of reaching people that feels less artificial.”
Earlier this month, Clinton ended Trump’s dominance of one audience metric when she surpassed him in weekly YouTube views, according to video identification tech firm Zefr. A reason: The clip of her struggle to use a New York subway card was a big draw, with more than 1 million views.
Begala points out that as much as we’ve seen the fusion of campaigns and entertainment, what we have yet to witness this cycle is a breakthrough viral hit on the order of Will.i.am’s 2008 “Yes, We Can” video, which featured Obama’s New Hampshire primary speech and went on to post more than 20 million hits on YouTube.
“That was groundbreaking,” Begala says. “I think you will get that, but it has to be organic. It can’t be forced by some political consultant like me.”
There has been unique user-generated content. Cruz’s obsession with “Star Wars” inspired a video — “The Constitution Strikes Back,” with Cruz as a Jedi warrior — created by producer Joel Gilbert.
Gilbert made the video independently of the campaign — although Cruz’s team did tweet it out after it was posted. Gilbert says he saw a need for something that could do more to market Cruz’s image and background, particularly to younger voters, given that the candidate is 45 and now the youngest in the race. “Generally these Republican strategists, who have been running campaigns for years, don’t have much of an affinity of how powerful pop culture can be,” Gilbert says.
As much as showbiz is intrinsic to politics, the downside is when theatrics overshadow serious thinking. One of the more telling quotes from the current candidates came from Trump, who discussed his media ubiquity with Time in March.
“I go on one of these shows, and the ratings double,” he said. “They triple. And that gives you power. It’s not the polls. It’s the ratings.”
RELATED
[1952: On Sept. 23, vice presidential candidate Richard Nixon responds to accusations of financial improprieties on national TV, vowing to keep his dog Checkers no matter what, and garnering the largest television audience at that time.]
Politics and Pop Culture: Top Moments in History
Star Jones, former co-host of “The View,” who has been a surrogate for Clinton, says that the vitriol of this campaign is a contrast to previous cycles. “It is almost as if we have gone to the reality-show world of politics.”
That is especially true when it comes to celebrities entering the political area — and 2016 is destined to define the limits of that success.
Fred Grandy, who ran for Congress and won in 1986, two years after starring in “The Love Boat,” says that Trump is running up against the public’s desire for the next act. The billionaire spent the time after his wins on Super Tuesday and his loss in Wisconsin going from one reality-show-like flap to another.
“He has not been able to take the enormous advantage that celebrity confers upon you, and deepen that into a kind of gravitas and wisdom that gives people a certain comfort level,” Grandy says. Trump’s recent win in New York helped him rebound, but he still faces high unfavorable polling numbers.
The candidate, Grandy adds, has seized on two key issues, immigration and trade, and has capitalized on his ability to stage a show. “Donald Trump has a speaking cadence that is somewhat between standup and rap, but people like that. It is talking to somebody and not down to somebody.”
Still, at a certain point voters will want assurance that candidates will be presidential.
“Trump has had popularity,” Grandy says. “It doesn’t mean it is a love affair. It’s an infatuation.”
From: Garcia, Walter
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 2:33 PM
To: Wei, Shu-Yen
Cc: Manriquez, Pablo; Comm_D
Subject: RE: Dacey Courts AAPI Voters in Los Angeles
A little late, but here’s one more article:
DNC REACHING OUT TO ASIAN AMERICAN VOTERS IN CALIFORNIA
By Steve Angeles, Balitang America
The 2016 presidential election is seven months away. Issues continue, the race for the Democratic presidential nomination is getting more heated than expected, and Asian American voters are being courted.
One of those reaching out is Amy Dacey.
The CEO of the Democratic National Committee recently visited California–the state with the most Asian Americans–holding a round table with the media and meeting with local communities.
Dacey said they saw a record turnout from Asian Americans in support of President Obama in 2012. She also said 4.5 million Asian Americans are now 18 and were able to register to vote in 2012.
“I do think they can have a strong voice in this election, and I do think what you’re seeing are issues that they do care about,” said Dacey. “That’s why we’re doing a lot of outreach right now, myself, we are doing this swing through.”
Dacey said the DNC is continuing to reach out to Asian Americans and the Asian Pacific Islander community through various groups and community organizations. They also correspond with weekly papers, radio stations and social media to spread information.
When it comes to the election cycles, primaries and nominations are often wrapped up before California’s June primaries but this time, with Bernie Sanders gaining some momentum against Hillary Clinton, there is a possibility that the Golden State can play a role in the Democratic race.
“Both candidates were recently here,” she said. “Whether it was a big rally, talked to individuals and had a very serious speech that secretary Clinton gave about the importance of what’s happening in our foreign policy, I think that clearly shows they’re invested in California.”
Leaders from both parties have come out to Los Angeles to do their own outreach.
Jason Chung, national director of the Asian Pacific American Initiatives for the Republican National Committee also came to California for outreach efforts. He joined Dacey at the Asian American justice conference, where they were part of a panel that unveiled new polling data on California’s Asian American voters.
Data showed that no matter the party–Democrat, Republican, or Independent–the state’s Asian American voters have similar priorities.
Immigration, education and health care are issues that are expected to bring them to the ballot boxes.
From: Wei, Shu-Yen
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 3:38 PM
To: Garcia, Walter
Cc: Manriquez, Pablo; Comm_D
Subject: Re: Dacey Courts AAPI Voters in Los Angeles
Yess, Walter killed it last week! tweeted it from aapi dems please retweet!
On Apr 3, 2016, at 3:24 PM, Garcia, Walter
> wrote:
Sweetttttttt
From: "Manriquez, Pablo"
>
Date: Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 8:09 AM
To: Comm_D
>
Subject: Dacey Courts AAPI Voters in Los Angeles
Democrats Court Fil-Am, AAPI Voters

