Subject: RE: FLAG: NY Times on our Kasich release
From: "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>
To: "Garcia, Walter" <[email-masked]>, Comm_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:54:12 -0700

Last two hits on Kasich for reference

Monday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihPOeu-0Y_Y&feature=youtu.be
Friday: http://factivists.democrats.org/dnc-response-to-john-kasichs-latest-offensive-comments-about-women/

This person is dumb

From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 4:50 PM
To: Garcia, Walter; Comm_D
Subject: RE: FLAG: NY Times on our Kasich release

FYI - same reporter who gave the RNC a puff piece for having a research operation
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/27/opinion/inside-the-republicans-opposition-research-machine.html

From: Garcia, Walter
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 4:22 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: FLAG: NY Times on our Kasich release

Got hit for this by the NY Times:

The Democrats' Misguided Kasich Strategy<http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/20/the-democrats-misguided-kasich-strategy/?_r=0>
By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON<http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/author/elizabeth-williamson/>

As Wednesday's editorial<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/20/opinion/sanders-and-kasich-should-ignore-any-pressure-to-quit.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region> predicted, New York's presidential primary results<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/us/politics/new-york-primary-highlights.html> brought renewed calls for Bernie Sanders and John Kasich, the Democratic and Republican underdogs, to withdraw from the race.

Less predictable is where those calls are coming from. The Democratic National Committee sent out a mass email<http://factivists.democrats.org/why-is-john-kasich-still-in-the-race-a-by-the-numbers-analysis/> on Wednesday afternoon disparaging Mr. Kasich, citing the Ohio governor's lackluster standing and time spent away from his state as reasons for him to drop out.

Why does the DNC care? Because polls say Mr. Kasich is the Republican most likely to beat Hillary Clinton in a general election. And though Mr. Kasich lags far behind Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, he placed second<http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/new-york> in New York's Republican primary on Tuesday, with 25 percent of the vote.

Mrs. Clinton just scored a decisive win in New York, further closing off Bernie Sanders's route to the nomination.  So the DNC's attack on Mr. Kasich a day afterward not only seems paranoid, it feels like a particularly clumsy effort to clear the field of all threats to Mrs. Clinton from both parties.

Bad idea, says David Axelrod, a former Democratic strategist who now directs the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics.

"You have active members of both parties and people who are aligning with both parties who would feel cheated if these candidates dropped out, so I think it's profoundly misguided to take that posture," he said in an interview. "It sullies the process if party leaders try and strong-arm candidates out."

The downside is particularly acute for Mrs. Clinton, who faces a popular Democratic opponent with young supporters who don't like her. Trying to bully Mr. Sanders from the race won't win them over. And trying to push Mr. Kasich out is a mistake if Mrs. Clinton hopes to attract more-moderate Republicans repelled by Mr. Trump and Mr. Cruz.

"Doing things to delegitimize the process is probably harmful in terms of putting the party back together again," Mr. Axelrod says.  He added that Mrs. Clinton's frustration with Mr. Sanders's continuing challenge betrays "a little trace of entitlement," a sense that because she's worked hard, paid her dues and reached high levels in the party, she deserves better than having pesky underdogs still nipping at her heels.

"Now is the time to work hard to subdue all of that," Mr. Axelrod says. "Let's look at the big picture here."

From: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> [mailto:[email-masked]] On Behalf Of DNC Press
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 1:09 PM
To: DNC Press
Subject: Why is John Kasich still in the race? A by-the-numbers analysis

<http://factivists.democrats.org/why-is-john-kasich-still-in-the-race-a-by-the-numbers-analysis/>

*         177 and counting<http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2016/apr/19/ohio-democratic-party/ohio-democratic-party-bashes-john-kasichs-costly-c/> - the number of days John Kasich has spent outside of Ohio neglecting his day job since he announced his candidacy.

*         $350,000+<http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/travel-fund-for-kasich-security-tops-350-000-1.660538> - the amount of Ohio taxpayer money spent on his presidential run.

*         147 - the delegates John Kasich has won in the 2016 presidential primary.

*         24 - the number of delegates Kasich still has to win to match Marco Rubio<https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/722779737362415616>... even though Rubio dropped out over a month ago.

*         3<http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/new-york> - the number of delegates Kasich secured last night in New York, compared to Trump's 89.

*         35 - the number of days Kasich went since the Ohio primary without winning a single delegate.

*         162% - the percentage of remaining delegates Kasich would have to win to secure the nomination. For you non-math majors out there, that's mathematically impossible.

*         0 - the number of reasons why Kasich should still be in the race.

View this post on our Factivists site here<http://factivists.democrats.org/why-is-john-kasich-still-in-the-race-a-by-the-numbers-analysis/>.