Re: Secretary Clinton and Colorado-Urgency

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Bernie Sanders drew an overflow crowd of 5,000 to a rally at the University of Denver over the weekend. It was not all students, either. He is on the ground here and Martin O'Malley is not far behind. We need a sense of urgency and visibility. Hiring a state director and a visit from HRC need to be a priority. If a call is better scheduled tomorrow than Tuesday and I can't make it, go ahead without me and I will catch up with Ken Sent from my iPad > On Jun 20, 2015, at 10:30 PM, Ken Salazar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Amanda- > Yes. Let me know what works best for you Monday or Tuesday, or Friday this week. > > On hiring State Directors, I think we should get the best talent now, and that person should be fully integrated into the state apparatus. This is true for Colorado, and I believe elsewhere. We can raise the money into the campaign to make this investment. > > > Ken > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jun 20, 2015, at 7:20 PM, Amanda Renteria <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thank you Senator. I'd like to schedule a call to talk about timing >> of this. We are not hiring state directors or political state >> directors beyond the first four. But, I really want to hear what you >> are seeing/feeling on the ground. >> >> And, we agree, I'm sorry the trip was cancelled to CO. We need to get >> there ASAP. >> >> Is this week good for you? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jun 20, 2015, at 3:09 PM, Ken Salazar <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> True, but 92 was a very special case. >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On Jun 20, 2015, at 3:36 PM, Lyons, James M. <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> PS. and 1992! >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Jun 20, 2015, at 3:16 PM, Ken Salazar <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi John and Amanda, >>>>> >>>>> Jim Lyons (copied on this email) and I strongly believe that having a strong Colorado Political Director for Colorado is a keystone to achieving a Clinton victory in Colorado in 2016. While the finance side is going strong, the effort needed to sustain the campaign to victory in November 2016 needs a Colorado quarterback. We believe that the best in Colorado with the right values, work ethic, experience and universal respect are: >>>>> >>>>> Mike Dino; >>>>> >>>>> Alan Salazar; and >>>>> >>>>> Mike Melansen. >>>>> >>>>> We would be happy to share our views on each of the three. In any event, Colorado is a caucus state and unless we begin the effort soon, we will be very vulnerable and could be upset. In our view, time is of the essence in choosing a political director. >>>>> >>>>> Also, we need a visit to Colorado from Secretary Clinton soon with the right outreach and right geography. >>>>> >>>>> We humbly share these thoughts with you as veterans of mostly successful statewide Colorado campaigns over the last thirty years including the only Presidential Colorado Democratic victories since Lyndon Johnson-2012, 2008, and 1996. >>>>> >>>>> All the best, >>>>> >>>>> Ken >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPad > Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: by 10.25.24.101 with SMTP id o98csp1812067lfi; Sun, 21 Jun 2015 06:48:31 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.55.16.233 with SMTP id 102mr32779950qkq.66.1434894511015; Sun, 21 Jun 2015 06:48:31 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from us-smtp-delivery-174.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-174.mimecast.com. [63.128.21.174]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 63si16384338qhw.101.2015.06.21.06.48.30 for <[email protected]> (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 21 Jun 2015 06:48:30 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of [email protected] designates 63.128.21.174 as permitted sender) client-ip=63.128.21.174; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of [email protected] designates 63.128.21.174 as permitted sender) [email protected] Received: from mail.lrrlaw.com (mail.lrrlaw.com [66.162.99.220]) (Using TLS) by us-smtp-1.