Subject: Stitch — Trump: Clinton's a "nasty, mean enabler", Newsmakers Say Paul Ryan is Right, Alex Wagner on Tacos and Beyonce, Trivia and More
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Date: Sat, 7 May 2016 17:01:46 +0000
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TRUMP UNLOADS ON CLINTON
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That didn't take long. Donald Trump went right for Hillary Clinton's jugular veins last night in Oregon, calling the all-but-certain Democratic nominee "an unbelievably nasty, mean enabler" of husband Bill Clinton's sexual escapades, as JOSE DELREAL reports for the Washington Post.
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"She's been the total enabler. She would go after these women and destroy their lives. ... What she did to a lot of those women was disgraceful."

—Donald Trump/via WaPo (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/05/07/trump-on-clinton-she-was-an-unbelievably-nasty-mean-enabler/)

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TRUMP DEFENDED HIS OFFENSIVE AS A DEFENSE against expected attacks from Clinton over his treatment of women, as JEREMY DIAMONDof CNN explains.
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"So what they're doing is $90 million of ads on Donald Trump and it has to do a lot with the women's issue. But I'm saying to myself, nobody in this country and maybe in the history of this country politically was worse than Bill Clinton with women."

—Trump/via CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/06/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-enabler-bill-clinton/)

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TRUMP IS APPARENTLY CLAIRVOYANT because the ads he's talking about won't air until June, as LISA LERER, JULIE PACE & KEN THOMASreported in April.
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"Priorities USA Action, a super PAC backing Clinton's candidacy, is preparing to spend $90 million on television ads attacking Trump in seven states starting June 8 — the day after the California primary."

—Lerer, Pace & Thomas/AP (http://bigstory.ap.org/article/02fa1fb13bee4160a8c30211968e4f79/white-house-2016-clinton-gears-trump-fall-race)

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TRUMP'S AGGRESSIVENESS AND SHAMELESSNESS are a problem for Clinton. She'd like to take the high road, but Trump trampled a field full of Republicans who took a straight path from the high road to the low road to the exit ramp.

The Atlantic's ALEX WAGNER offered up some advice for Clinton in a Sidewire Chat yesterday morning:
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"I think HRC is generally going to have to communicate unfuckwithability: arm herself with some real zingers, be prepared to get VERY harsh when necessary.... and then, simultaneously, always be ready to laugh it off. ... They key is to eviscerate Trump AND not take him too seriously. The Clinton camp needs to paint him as, basically, a very dangerous clown."

—Alex Wagner/Sidewire pt. 1 (https://sidewire.com/politics/dashboard/articles/1298c9dee6809444d3b8d286509a6a3b/commentary/32a18d5c-593b-43ea-a6c4-a8f6973491ea) , Sidewire pt. 2 (https://sidewire.com/politics/dashboard/articles/1298c9dee6809444d3b8d286509a6a3b/commentary/4392e70b-4367-4471-b7cf-a40c36cce1bd)

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** NEWSMAKERS: PAUL RYAN IS RIGHT
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Several Newsmakers said on Sidewire that Speaker Paul Ryan made the right call in withholding his support for Trump. DOUG HEYE wrote about it (https://sidewire.com/politics/dashboard/articles/26336b0d68f5cda4ef8f5e8bdc7e7733) in the Wall Street Journal and then expounded on his thinking on Sidewire.
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"Speaker Ryan's announcement re Trump provides cover for House colleagues and potentially position[s] him as the intellectual heart of the conservative movement and the GOP."

—Doug Heye/Sidewire (https://sidewire.com/politics/dashboard/articles/26336b0d68f5cda4ef8f5e8bdc7e7733/commentary/43c82529-c15b-4bad-ae10-c28f8a8716d7)

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REPUBLICAN CONSULTANT MIKE MURPHY said Ryan won't have to worry about Trump past November and that he'll benefit from standing apart from the real estate mogul and presumptive GOP nominee.
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"History will reward Ryan for his courage. After Trump elects Hillary Clinton, there will be a huge battle for the future of GOP and Ryan will be in position of moral authority to lead it."