ANGELES – As the race for the White House heats up, theDemocratic National Committee (DNC) continues to tap better ways to reach Filipino-American and other Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters.
DNC Chief Executive Officer Amy Dacey told reporters yesterday (Wednesday in Manila) they have expanded their grassroots outreach to members of the nation’s fastest-growing ethnic group.
“We’re looking at how we’re communicating with them…and how they’re getting their information about the party, what we stand for, the general election and our candidates,” Dacey said in a roundtable discussion with the media in downtown Los Angeles.
“We’re working on the local level everyday to do that. Peer-to-peer conversation, people hearing from members of their community matters a lot.”
Studies show AAPIs will soon outnumber Latinos as the largest immigrant group coming to the United States.
While AAPIs are concentrated in California and New York, they are also rapidly growing in the battleground states of Nevada, Virginia, and Florida.
That means capturing the Asian American vote is important in the November elections, according to the Asian American Advancing Justice, which is set to release new polling data on AAPIs today (Thursday in Manila).
In the last few presidential elections, Fil-Ams and other AAPIs had leaned heavily democrat, and the DNC hopes to get more of them to vote.
“The issues that (Democrats) are focusing on are very tuned in to the Filipino-American community, especially the issues ofimmigration
and health care,” said Fil-Am Fritz Friedman, former Sony Pictures senior vice president of worldwide publicity who serves on the credentials committee for DNC’s national convention this July in Philadelphia.
“Also, the Democratic Party is much more inclusive. They understand people of color, as opposed to Republicans (who), in my opinion, are not as sensitive to the interests of the ethnic minorities in this country.”
Dacey said she’s confident the party will have a presidential nominee before the national convention and that nominee will win the race for the White House.
“I am confident that one of our candidates will be the 45th president of the United States,” said Dacey, who is scheduled to meet with party leaders in California.
She declined to say who she thought would be the presidential nominee.
“Both (Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders) have run campaigns that are worthy of the office of the president,” she said.
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


Yeah, good point. Can you send me Foreign Affairs one? I want to go to that one too. ☺
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Heather Wild
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 3:46 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Subject: Re: FW: INVITATION: People & Time Annual WHCD Friday Night Cocktail Party
This one didn't work. I attended 2 years ago,it so much fun!
But here is another one I just got invited to by Sales Force. I don't really want to go bc I rather attend the Foreign Affairs one instead, but I still RSVPed. ha

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Did you try this one?
From: peopletime2016 - People -
> [mailto:peopletime2016@timeinc.com
]
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 10:57 AM
Subject: INVITATION: People & Time Annual WHCD Friday Night Cocktail Party
[
To register, click the rsvp button
OR
Copy and paste  into your web browser's 'address' window.


Watch here
-----Original Message-----
From: Manriquez, Pablo
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 6:36 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video Request: DWS on CNN
Hit time in about 15 mins (at the end of the 6am hour EST)
Sent from my iPhone


Guys - where is the briefing for this? we are about to be heading to this interview...
From: Bonosky, Garret
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 8:53 AM
To: Miranda, Luis
Cc: Garcia, Walter; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom; Kate Houghton; Guerra, Liana; Banfill, Ryan; Ryan Banfill (ryban1001@gmail.com); Kaplan, Jordan
Subject: Re: FLAG: Variety Interview today
Ok please send briefing to the chairs team and we will upload for the chairwoman. Spoke with Walter and we should be good. Will keep updated as to whether we need to move things up or back.
Garret Bonosky
Deputy Director
Office of the Chair
Democratic National Committee
On May 4, 2016, at 8:19 AM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
It's fine. Hopefully helps with donors, so flagging for Kaplan by adding him here so he knows it's coming.
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Garcia, Walter
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 10:51 AM
To: Bonosky, Garret; Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom; Kate Houghton; Guerra, Liana; Banfill, Ryan; Ryan Banfill (ryban1001@gmail.com
)
Subject: RE: FLAG: Variety Interview today
Luis has ok'd. Ted is a friendly individual, and his coverage is fair. Yesterday night, for instance, he reported on Ted Cruz dropping out of the race:

From: Bonosky, Garret
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 10:46 AM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom; Kate Houghton; Guerra, Liana; Banfill, Ryan; Ryan Banfill (ryban1001@gmail.com
); Garcia, Walter
Subject: FLAG: Variety Interview today
Hi Everyone --> is everyone on the same page RE: Variety being added today in place of the LA Times? Will Variety be a fair publication post last night election results, etc.? I saw walker's flag on the larger thread for the sketch re: Clooney/JFA. Making sure everyone is on same page here since I am getting the news from different people about this switch out.
Garret Bonosky
Deputy Director, Office of the Chair
Democratic National Committee


Sending this along to my team for her social.
> On May 3, 2016, at 4:22 PM, Banfill, Ryan
wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone


