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Adding Jenn and Kristina Joel I agree w your edits. In particular I want to avoid any expectations around how big or bold her ideas will be. Nick I'm sure you're already doing this but I also would push hard on background that we can't judge a candidate who has yet to announce--give her a chance to speak for herself. I know that's impossible but worth trying to get them to acknowledge that she's not a candidate and this is all speculation. > On Feb 1, 2015, at 3:14 PM, Joel Benenson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Nick. > > Going for a little more conversational here with this: > > "Expanding opportunities for average hardworking Americans so that they and their families can get ahead has been a constant fight she has waged in every job she's held. You heard it from her last fall when she was campaigning for Democrats all over the country and repeatedly laid out the challenges many Americans still face as our economy makes gains. She's casting a wide net, talking to a wide range of people on a range of specific topics. There's no red X on a calendar somewhere, but make no mistake, if she runs, she will present to our toughest challenges and she will take nothing for granted and she will fight for every vote." > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Merrill [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2015 2:46 PM > To: John Podesta; Jake Sullivan; Philippe Reines; Robby Mook; Cheryl Mills; Huma Abedin; Dan Schwerin; Jim Margolis; John Anzalone; Mandy Grunwald; Cheryl Mills; Joel Benenson > Subject: NYT & WSJ | Econ Stories > > As I mentioned on our call on Thursday, both the WSJ and the NYT are working on stories about how HRC might approach economic policy issues as a candidate. Both will have a dose of personnel name-gaming, and I've spoken to both to steer them towards progressive names, which they seem to both have on their own. > > I want to give both stories something on the record that addresses the core of the story, but also speaks some of the things we all felt needed a little proactive addressing, like inevitability and timing. > > On the inevitability question, John I tried to stick to the language you suggested, though I did take the liberty of striking the word "idiot." > > "Increasing access to opportunity and fighting for upward mobility has been an uninterrupted pursuit of hers in every job she's held. You heard it from her on the campaign trail last fall, where she laid out the challenges we face. She's casting a wide net, talking to a wide range of people on a range of specific topics. There's no red X on a calendar somewhere, but make no mistake, if she runs, she will take nothing for granted, she'll present bold ideas, and she will fight for every vote." > > Feedback welcome, but I'd like to ship this later today. > > Nick Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: by 10.25.24.194 with SMTP id 63csp1792204lfy; Sun, 1 Feb 2015 12:39:49 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.224.7.197 with SMTP id e5mr35517139qae.64.1422823188436; Sun, 01 Feb 2015 12:39:48 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from mail-qg0-x22f.google.com (mail-qg0-x22f.google.com. [2607:f8b0:400d:c04::22f]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s12si17366793qad.91.2015.02.01.12.39.46 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 01 Feb 2015 12:39:48 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of [email protected] designates 2607:f8b0:400d:c04::22f as permitted sender) client-ip=2607:f8b0:400d:c04::22f; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of [email protected] designates 2607:f8b0:400d:c04::22f as permitted sender) [email protected]; dkim=pass [email protected]; dmarc=pass (p=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=gmail.com Received: by mail-qg0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id z60so45033180qgd.6; Sun, 01 Feb 2015 12:39:46 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=+cM6LlCyoEHQOj6+e1WAeTOYefT5bMwoZA/OEZRxt00=; b=THGZT4g2KR8UYHr/8SbvMKnOUacytlDiIVE7+HA6Yrw+dOHWkM0q5nXwLI4CgJanS2 URdLsE+0rO9TCcVSolyznPF+B5UnZoOdMOfzK9MVJR7hwjNp5a23cDVFLhZBtXJP5/1+ sBaB+VTUHbXNtKCiM9Dblo4L5zpgc3NlZd6O00oBiBpOy6K9wIcqVyjlDk1UOZbnpk4z +dvVp/T6Y3dh3RdmCKMnNG8kE4ox4BbUx9YkjGwn0mC8RnDh0VdH091QF0tD+EXbN5QG V4kNXwSZ9c4KqMf3106mAZo6Aln/W5PyN7hpvRgPOC2n3bvrgcnXU19pbj1NndBpNt/1 