Subject: POLITICO Playbook, presented by the Alzheimer’s Association: 180 days to Election Day! – GETTING TRUMP: Household incomes fell over past 15 years in four-fifths of U.S. metro areas – TRUMP-RYAN summit today – SOSNIK’s crystal ball -- B’DAY: Paul Begala
From: Mike Allen <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 04:32:05 -0600

05/12/2016 06:28 AM EDT

By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; [email-masked]) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; [email-masked])

Good Thursday morning. It's 67 days to Cleveland, 74 days to Philly, 180 days to election.

SCOOP DU JOUR - "Biden wanted Warren as his VP: The Massachusetts senator was 'noncommittal,' but warned of a backlash against his pro-Wall Street votes in Senate," by Glenn Thrush and Annie Karni: "Joe Biden took months to decide he wouldn't run for president - but he was sold on Elizabeth Warren as his running mate from the start ... And he still thinks the Massachusetts firebrand would be Hillary Clinton's best choice to replace him as the nation's No. 2 in January 2017. ... Biden broached the idea, almost matter of factly, to Warren during a much-hyped lunch meeting at the vice president's residence on the grounds of the Naval Observatory last September." 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad51a437c99da3460a0387aa68da4f7b81a6254dd63103bb87a

--"Joe Biden: 'I Would Have Been the Best President,'" by ABC News' Margaret Chadbourn: "Biden [told ABC's Robin Roberts] he 'would have been the best president' if he had mounted a successful campaign in the 2016 election, but that forgoing the race was the right decision for his family." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad53065c8b1b7715f7f88290be8da24c6ccaf1f557bf50b79c2

FIRST LOOK: Playbook exclusive ... DOUG SOSNIK -- former President Bill Clinton adviser, now one of the most interesting big-think political geographers - is out with one of his famous memos, "The Question Every Republican has to Answer: Did They Support Trump in 2016?": "At least once in a politician's career they are forced to make a decision that will follow them for the rest of their lives, like the vote to confirm Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court a quarter century ago or the decision to invade Iraq in 2003. For today's Republican leaders and elected officials that moment has arrived. They have to decide whether they support Donald Trump for the presidency of the United States. ...

--"The State of Play for Democrats ... Clinton isn't perceived to be wrapping up the Democratic nomination from the position of strength that her victory totals would suggest. Further complicating Clinton's primary end-game strategy is the fact that she can't risk alienating the Sanders voters who she will need in the general election. ...

--"The General Election Electoral Map Looks Daunting for Trump ... His only route runs through the former industrial heartland of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin. A third-party challenge would almost certainly widen Democrats' advantage, opening up the possibility that we'll see the biggest political landslide in a three-person race since 1980, when Ronald Reagan carried 44 states and secured 489 electoral votes. ...

--"Consequences of Trump's Candidacy for Senate Control ... With Trump at the top of the ticket, no party has been more vulnerable to a political tsunami in the U.S. Senate since 1980 when Ronald Reagan was elected president in a landslide that saw12 seats change hands from Democrats to Republicans, giving Republicans a majority in the Senate for the first time since 1954. Increasingly, Senate election outcomes mirror the presidential outcome in states. ...

--"[I]f Trump's candidacy shows signs of imploding, second tier vulnerable Republican incumbents, like McCain (AZ), Burr (NC) and Grassley (IA), will ... be at ... risk." 5-page memo  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad50d3fe1ac06f328fb01f1042de34a7bba78f254a66b92d691 ... 6-slide deck, "Clinton v. Trump"  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad51a8928bda88ef70ef029b8da9fd6f54afc549dc7cc4bd68b

UNDERSTANDING TRUMP ... "AMERICA'S MIDDLE CLASS MELTDOWN" -- Financial Times, p. 1 above fold (USA edition), "Household income tumbles in majority of US cities this century: More than 80% suffer fall -- Decline fuels election discontent -- Industrial areas hard hit," by Sam Fleming and Shawn Donnan in D.C.: "More than four-fifths of America's metropolitan areas have seen household incomes decline this century ... The research on urban centres that are home to three-quarters of the US population shows that median household incomes ... grew in just 39 out of 229 metro areas between 1999 and 2014. ...