Good evening,
AP has called the Maryland 4th congressional district Democratic primary race for Anthony Brown.
AP has called the Maryland 8th congressional district Democratic primary race for Jamie Raskin.
Results below:
R
Maryland-4th Congressional District (Democratic Primary)
82% Reporting
Anthony Brown
42% of total vote
40m085 Votes
Warren Christopher
3% of total vote
3,076 Votes
Matthew Fogg
1% of total vote
1,124 Votes
Glenn Ivey
35% of total vote
33,666 Votes
Joseline Pena-Melnyk
19% of total vote
17,952 Votes
Terrence Strait
1% of total vote
583 Votes
Maryland-8th Congressional District (Democratic Primary)
95% Reporting
David Anderson
1% of total vote
1,200 Votes
Kumar Barve
2% of total vote
2,484 Votes
Dan Bolling
1% of total vote
573 Votes
Ana Sol Gutierrez
6% of total vote
5,968 Votes
William Jawando
5% of total vote
4,950 Votes
Kathleen Matthews
24% of total vote
25,779 Votes
Jamie Raskin
33% of total vote
35,564 Votes
Joel Rubin
1% of total vote
1,087 Votes
David Trone
28% of total vote
29,946 Votes
V/r,
Elias Gonzalez | Political Staff Assistant |  Veterans Outreach Desk
Democratic National Committee
O: (202) 488-5006 | C: (202) 657-1649
[footer-d (2)]
From: Gonzalez, Elias
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 11:01 PM
To: Gonzalez, Elias
Subject: FW: Primaries in MD, and PA
Good evening,
A note, there was an error: the primaries in Delaware will not occur until September.
AP has called the Maryland 4th congressional district Republican primary race for George McDermott.
AP has called the Maryland 8th congressional district Republican primary race for Dan Cox.
AP has called the Pennsylvania 8th congressional district Republican primary race for Brian Fitzpatrick.
AP has called the Pennsylvania 8th congressional district Democratic primary race for Steven Santasiero.
AP has called the Pennsylvania Democratic primary race for Attorney General in favor of Josh Shapiro.
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
0% of total vote
0 Votes
DeRay Mckesson
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Nick Mosby
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Catherine Pugh
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Carl Stokes
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Cindy Walsh
0% of total vote
0 Votes
David Warnock
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Wilton Wilson
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Calvin Young
0% of total vote
0 Votes
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
0 Votes
Larry Wardlow
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Maryland-4th Congressional District (Democratic Primary)
76% Reporting
Anthony Brown
41% of total vote
37,791 Votes
Warren Christopher
3% of total vote
2,953 Votes
Matthew Fogg
1% of total vote
1,073 Votes
Glenn Ivey
35% of total vote
32,051 Votes
Joseline Pena-Melnyk
19% of total vote
17,118 Votes
Terrence Strait
1% of total vote
567 Votes
Maryland-4th Congressional District (Republican Primary)
75% Reporting
Robert Broadus
17% of total vote
2,731 Votes
Rob Buck
11% of total vote
1,849 Votes
George McDermott
46% of total vote
7,537 Votes
David Therrien
26% of total vote
4,171 Votes
Maryland-8th Congressional District (Democratic Primary)
95% Reporting
David Anderson
1% of total vote
1,200 Votes
Kumar Barve
2% of total vote
2,484 Votes
Dan Bolling
1% of total vote
573 Votes
Ana Sol Gutierrez
6% of total vote
5,968 Votes
William Jawando
5% of total vote
4,950 Votes
Kathleen Matthews
24% of total vote
25,779 Votes
Jamie Raskin
33% of total vote
35,564 Votes
Joel Rubin
1% of total vote
1,087 Votes
David Trone
28% of total vote
29,946 Votes
Maryland-8th Congressional District (Republican Primary)
92% Reporting
Dan Cox
45% of total vote
18,484 Votes
Jeffrey Jones
20% of total vote
8,257 Votes
Elizabeth Matory
15% of total vote
6,127 Votes
Aryeh Shudofsky
7% of total vote
2,875 Votes
Shelly Skolnick
12% of total vote
5,067 Votes
Pennsylvania-8th Congressional District (Democratic Primary)
40% Reporting
Shaughnessy Naughton
41% of total vote
12,286 Votes
Steve Santasiero
59% of total vote
17,395 Votes
Pennsylvania-8th Congressional District (Republican Primary)
40% Reporting
Brian Fitzpatrick
80% of total vote
25,503 Votes
Steve Andy Warren
12% of total vote
3,886 Votes
Marc Duome
8% of total vote
2,486 Votes
Pennsylvania-Attorney General (Democratic Primary)
76% Reporting
John Morganelli
14% of total vote
155,092 Votes
Josh Shapiro
46% of total vote
504,499 Votes
Stephen Zappala
40% of total vote
431,337 Votes
V/r,
Elias Gonzalez | Political Staff Assistant |  Veterans Outreach Desk
Democratic National Committee
O: (202) 488-5006 | C: (202) 657-1649
[footer-d (2)]
From: Gonzalez, Elias
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 10:43 PM
To: Gonzalez, Elias
Subject: FW: Primaries in DE, MD, and PA
Good evening,
AP has called the Maryland Republican senatorial primary for Kathy Szeliga.
AP has called the Pennsylvania Democratic senatorial primary for Katie McGinty.
AP has called the Pennsylvania Republican primary race for Attorney General for John Rafferty.
AP has called the Pennsylvania 2nd congressional district Democratic primary race for Dwight Evans. He defeats incumbent, Chaka Fattah.
Below are the current results:
Maryland-Senatorial (Republican Primary)
61% Reporting
Chris Chaffee
14% of total vote
38,732 Votes
Sean Connor
6% of total vote
15,302 Votes
Richard Douglas
8% of total vote
20,256 Votes
John Graziani
4% of total vote
11,675 Votes
Greg Holmes
4% of total vote
11,022 Votes
Joe Hooe
2% of total vote
5,665 Votes
Chrys Kefalas
9% of total vote
24,804 Votes
Mark McNicholas
3% of total vote
7,060 Votes
Lynn Richardson
6% of total vote
14,742 Votes
Anthony Seda
1% of total vote
2,565 Votes
Richard Shawver
1% of total vote
2,156 Votes
Kathy Szeliga
36% of total vote
96,113 Votes
Dave Wallace
6% of total vote
16,101 Votes
Garry Yarrington
1% of total vote
2,089 Votes
Pennsylvania-2nd Congressional District (Democratic Primary)
90% Reporting
Chaka Fatah-Incumbent
43% of total vote
57,394 Votes
Dan Muroff
9% of total vote
13,974 Votes
Brian Gordon
12% of total vote
19,298 Votes
Dwight Evans
43% of total vote
68,891 Votes
Pennsylvania-8th Congressional District (Democratic Primary)
40% Reporting
Shaughnessy Naughton
51% of total vote
17,395 Votes
Steve Santasiero
49% of total vote
12,286 Votes
Pennsylvania-8th Congressional District (Republican Primary)
13% Reporting
Brian Fitzpatrick
83% of total vote
9,633 Votes
Steve Andy Warren
10% of total vote
1,165 Votes
Marc Duome
7% of total vote
764 Votes
Pennsylvania-Attorney General (Democratic Primary)
60% Reporting
John Morganelli
14% of total vote
126,792 Votes
Josh Shapiro
46% of total vote
427,611 Votes
Stephen Zappala
40% of total vote
376,814 Votes
Pennsylvania-Attorney General (Republican Primary)
65% Reporting
John Rafferty
61% of total vote
390,303 Votes
Joseph Peters
39% of total vote
244,384 Votes
Pennsylvania-Senatorial (Democratic Primary)
70% Reporting
Joe Sestak
30% of total vote
284,117 Votes
Kathleen McGinty
42% of total vote
395,655 Votes
John Fetterman
21% of total vote
198,694 Votes
V/r,
Elias Gonzalez | Political Staff Assistant |  Veterans Outreach Desk
Democratic National Committee
O: (202) 488-5006 | C: (202) 657-1649
[footer-d (2)]
From: Gonzalez, Elias
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 10:07 PM
To: Gonzalez, Elias
Subject: FW: Primaries in DE, MD, and PA
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
[footer-d (2)]
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
[footer-d (2)]
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
0% of total vote
0 Votes
DeRay Mckesson
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Nick Mosby
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Catherine Pugh
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Carl Stokes
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Cindy Walsh
0% of total vote
0 Votes
David Warnock
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Wilton Wilson
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Calvin Young
0% of total vote
0 Votes
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
0 Votes
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
0 Votes
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
0 Votes
Kathleen Matthews
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Jamie Raskin
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Joel Rubin
0% of total vote
0 Votes
David Trone
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Maryland-8th Congressional District (Republican Primary)
0% Reporting
Dan Cox
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Jeffrey Jones
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Elizabeth Matory
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Aryeh Shudofsky
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Shelly Skolnick
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Maryland-Senatorial (Democratic Primary)
0% Reporting
Freddie Dickson
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Donna Edwards
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Ralph Jaffe
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Theresa Scaldaferri
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Charles Smith
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Violet Staley
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Blaine Taylor
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Ed Tinus
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Chris Van Hollen
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Lih Young
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Maryland-Senatorial (Republican Primary)
0% Reporting
Chris Chaffee
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Sean Connor
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Richard Douglas
0% of total vote
0 Votes
John Graziani
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Greg Holmes
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Joe Hooe
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Chrys Kefalas
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Mark McNicholas
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Lynn Richardson
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Anthony Seda
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Richard Shawver
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Kathy Szeliga
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Dave Wallace
0% of total vote
0 Votes
Garry Yarrington
0% of total vote
0 Votes
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)
40% Reporting
Shaughnessy Naughton
51% of total vote
17,395 Votes
Steve Santasiero
49% of total vote
12,286 Votes
Pennsylvania-8th Congressional District (Republican Primary)
13% Reporting
Brian Fitzpatrick
83% of total vote
9,633 Votes
Steve Andy Warren
10% of total vote
1,165 Votes
Marc Duome
7% of total vote
764 Votes
Pennsylvania-Attorney General (Democratic Primary)
60% Reporting
John Morganelli
14% of total vote
126,792 Votes
Josh Shapiro
46% of total vote
427,611 Votes
Stephen Zappala
40% of total vote
376,814 Votes
Pennsylvania-Attorney General (Republican Primary)
65% Reporting
John Rafferty
61% of total vote
390,303 Votes
Joseph Peters
39% of total vote
244,384 Votes
Pennsylvania-Senatorial (Democratic Primary)
70% Reporting
Joe Sestak
30% of total vote
284,117 Votes
Kathleen McGinty
42% of total vote
395,655 Votes
John Fetterman
21% of total vote
198,694 Votes
V/r,
Elias Gonzalez | Political Staff Assistant |  Veterans Outreach Desk
Democratic National Committee
O: (202) 488-5006 | C: (202) 657-1649
[footer-d (2)]