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-8-hEyIO8L5RDavlfZQM3DXDw-1 Received: from mail.rothgerber.com (10.1.1.35) by DNEDGE01-1.lrrlaw.com (10.1.10.58) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.195.1; Sun, 21 Jun 2015 07:48:18 -0600 Received: from DNMAIL2-1.rothgerber.local (10.1.1.36) by DNMAIL1-1.rothgerber.local (10.1.1.35) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.195.1; Sun, 21 Jun 2015 07:48:20 -0600 Received: from DNMAIL1-1.rothgerber.local ([fe80::11cc:d60c:8d69:fcfa]) by DNMAIL2-1.rothgerber.local ([fe80::5554:a3a8:a0a7:6283%10]) with mapi id 14.03.0195.001; Sun, 21 Jun 2015 07:48:19 -0600 From: "Lyons, James M." <[email protected]> To: Ken Salazar <[email protected]> CC: Amanda Renteria <[email protected]>, Sally Marx <[email protected]>, Milia Fisher <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Secretary Clinton and Colorado-Urgency Thread-Topic: Secretary Clinton and Colorado-Urgency Thread-Index: AQHQq55kkd45ykkthEWOwWNpWtkNQ5216z1dgABtuACAADU4AIAANUAAgAA3M3Y= Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 13:48:19 +0000 Message-ID: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <-1088881432368744201@unknownmsgid>,<[email protected]> In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: MIME-Version: 1.0 Return-Path: [email protected] X-MC-Unique: hEyIO8L5RDavlfZQM3DXDw-1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bernie Sanders drew an overflow crowd of 5,000 to a rally at the University= of Denver over the weekend. It was not all students, either. He is on the = ground here and Martin O'Malley is not far behind. We need a sense of urgen= cy and visibility. Hiring a state director and a visit from HRC need to be = a priority. If a call is better scheduled tomorrow than Tuesday and I can't= make it, go ahead without me and I will catch up with Ken Sent from my iPad > On Jun 20, 2015, at 10:30 PM, Ken Salazar <[email protected]> wro= te: >=20 > Amanda- > Yes. Let me know what works best for you Monday or Tuesday, or Friday thi= s week. >=20 > On hiring State Directors, I think we should get the best talent now, and= that person should be fully integrated into the state apparatus. This is t= rue for Colorado, and I believe elsewhere. We can raise the money into the = campaign to make this investment. >=20 >=20 > Ken > Sent from my iPad >=20 >> On Jun 20, 2015, at 7:20 PM, Amanda Renteria <[email protected]= om> wrote: >>=20 >> Thank you Senator. I'd like to schedule a call to talk about timing >> of this. We are not hiring state directors or political state >> directors beyond the first four. But, I really want to hear what you >> are seeing/feeling on the ground. >>=20 >> And, we agree, I'm sorry the trip was cancelled to CO. We need to get >> there ASAP. >>=20 >> Is this week good for you? >>=20 >> Sent from my iPhone >>=20 >>> On Jun 20, 2015, at 3:09 PM, Ken Salazar <[email protected]> wr= ote: >>>=20 >>> True, but 92 was a very special case. >>>=20 >>> Sent from my iPad >>>=20 >>>> On Jun 20, 2015, at 3:36 PM, Lyons, James M. <[email protected]> wrote= : >>>>=20 >>>> PS. and 1992! >>>>=20 >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>=20 >>>>> On Jun 20, 2015, at 3:16 PM, Ken Salazar <[email protected]> = wrote: >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> Hi John and Amanda, >>>>>=20 >>>>> Jim Lyons (copied on this email) and I strongly believe that having a= strong Colorado Political Director for Colorado is a keystone to achieving= a Clinton victory in Colorado in 2016. While the finance side is going s= trong, the effort needed to sustain the campaign to victory in November 201= 6 needs a Colorado quarterback. We believe that the best in Colorado with t= he right values, work ethic, experience and universal respect are: >>>>>=20 >>>>> Mike Dino; >>>>>=20 >>>>> Alan Salazar; and >>>>>=20 >>>>> Mike Melansen. >>>>>=20 >>>>> We would be happy to share our views on each of the three. In any eve= nt, Colorado is a caucus state and unless we begin the effort soon, we will= be very vulnerable and could be upset. In our view, time is of the essence= in choosing a political director. >>>>>=20 >>>>> Also, we need a visit to Colorado from Secretary Clinton soon with th= e right outreach and right geography. >>>>>=20 >>>>> We humbly share these thoughts with you as veterans of mostly success= ful statewide Colorado campaigns over the last thirty years including the o= nly Presidential Colorado Democratic victories since Lyndon Johnson-2012, 2= 008, and 1996. >>>>>=20 >>>>> All the best, >>>>>=20 >>>>> Ken >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> Sent from my iPad >=20