Cveg== X-Received: by 10.140.102.142 with SMTP id w14mr18888235qge.88.1422823186873; Sun, 01 Feb 2015 12:39:46 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from ?IPv6:2600:1017:b81b:1428:3d61:57f2:90f6:f587? ([2600:1017:b81b:1428:3d61:57f2:90f6:f587]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id t36sm8769025qgt.31.2015.02.01.12.39.46 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 01 Feb 2015 12:39:46 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: NYT & WSJ | Econ Stories From: Robby Mook <[email protected]> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (12B466) In-Reply-To: <1A484C9C32B526468802B7C2E6FD1BCEB32F9D91@mbx031-w1-co-6.exch031.domain.local> Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 15:39:44 -0500 CC: Nick Merrill <[email protected]>, John Podesta <[email protected]>, Jake Sullivan <[email protected]>, Philippe Reines <[email protected]>, Cheryl Mills <[email protected]>, Huma Abedin <[email protected]>, Dan Schwerin <[email protected]>, Jim Margolis <[email protected]>, John Anzalone <[email protected]>, Mandy Grunwald <[email protected]>, Cheryl Mills <[email protected]>, Jennifer Palmieri <[email protected]>, Kristina Schake <[email protected]> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <[email protected]> References: <D0F0F4B7.30BFD%[email protected]> <[email protected]> <1A484C9C32B526468802B7C2E6FD1BCEB32F9D91@mbx031-w1-co-6.exch031.domain.local> To: Joel Benenson <[email protected]> Adding Jenn and Kristina Joel I agree w your edits. In particular I want to avoid any expectations a= round how big or bold her ideas will be.=20 Nick I'm sure you're already doing this but I also would push hard on backgr= ound that we can't judge a candidate who has yet to announce--give her a cha= nce to speak for herself. I know that's impossible but worth trying to get t= hem to acknowledge that she's not a candidate and this is all speculation. =20= > On Feb 1, 2015, at 3:14 PM, Joel Benenson <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > Thanks Nick.=20 >=20 > Going for a little more conversational here with this:=20 >=20 > "Expanding opportunities for average hardworking Americans so that they an= d their families can get ahead has been a constant fight she has waged in ev= ery job she's held. You heard it from her last fall when she was campaigni= ng for Democrats all over the country and repeatedly laid out the challenges= many Americans still face as our economy makes gains. She's casting a wide= net, talking to a wide range of people on a range of specific topics. Ther= e's no red X on a calendar somewhere, but make no mistake, if she runs, she w= ill present to our toughest challenges and she will take nothing for granted= and she will fight for every vote." >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Merrill [mailto:[email protected]]=20 > Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2015 2:46 PM > To: John Podesta; Jake Sullivan; Philippe Reines; Robby Mook; Cheryl Mills= ; Huma Abedin; Dan Schwerin; Jim Margolis; John Anzalone; Mandy Grunwald; Ch= eryl Mills; Joel Benenson > Subject: NYT & WSJ | Econ Stories >=20 > As I mentioned on our call on Thursday, both the WSJ and the NYT are worki= ng on stories about how HRC might approach economic policy issues as a candi= date. Both will have a dose of personnel name-gaming, and I've spoken to bo= th to steer them towards progressive names, which they seem to both have on t= heir own. >=20 > I want to give both stories something on the record that addresses the cor= e of the story, but also speaks some of the things we all felt needed a litt= le proactive addressing, like inevitability and timing. >=20 > On the inevitability question, John I tried to stick to the language you s= uggested, though I did take the liberty of striking the word "idiot." >=20 > "Increasing access to opportunity and fighting for upward mobility has bee= n an uninterrupted pursuit of hers in every job she's held. You heard it fr= om her on the campaign trail last fall, where she laid out the challenges we= face. She's casting a wide net, talking to a wide range of people on a ran= ge of specific topics. There's no red X on a calendar somewhere, but make n= o mistake, if she runs, she will take nothing for granted, she'll present bo= ld ideas, and she will fight for every vote." >=20 > Feedback welcome, but I'd like to ship this later today. >=20 > Nick=20