Phil is available to meet in his office at 10am. He told me that they already spoke at the after-party about the town hall, so I think it would probably just be a hello. But he's happy to do it.
You should try to set up the Mika thing separately and start with Korson.   (Alex.Korson@nbcuni.com
)
Thanks.
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 1:32 PM
To: Kornblau, Mark (NBCUniversal); Linzer, Dafna (NBCUniversal)
Subject: Great seeing you guys!
It was great to see you both this weekend. Thanks for hosting me for the dinner, I appreciated the opportunity but was especially glad to catch up with your teams in the pre-reception. As I mentioned, the Chair will be in New York tomorrow, and we wanted to see about having her meet with Phil to touch base including on the town hall. We also wanted to see whether Mika was either free to join or maybe meet with the Chair before or after. Let me know if we can make that work. 10am is ideal, if possible.
Hope you both had the chance to get some rest after the hectic weekend! - Luis.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC


Nice!
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Wei, Shu-Yen
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 7:23 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: CT Post: Hearst reporter gets into GOP convention after all
Flagging CT Dems press call earlier today (highlighted below)
Hearst reporter gets into GOP convention after all
By Ken Dixon
and Frank Juliano
Updated 6:59 pm, Monday, May 9, 2016

HARTFORD - Hours before the state Republican Party
gathered to select candidates for Congress on Monday, Chairman J.R. Romano
relented, reversing his Friday decision to prohibit a Hearst Connecticut Media reporter from the party's nominating convention.
Neil Vigdor
, political reporter for Hearst, was escorted to a VIP-credential table in the Connecticut Convention Center
shortly before 5 p.m. and given his press ID for the statewide convention to nominate Republican challengers to U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal
and the five Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives
.
Romano announced in a Facebook video Monday that Vigdor, whom he had charged on Friday with unfair reporting about the Republican State Central Committee
, was welcome after all.
By early evening, Romano stood at the podium and referred to his three-day ban of Vigdor as "a little hubbub" that he did not regret.
"I'm always the type of person who will stand up for the Republican Party when I believe we're being mistreated," said Romano, who after informing Vigdor on Friday that he would not be allowed into the convention, sent out a fundraising email asking for contributions and for state Republicans to join in the criticism of the reporter, whom he referred to as "an anti-Republican blogger."
Shortly after noon on Monday, Romano posted a video "Welcoming all media and delegates to tonight's convention!" on theConnecticut Republican Party
's Facebook page.
Barbara T. Roessner
, executive editor of the Hearst Connecticut Media Group
, said denying Vigdor a media credential would not have prevented Hearst from reporting on the convention.
"We proceeded with our convention coverage as planned, regardless of Mr. Romano's actions and accusations," Roessner said. "Reporter Neil Vigdor simply did his job. He provided fair, independent news and analysis to our readers - and he will continue to do so."
Romano's reversal came amid criticism from party members and leaders that the first-term chairman had possibly overreacted.
"I sincerely believe we need more transparency in politics today, not less," said House Minority Leader Themis Klarides
, R-Derby, in a statement. "Banning a member of the press because you may disagree with coverage is not a wise move."
Since Friday, Democrats
had seized the opportunity to take shots at Romano.
Sen. Cathy Osten
, D-Sprague, in a Democratic Party
conference call on Monday that focused on attacking presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump
, blasted what she characterized as an attempt to intimidate the news media.
"We open up our party's convention to any of the press, yet the Republicans seek to manage the message by denying access," Osten said.


Outgoing call to +1 (703) 672-2725 (Other)
Duration: 01 Minutes 39 Seconds
POLITICO
Other:  +1 (703) 672-2725
Microsoft Lync


Watch here
From: Sarge, Matthew
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 9:27 PM
To: Comm_D
Cc: DJTspeaks@hillaryclinton.com
Subject: Video Request: Kelly File women panel on Trump
On Fox now
Including Katrina Pierson