—Mike Murphy/Sidewire (https://sidewire.com/politics/dashboard/articles/26336b0d68f5cda4ef8f5e8bdc7e7733/commentary/a3446aef-a218-4b91-9789-3ac5a892f1e3)

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** TRIVIAL PURSUITS
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YESTERDAY'S TRIVIA

The last time the two major party nominees were from the same state was 1944, when New Yorkers Thomas Dewey and Franklin Roosevelt faced off. Congratulations to Steve Taylor for being the first of several readers to send in the correct answer.

TODAY'S TRIVIA

Courtesy of Steve: On which presidential campaign did Ronald Reagan travel from Little Rock, Arkansas, to Charlottesville, Virginia?

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SIDEWIRE CHAT RECAP: ALEX WAGNER
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In addition to giving Hillary Clinton free counsel, Alex talked about ***taco bowls, "Dirty Dancing," "Sophie's Choice," writing about Melania Trump, Heidi Cruz and Beyonce, and the best things about her hometown of Washington, D.C.

HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS

On Trump Tweeting "I love Hispanics!" with an image of him eating a taco bowl
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"No one puts the Donald in the corner! Could the guy make it ANY HARDER for the establishment to rally around him? I think he's telegraphing a message of pure defiance -- mostly to reassure his supporters that the general election wont change him."

—Alex Wagner/Sidewire (https://sidewire.com/politics/dashboard/articles/1298c9dee6809444d3b8d286509a6a3b/commentary/3adb5a33-1f71-4245-9964-fc669000d261)

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On what to expect from her writing, now that she's at The Atlantic
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"I think you'll see the same zingy joie de vivre combined w/scathing wit and incisive analysis -- hallmarks of my on-air personality...JUST KIDDING. I just wrote a piece on Melania Trump and Heidi Cruz, which should give you a sense...Much of what I'm interested in will focus on the intersection of politics and culture. So, not just the horse race, per se, but the weird and interesting cultural forces undergirding it. Also I may write some stuff about Beyonce, because...Beyonce."

—Wagner/Sidewire pt. 1 (https://sidewire.com/politics/dashboard/articles/1298c9dee6809444d3b8d286509a6a3b/commentary/c43f3f54-4b8a-4dc4-8022-00049ae4a2da) , Sidewire pt. 2 (https://sidewire.com/politics/dashboard/articles/1298c9dee6809444d3b8d286509a6a3b/commentary/3a5cc7f5-097d-4e47-a502-c48dae4084ea)

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CLICK HERE (https://sidewire.com/politics/dashboard/articles/1298c9dee6809444d3b8d286509a6a3b)  for the full chat.

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CLINTON WINS GUAM
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There were seven pledged delegates up for grabs in Guam's Democratic Caucus, and Hillary Clinton appears to have taken four of them by defeating Bernie Sanders. GABE DEBENEDETTI of Politico reports that Clinton won 60 percent to 40 percent (http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/hillary-clinton-guam-bernie-sanders-222927) .

THE GUAM RESULTS offer an object lesson in basic politics, as LISA HAGEN of The Hill points out (http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/dem-primaries/279092-clinton-wins-guam-caucuses) . Remember when the actor and Bernie Sanders surrogate Tim Robbins dissed South Carolina voters?
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"Winning South Carolina in a Democratic primary is about as significant as winning Guam.”

—Tim Robbins/via The Hill (http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/dem-primaries/279092-clinton-wins-guam-caucuses)

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Turns out that folks on Guam weren't too thrilled with that formulation, either. It's doubtful that cost Sanders the territory, but it sure couldn't have helped. So, what's the lesson? If you're going to dismissively compare two areas, make sure voters in both places have already voted.

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THE BIG QUESTION
Will Clinton go after Trump on his personal life and family?

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