Subject: RE: Party unity
From: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
To: Kate Houghton <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, Ryan Banfill <[email-masked]>, "Geoff Burgan" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 07:28:12 -0700

But she stayed calm, poised, and emphasized her point when Wallace interrupted her. We should've prepped on the email issue, so she and I talked about it on the phone afterwards, which will help her have a better poker face there next time.

She was certainly more assertive in the interviews during the week, chalk today up the slower pace to the Sunday lull, but it is good that she was calm and didn't sound defensive. And she went back to the big picture, which was helpful. She dropped in good contrast message.

I don't think we need to hit the panic button. It was fine.

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From: Kate Houghton
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2016 10:20 AM
To: Miranda, Luis
Cc: Paustenbach, Mark; Ryan Banfill; Geoff  Burgan
Subject: Re: Party unity

Then she needs to at least practice her poker face. She looked annoyed and frustrated.

> On Apr 24, 2016, at 9:50 AM, Miranda, Luis <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> She can't take Sanders on directly, it would turn into a fight and any time it's DNC Chair vs Sanders, DNC Chair is going to lose. The bigger concern I had was she spent too much time on emails.
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> ________________________________________
> From: Kate Houghton
> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2016 9:36 AM
> To: Paustenbach, Mark; Ryan Banfill; Geoff  Burgan; Miranda, Luis
> Subject: Party unity
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> She needs a better answer. Pivoting was not a great move.
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