Coming on now


Trump also said he planned to meet with Ryan and other congressional leadership
From: Lykins, Tyler
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 8:32 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Event: Reince says Trump and Ryan to meet next week
Unsure if this went around
RNC head says Trump, Ryan to meet next week
Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus said Thursday that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan would meet next week in an effort to clear the air after Ryan said he was "just not ready" to back Trump in the general election this fall.
"I think it's going to work out," Priebus told Fox News' Sean Hannity. "In some cases people are not going to be instantly on board, and I now that can be frustrating for some people. But i think everyone has to ... allow a little bit of the steam to get out and get everybody settled down. And I think this is going to come together."
Priebus spoke hours after Ryan confirmed CNN that he was "just not ready" to support or endorse Trump. The Wisconsin Republican suggested that he wants the real estate mogul to do more to unify the party first, but added that he hoped to support Trump.
Trump fired back in a statement, saying, "I am not ready to support Speaker Ryan's agenda."
"Perhaps in the future we can work together and come to an agreement about what is best for the American people," the statement continued. "They have been treated so badly for so long that it is about time for politicians to put them first!"
Preibus told Hannity he had spoken to both Trump and Ryan Thursday and said both men were "committed to sitting down and actually talking this out."
Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton's campaign also has been eager to point out any rifts in the party, and quickly blasted out a message claiming Ryan had joined the "growing list of conservatives rebuking Trump."
Also Thursday, the Associated Press reported that Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner will not endorse Trump in the general election and will not attend the convention. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., who is expected to face a tough re-election fight against Democratic Rep. Tammy Duckworth, has said he is also skipping the convention.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican chief executive in a traditionally Democratic state, declined again Thursday to endorse a GOP candidate, despite the departures this week of Ted Cruz and John Kasich that left Trump the last man standing.
"I said I was not going to get involved, and I would not endorse any candidate and that I was going to stay focused on Maryland," Hogan told reporters, according to The Washington Post. "And I'm not going to take any more stupid questions about Donald Trump."
By contrast, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who endorsed Cruz ahead of this week's primary, has said he will back Trump, telling TV station WTHI "I look forward to supporting our presumptive nominee. I think Donald Trump will do very well in the Hoosier State."
Fox News confirmed Thursday that 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney - a vocal Trump critic -- has no plans to attend the convention, while former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush both have confirmed they will not attend either. A source close to former Senator and 1996 Republican nominee Bob Dole said he would "briefly" attend the convention but primarily to attend a lunch hosted by his law firm.
"This was a very contentious primary," Priebus said. "I think it's going to take a little bit of time, but I think for the most part this is going to come together. Maybe not 100 percent, but i think we're going to get very close to that and i think people will fall in line."


great, a few small edits
From: Walsh, Tom
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 4:50 PM
To: RR2
Subject: For Research - DWS remarks for JAHM Reception
DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
JAHM Celebration - May 5, 2016, 3 p.m.
National Museum of American Jewish History
5-7 minutes
Intro
Good afternoon! I hope everyone had a joyous Passover, and thank you for joining us as we celebrate Jewish American History Month.
And what better place to remember our heritage, celebrate our triumphs, and honor the richness of our shared living legacy than here at the National Museum of American Jewish History.
I want to start by recognizing Ivy Barsky, Julie Taylor and all the staff who make this Museum the beautiful and moving institution that it is.
Pennsylvania's great public servants, Senator Bob Casey and Representative Brendan Boyle.
Tamia Booker, Stacy Eichner and Morgan Finkelstein are here from our Democratic Convention team. They've been working tirelessly to make sure our Convention here in Philadelphia will be the most inclusive, diverse and successful we've ever held.
Thank you, Robin Schatz for representing the Jewish Federation of Philadelphia.
And it's wonderful to have Yaron Sideman [Yah-rown Zide-min], the Consul General of Israel to the Mid-Atlantic with us. We should also recognize that today is Israeli Holocaust Memorial Day - so even as we celebrate Jewish American History, we do it carrying the lessons and human stories of the Holocaust in our hearts.
Personal Story
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.
We have a responsibility, not just to build a society in which we can prosper, but a society in which everyone can prosper.
This year's JAHM theme - Jewish Americans' Contributions to Education - gives us the opportunity to celebrate the contributions of those Jews who have been extraordinary advocates for education,
and who, through their work, helped build a better society in which more children have the opportunity to escape the cycle of poverty,
in which the educated are empowered to make their own communities stronger,
and in which ignorance fades and bigotry is diminished.
In short, this month, we celebrate all those who have come before us living out the virtues of tikkun olam through education.
Julius Rosenwald
One of our greatest champions of education was Julius Rosenwald, who will be officially inducted here into the Only in America  Hall of Fame in just a few weeks.
The son of German immigrants, Rosenwald accomplished extraordinary business success and could have lived out his life privately in easy luxury.
But recognizing the plight of African Americans struggling in our society because they lacked access to the education they needed to gain a foothold, he decided to act.
Over the course of his life, he helped build more than nearly 5,000 schools in the American South.
It's a stunning legacy, and a brilliant example of how actions and activism motivated by faith and care can change the lives of others for the better.
Civil Rights
It's also a fundamental part of our Jewish story. As President Obama wrote in his proclamation for JAHM:
Many of the Jewish people who reached our Nation's shores throughout our history did so fleeing the oppression they encountered in areas around the world. Driven by the possibility of charting a freer future, they endeavored to make real the promise of America.
His proclamation goes on to make special note of the many Jewish Americans who found a cause in the Civil Rights Movement and cites the example of Rabbi Heschel who wrote, "For many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was about protest and prayer... Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying."
A little over a year ago, I stood at the side of my colleague John Lewis  - who attended one of the Rosenwald schools - on the Edmund Pettus Bridge and listened to him recount the events of Bloody Sunday. I listened to civil rights attorney Fred Gray compel those of us in Congress to continue the fight for civil and voting rights.
I walked alongside Juanita Abernathy as she spoke lovingly of her husband, Ralph, while emphasizing the powerful story of the women of the movement.
And just by listening, I was reminded that through their struggle, so much was accomplished --But there is still so much more work to do.
Democratic Party
As Chair of the DNC, let me close by just saying a word about the work we have left to do, and the reason why this election is so important to all we must accomplish.
On Tuesday night, Donald Trump became the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party.
He's been promising to "make America great again" with some of the nastiest rhetoric and most divisive policy proposals in our history. He's even been called a modern-day George Wallace.
There's an old Yiddish saying to describe people like Trump that has some extra meaning here today:
"If his word were a bridge, I'd be afraid to cross it."
But I am inspired and motivated as a Jew to act out the values of my heritage as a proud Democrat.
And I am inspired and motivated as a Democrat to make sure Donald Trump doesn't get his way.
And I am inspired and motivated to make sure we win this election, build on the progress of the last seven years, protect voting rights, raise wages, pass comprehensive immigration reform, expand access to health care and give all American children the education they need and deserve to succeed.
Rabbi Heschel said that when he marched, he felt his legs were praying.
Our activism is prayer
Our actions, in service to a greater good, are prayers
And I believe that when we act together, those prayers will be answered in the form of a brighter future for all Americans.
The Democratic Party is proud to stand for justice, equality, and opportunity; we value and respect the rights of every American.
And we need your help in this upcoming election campaign - we need you to volunteer and get involved - and come this November, we need you vote to make sure the next president of the United States is a Democrat.
Thank you for joining us to celebrate today, and Happy Jewish American Heritage Month.


