Subject: RE: VP List
From: Tony Carrk <[email-masked]>
To: "Dillon, Lauren" <[email-masked]>, Kevin McKeon <[email-masked]>, "Brinster, Jeremy" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 18:51:20 -0400

Would put Thune in Tier 3 or make a 4. I doubt it would be Carson

*From:* Dillon, Lauren [mailto:[email-masked]]
*Sent:* Wednesday, May 11, 2016 6:36 PM
*To:* [email-masked]; Kevin McKeon ([email-masked]) <
[email-masked]>; Brinster, Jeremy <[email-masked]>
*Subject:* VP List

A few for you to weigh in on and the updated tier list is below.

·         What are our thoughts on Ben Carson (is reaching out to Paul Ryan
some kind of test run)?

·         Thoughts on John Thune? (Says he’s not interested
<http://wnax.com/news/180081-sd-senator-john-thune-no-interest-in-trump-vp/>,
but has been floated by Gingrich
<http://time.com/4325470/newt-gingrich-on-donald-trump/> and Scott Brown
<http://www.argusleader.com/story/blogs/jonathanellis/2016/05/05/scott-brown-thune-would-fantastic-running-mate-trump/83946356/>
and is getting attention for leading the fight
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/technology/facebook-thune-conservative.html?_r=0>
against
Facebook now)

*Here are the new tiers:*

Tier 1

·         Chris Christie

·         Bob Corker

·         Jeff Sessions

·         Joni Ernst

Tier 2

·         Mary Fallin

·         Jim Jordan

·         Newt Gingrich

Tier 3

·         Renee Ellmers

·         Doug Ducey

·         Tim Scott

·         Tom Cotton

·         Marsha Blackburn

Nixed from the List

·         John Kasich

·         Marco Rubio

·         Carly Fiorina

·         Rick Scott

·         Kelly Ayotte

·         Nikki Haley

·         Susana Martinez

·         Scott Walker

·         Rob Portman

·         Mia Love

·         Jan Brewer

·         Pat McCrory

·         Pam Bondi

·         Deb Fischer

·         Martha McSally

·         Dan Sullivan

·         Thom Tillis

·         Dan Webster

·         Shelley Moore Capito

·         Justin Amash

·         Ken Cuccinelli

·         Richard Burr

·         Barbara Comstock

·         Cathy McMorris Rodgers

·         Jesse Ventura

·         Rudy Giuliani

*Here are the changes we discussed on the call: *

·         We talked about putting together a sample Top Hits outline

·         Joni Ernst to Tier 1

·         Newt Gingrich to Tier 2

·         Marsha Blackburn, Tom Cotton, and Renee Ellmers to Tier 3

·         Top Hits doc on Tim Scott

*We talked about putting together the following for each candidate on Tier
1 &2:*

·         Trump comments on the candidate

·         Comments from the candidate on Trump

·         Top Hits: 15 important issues, extreme on ___

·         Video bank

Do you think we need to do these things for tier 3 as well?