Watch
-----Original Message-----
From: Kauffman, Nathan
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 7:35 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Re: Video request: Ben Carson on MSNBC
On now
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 6, 2016, at 7:20 AM, Kauffman, Nathan
> wrote:
>
> "Coming up"
>
> Sent from my iPhone


Tried you but got voicemail. I'm on cell at 202-288-6969
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: Adrienne Elrod
Date: 05/05/2016 2:01 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Luis Miranda
Cc: "Miranda, Luis"
, "Paustenbach, Mark"
Subject: Re: either of you have a quick second? 501 786 0368
thanks
On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Luis Miranda
> wrote:
Hi, this is the wrong email for me, copying DNC. I'll call you.
On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Adrienne Elrod
> wrote:
--
Adrienne K. Elrod
Director of Strategic Communications & Surrogates
Hillary For America
www.hillaryclinton.com
@adrienneelrod
--
Adrienne K. Elrod
Director of Strategic Communications & Surrogates
Hillary For America
www.hillaryclinton.com
@adrienneelrod


I'm travelling in Philly today, Mark will give you a call.
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: Lisa Hagen
Date: 05/20/2016 13:55 (GMT-05:00)
To: "Miranda, Luis"
Cc: "Paustenbach, Mark"
Subject: Re: The Hill inquiry follow-up
Hi Luis,
I appreciate you responding back and sending over some links. Have a good day, and weekend.
Best,
Lisa
On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Hi Lisa, we've said all we need to say on it. We put out a statement earlier this week:
And both the Chair and I have been on the air making it clear we need to focus on being united and winning in the general election:

________________________________
From: Lisa Hagen [lhagen@thehill.com
]
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 11:31 AM
To: Miranda, Luis
Subject: The Hill inquiry follow-up
Hi Luis,
My name is Lisa Hagen, and I'm a campaign reporter with The Hill newspaper in Washington. I reached out to both you and Mark yesterday and was hoping I could talk to one of you about the fallout from the Nevada convention and the back-and-forth between Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz and the Sanders campaign. I wanted to give you guys a chance to respond and be included in the story. If you can email or call me back as soon as possible, that'd be greatly appreciated. My contact info is below in my signature. Thanks in advance!
--
Lisa Hagen
Campaign Reporter | The Hill
O: 202-628-8535
| C: 732-512-7845
lhagen@thehill.com
| @LA_Hagen
--
Lisa Hagen
Campaign Reporter | The Hill
O: 202-628-8535 | C: 732-512-7845
lhagen@thehill.com
| @LA_Hagen


Thanks Walter - need this by noon tomorrow so I have time to review and get to the chair's team. Thanks.
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 11:31 AM
To: Garcia, Walter
Cc: Walker, Eric
Subject: FW: New Comms template
Walter, please prepare the briefing for the Chair for tomorrow's interviews in Los Angeles using the attached template.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Ryan Banfill
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 12:36 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric
Subject: Fwd: New Comms template
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: Kate Houghton
>
Date: May 2, 2016 at 9:42:35 AM EDT
To: Geoff Burgan
>
Cc: Ryan Banfill
>
Subject: New Comms template
Geoff - Can you use this one and make sure Mike does as well?  I want to make sure all the Comms briefs are consistent regardless of the office since DWS is only one person.


Below is a letter from a coalition, led by the March of Dimes, of more than 60 national medical and other organizations, which calls out the House GOP for inadequate Zika funding levels in their bill, which is being considered on the House Floor today.
As the groups write, “we are profoundly disappointed in the inadequate funding levels proposed in H.R. 5243, the Zika Response Appropriations Act.  This initiative fails to provide appropriate resources to address any of the needed public health efforts to protect pregnant women and their infants from Zika virus.  The bill provides less than one-third of its funding to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the public health efforts desperately needed this summer, such as laboratory capacity, vector control, and public education.  It also appears to restrict funding for the National Institutes of Health only to engaging in vaccine development, which would prevent its use for time-critical needs like cohort studies to determine risk of and susceptibility to birth defects caused by Zika.  The fact that this funding is only available until the end of September places unwarranted and counterproductive constraints on its use.”
The full letter is below.
May 18, 2016
Dear Representative,
The undersigned organizations committed to the health and wellbeing of our nation’s children and families urge you to provide emergency supplemental funding to combat Zika virus at or near the President’s requested levels, and to reject proposals that fall far short of those amounts, particularly those that would fund efforts against Zika by cutting other vital public health programs and priorities.
As you know, the Zika virus is responsible for causing thousands of severe birth defects in South America over the past year.  It also appears likely that Zika is causing miscarriages and less severe birth defects to an as-yet-unknown extent.  Zika has spread northward steadily and is now reported to affect almost 50 nations in the Americas.  Already, all but five states in the U.S. have reported travel-associated Zika cases, and as many as 30 states fall within the range of the mosquito known to carry this virus.  As summer begins, it is possible that Zika virus could gain a foothold in portions of the United States, particularly along our Gulf Coast.
Robust federal, state, tribal and territorial public health responses are critical to our ability to respond to Zika and prevent the terrible birth defects it causes.  The President has requested emergency funding to engage in a full range of public health efforts to prevent transmission and educate the American people about how to protect themselves and their loved ones, as well as to assist Zika-endemic nations in stemming the virus.  The package represents an appropriately full-fledged response to a potential public health crisis that could have dire consequences for infants and families.
In contrast, we are profoundly disappointed in the inadequate funding levels proposed in H.R. 5243, the Zika Response Appropriations Act.  This initiative fails to provide appropriate resources to address any of the needed public health efforts to protect pregnant women and their infants from Zika virus.  The bill provides less than one-third of its funding to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the public health efforts desperately needed this summer, such as laboratory capacity, vector control, and public education.  It also appears to restrict funding for the National Institutes of Health only to engaging in vaccine development, which would prevent its use for time-critical needs like cohort studies to determine risk of and susceptibility to birth defects caused by Zika.  The fact that this funding is only available until the end of September places unwarranted and counterproductive constraints on its use.
Underfunding Zika prevention efforts will come with a heavy human and economic toll.  In addition to experiencing the pain of families with infants born with dreadful preventable birth defects, our nation can expect costs of approximately $10 million in lifetime costs of care for each affected baby.  Most of those costs are likely to be borne by the government through Medicaid programs.
Our nation has no time to waste.  Even now, it will require an extraordinary effort to move emergency funds into the field to make a meaningful difference in Zika prevention this summer.  We urge you to support full funding for Zika prevention and to reject half-measures.
Sincerely,
Academic Pediatric Association
ADAP Advocacy Association
African American Health Alliance
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
American College of Nurse-Midwives
American College of Preventive Medicine
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
American Pediatric Society
American Public Health Association
American Sexual Health Association
American Society for Clinical Pathology
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
American Society of Hematology
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
Association of American Medical Colleges
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs
Association of Public Health Laboratories
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Association of University Centers on Disabilities
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses
Avery's Angels Gastroschisis Foundation
Coalition for Health Funding
Community Access National Network
Cooley's Anemia Foundation
Easterseals
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Endocrine Society
First Candle
GBS|CIDP Foundation International
Healthcare Ready
HIV Medicine Association
Infectious Diseases Society of America
March of Dimes
National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors
National Association of County and City Health Officials
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
National Birth Defects Prevention Network
National Center for Healthy Housing
National Coalition of STD Directors
National Environmental Health Association
National Hispanic Medical Association
National Indian Health Board
National Organization for Rare Disorders
Oregon Public Health Association
Pediatric Policy Council
Public Health Institute
Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Coalition
RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Society for Pediatric Research
Spina Bifida Association
The Arc
Trisomy 18 Foundation
Trust for America’s Health


[  Rick Klein (@rickklein
)
5/10/16, 3:04 PM
Vice President Joe Biden 'Confident' Hillary Clinton Will Be Democratic Nominee - ABC News abcnews.go.com/Politics/vice-…
Download
the Twitter app
Sent from my iPhone


Off the record, you should request it from them, we don't divulge private communications from our candidates. However, since they raised it as an issue it would be surprising if they didn't send it to you.
________________________________________
From: Daniel Strauss [dstrauss1987@me.com]
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2016 12:25 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Subject: Deep background question
Hey
So we want to see the list of committee appointments the Sanders   Folks submitted just to verify it was mostly staffers and ineligible figures. That possible with no fingerprints attached?
Sent from my iPhone


This is longer term. I just needed a one pager so will pull from the email DWS sent and what she responded to.
________________________________
From: Kate Houghton
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2016 6:44 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Walsh, Tom
Subject: Fwd: MUST REVIEW: DWS Narrative Project
I’m seriously tired and cannot add anything else.  Luis - None of this has been researched but I have clips to support pretty much everything.  I would be comfortable with you using this for some narrative until Ryan and Geoff finalize it.  Hope the glaciers were worth it.
Begin forwarded message:
From: Kate Houghton
>
Subject: MUST REVIEW: DWS Narrative Project
Date: May 14, 2016 at 6:42:35 PM EDT
To: Debbie Wasserman Schultz
>, DWSChairOffice
>, Michael Liquerman
>, Courtney Whitney
>
Hi all - Given the situation in Alaska, we needed to speed up the DWS Narrative Project a bit.  What is a attached is an overall narrative and follows with a list of topics, talking points, and clips that support DWS’ narrative.  I’d encourage you all to read this because I for one am reminded every day that even with all the bs clips we read, we have worked on a team that has done so much manful work.  At this point, I’m going to turn this project over to our Comms team to add/edit/whatever.  If you have any suggestions for additional content please direct to them.  Thanks. - Kate


Great
Sent from Donna's I Pad. Follow me on twitter @donnabrazile
On Apr 26, 2016, at 7:22 AM, Pratt Wiley
> wrote:
I think we can craft a statement that incorporates this as well as Ted Cruz filing an amicus brief in support of TX’s voter ID law and our AZ litigation.   Mark/Deshundra, please let me know if you need me to draft
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 10:47 PM
To: Marc Elias; Donna Brazile; Jefferson, Deshundra; Paustenbach, Mark
Cc: Pratt Wiley; Dacey, Amy
Subject: RE: Court Declines to Overturn North Carolina’s Monster Voter Suppression Law: Groups to Appeal Decision
Plus Mark and Deshundra, We'll work on a statement.
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: "Elias, Marc (Perkins Coie)"
>
Date: 04/25/2016 10:20 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Donna Brazile
>
Cc: Pratt Wiley
>, "Dacey, Amy"
>, "Miranda, Luis"
>
Subject: Re: Court Declines to Overturn North Carolina’s Monster Voter Suppression Law: Groups to Appeal Decision
I just tweeted
--
Marc E. Elias
Perkins Coie LLP
700 13th St, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-434-1609
melias@perkinscoie.com
@marceelias
Sent from my iPad
On Apr 25, 2016, at 10:15 PM, Donna Brazile
> wrote:
Love, love, love the strategy.
Sent from Donna's I Pad. Follow me on twitter @donnabrazile
On Apr 25, 2016, at 10:09 PM, Elias, Marc (Perkins Coie)
> wrote:
Yes.  We are appealing and should win at the 4th circuit
--
Marc E. Elias
Perkins Coie LLP
700 13th St, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-434-1609
melias@perkinscoie.com
@marceelias
Sent from my iPad
On Apr 25, 2016, at 10:07 PM, Donna Brazile
> wrote:
Can we put out a statement?
Sent from Donna's I Pad. Follow me on twitter @donnabrazile
Begin forwarded message:
From: Jennifer Farmer
>
Date: April 25, 2016 at 10:01:39 PM EDT
To:
>
Subject: Court Declines to Overturn North Carolina’s Monster Voter Suppression Law: Groups to Appeal Decision
Reply-To:
>
[
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                     Contact: Jennifer Farmer, 202-487-0967
April 25, 2016                                                                                Email: jfarmer@advancementproject.org
Court Declines to Overturn North Carolina’s Monster Voter Suppression Law: Groups to Appeal Decision
RALEIGH, NC – Today the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ruled that H.B. 589, a monster voter suppression law, does not violate the Voting Rights Act or the Fourteenth, Fifteenth or Twenty-Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The court chose instead to uphold a restrictive and discriminatory measure, which has already significantly burdened voters of color in the state. We intend to seek relief for provisions including the expansion of voter challenges, the elimination of same-day registration, the rollback of a week of early voting, a ban on the use of out of precinct provisional ballots, the removal of a successful preregistration program for 16- and 17-year-olds and a restrictive photo ID requirement. The current injunction on the law’s proscriptions of same day registration and out of precinct voting – which has been in place since 2015, will remain in effect until June. Advancement Project, along with co-counsel from Kirkland & Ellis, LLP and attorneys Irving Joyner and Adam Stein, challenged H.B. 589 on behalf of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. The groups will hold a media conference call on Tuesday, April 26 at 11:30 am EST to discuss the decision, and conference call details are forthcoming. A partial statement is outlined below:
“The continuation of H.B. 589’s restrictive provisions is an affront to democracy, and we intend to appeal the decision,” said the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, president of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and architect of the Forward Together Moral Movement. “Through widespread actions, rallies, marches and protests, we have said all along that we would accept no less than unabridged access to the ballot for all eligible voters. Just like those who carried on before us, we will continue our movement challenging regressive and discriminatory voter suppression tactics on behalf of African Americans, Latinos, seniors, students and all those for whom democracy has been denied.”
“In abridging voting rights for African Americans and Latinos, H.B. 589 turns back the clock to our nation’s terrible Jim Crow past,” said Advancement Project Co-Director Penda D. Hair. “In a democracy, voting should be free, fair and accessible for all eligible voters. H.B. 589 tactically targets the provisions that once made North Carolina among the states with the highest turnout in the nation. This progress was especially clear among African-American and Latino voters, who came to rely on measures like early voting, same-day registration and out of precinct provisional ballots to ensure their voices were heard. By specifically targeting the very measures that were most used by people of color – in addition to imposing a restrictive photo ID requirement – the legislature sought to disturb the levers of power in North Carolina. This fight is not over. This is just one step in a legal battle that is going to continue in the courts to ensure that the Voting Rights Act protects voters against discriminatory voting measures like H.B. 589.”
“The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals understood the ways in which H.B. 589 would impact voters of color in North Carolina, and previously enjoined portions of this law,” said Advancement Project Senior Attorney Denise Lieberman. “Now with even more evidence of the measure’s discriminatory impact on voters of color, we intend to once again take our case to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.”
“North Carolina’s suppressive voting law was exactly the type of regulation that the Voting Rights Act was written to combat,” said Advancement Project Senior Attorney Donita Judge. “Had this law been subjected to federal preclearance, it simply never could have passed. Now, countless voters, especially voters of color, are at risk of losing their voice in our elections. This is unacceptable in a democracy.”
# # #
Advancement Project is a multi-racial civil rights organization. Founded by a team of veteran civil rights lawyers in 1999, Advancement Project was created to develop and inspire community-based solutions based on the same high quality legal analysis and public education campaigns that produced the landmark civil rights victories of earlier eras.
Disclaimer: This email was sent to info@brazileassociates.com
Meltwater Group, 225 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94107, United States
[Unsubscribe]
________________________________
NOTICE: This communication may contain privileged or other confidential information. If you have received it in error, please advise the sender by reply email and immediately delete the message and any attachments without copying or disclosing the contents. Thank you.
________________________________
NOTICE: This communication may contain privileged or other confidential information. If you have received it in error, please advise the sender by reply email and immediately delete the message and any attachments without copying or disclosing the contents. Thank you.


What was Bartlett logic?
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: "Manriquez, Pablo"
Date: 05/12/2016 1:19 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Miranda, Luis"
Cc: "Banfill, Ryan"
, "Paustenbach, Mark"
Subject: Re: Hi Pablo - CNN Smerconish Interview with Debbie Wasserman Schultz?
Roger. I had no idea how to even approach this one. Bartlett and I had told them no for a year. Bartiromo wants her too for Futures too. We could just do a two-fer next weekend.
On May 12, 2016, at 1:01 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
I’ve let CNN know this doesn’t work for this week. But let’s look at the possibility for next week.
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Lamb, Corinna
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 11:31 AM
To: Manriquez, Pablo
Cc: Miranda, Luis; Lamb, Corinna
Subject: Hi Pablo - CNN Smerconish Interview with Debbie Wasserman Schultz?
Hi Pablo,
I wanted to check back and see if you received my interview request for Debbie Wasserman Schultz yesterday.
I’m a producer for CNN anchor Michael Smerconish, host of the Saturday 9am political show, SMERCONISH.
We would love to have the DNC Chair as a guest on our show to discuss the Democratic presidential race and Republican rival Donald Trump.
Would Ms. Wasserman Schultz be able to join us this Saturday at 9am ET? (We could do this from DC or Florida).
If Saturday is not an option, would she be able to tape tomorrow afternoon sometime between 3p and 6p ET?
Sincerely,
Corinna
Corinna Lamb
CNN Editorial Producer - Smerconish
P: (212) 275-8139  E: corinna.lamb@turner.com
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


In this, of all emails, did they really need to use "steel ourselves"?!
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: "Brinster, Jeremy"
Date: 05/20/2016 20:54 (GMT-05:00)
To: Comm_D
Subject: Fwd: I’m going to be the Democratic nominee for president
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: Hillary Clinton
>
Date: May 20, 2016 at 7:34:24 PM EDT
To:
>
Subject: I’m going to be the Democratic nominee for president
Reply-To:
>
Advice from my mom:
Friend --
Because of you, I am going to be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.
And that means it's time to steel ourselves for the general election and a race against Donald Trump.
In moments like this, I think about some advice from my mom: Everybody gets knocked down in life. The real test is whether you get back up and keep going.
He's going to come after us with everything he's got. I need you with me now more than ever -- chip in to claim your free sticker and let me know you're by my side:
Thank you so much. We're going to make history together.
Hillary
Hillary needs you now more than ever -- chip in $1 to join more than one million grassroots donors standing with her:
[
Paid for by Hillary for America, a grassroots campaign of 1.2 million donors committed to electing Hillary Clinton (and keeping Donald Trump out of the White House).
Contributions or gifts to Hillary for America are not tax deductible.
This email was sent to brinsterj@dnc.org
. This is your campaign, so if you have thoughts on anything at all, just click here
to send us a message! If you'd like more information on key policies, visit hillaryclinton.com/issues
. Getting emails from Hillary for America is one of the best ways to stay in touch with this campaign, but if you really want to scale back, click here
to receive less email and click here
to unsubscribe. There are other ways to stay involved -- be sure to follow the campaign on Facebook
, Twitter
, and Instagram
. Puedes encontrar más información sobre la campaña de Hillary en español aquí
. If you're still reading this, you must be a really dedicated Hillary supporter. Yee-haw for you
! Thanks so much for doing everything you can to elect Hillary Clinton as our next president.
Hillary for America, P.O. Box 5256, New York, NY 10185
Privacy Policy
[


Watch here