"Pew's research [in consultation with the FT] illuminates a major source of that anxiety but also raises questions about some of America's most celebrated economic success stories. It reveals a steady erosion of the middle class across the US map, with 203 out of the 229 metro areas experiencing a decline in the share of their populations that are middle income. At the same time, 172 metro areas saw increases in the share of their population that is upper income, and 160 saw a rising lower-income share." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad5381190542865517bd7e9c6675dbac6b32ccb01d6cf7db426 ... Pew study, "The Geography of America's Shrinking Middle Class" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad5ce84bda5e7cf95b43d22384abb52c7680fd1b133168be02a 

--NOT JUST RUST BELT ... "For decades, the Sun Belt promised jobs but the problems of wage inequality are catching up," by FT's Sam Fleming and Shawn Donnan: "The erosion of America's middle class ... is often portrayed as a phenomenon brought about by the collapse of well-paying manufacturing jobs ... thanks to increased automation and competition from China. But a new study ... points to just how widespread the damage to America's middle has been and how divided the country's class structures are becoming." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad519756bf520a4db11fdba4be55b293e27b146a02af91865c7

LIFE ONLINE - N.Y. Times A1, below fold, Farhad Manjoo's "State of the Art" column, "Algorithms With Agendas And the Sway of Facebook" (online: "Facebook's Bias Is Built-In, and Bears Watching"): "If it wanted to, Facebook could try to sway elections, favor certain policies, or just make you feel a certain way about the world, as it once proved it could do in an experiment devised to measure how emotions spread online. There is no evidence Facebook is doing anything so alarming now. The danger is nevertheless real. The biggest worry is that Facebook doesn't seem to recognize its own power, and doesn't think of itself as a news organization with a well-developed sense of institutional ethics
 and responsibility ...

"Facebook also has an unmistakable corporate ethos and point of view. The company is staffed mostly by wealthy coastal Americans who tend to support Democrats ... Zuckerberg is for free trade, more open immigration and for a certain controversial brand of education reform." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad5f9d6ecd8d90b64d140a406bde6fde1703d8b2629d0c4dcdd

** A message from the Alzheimer's Association: Alzheimer's is the most expensive disease in the country. Every hour, Alzheimer's costs taxpayers $18.3 million dollars. Today, Alzheimer's costs the country $236 billion a year and that will quadruple to more than $1 trillion over the next generation. Funding for Alzheimer's research must increase. Learn more at alz.org/advocacy **

DAILY DONALD - Trump, in shift from AP interview the day before, told Fox's Greta Van Susteren last night that he may release his tax returns, after all, per Hanna Trudo: "I'll release. Hopefully before the election I'll release ... And I'd like to release. ... You learn very little from a tax return."

--"Romney ... blasted Trump in a ... Facebook post. 'It is disqualifying for a modern-day presidential nominee to refuse to release tax returns to the voters, especially one who has not been subject to public scrutiny in either military or public service.' In February 2015, Trump told radio host Hugh Hewitt that he would 'certainly' release at least some of his returns if he ran for the White House." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad5978fd87fa0202746a3626299b37cc02e8d80c15a699539f9 ...Mitt's Facebook post http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad5887268894d99620a8821455b5ff7b3fccb20a6b39d78abf6

--NYT A1, "Donald Trump, Bucking Calls to Unite, Claims 'Mandate' to Be Provocative," by Patrick Healy and Maggie Haberman: "Mr. Trump, in a telephone interview, compared his candidacy to hit Broadway shows and championship baseball teams, saying that success begot success and that he would be foolish to change his behavior now. 'You win the pennant and now you're in the World Series - you gonna change? People like the way I'm doing.' ... 'In a Broadway theater, the best, the best, absolute best sale is called "word of mouth,"' said Mr. Trump, who once dabbled in theater producing. 'If people love a Broadway show, it's better than if you write a good review. Word of mouth is the No. 1
 thing. And the word of mouth at my rallies is like, "You've got to go see it." And, you know, one person goes and they talk about it to 20 people." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad5f28ab3fc3cc3f476a6255e8d1c00262e7bb4b8dfb600ac86

DRIVING THE DAY: Trump-Ryan summit ... Milwaukee Journal Sentinel p. 1A, above fold, "Ryan support solid at home: But picture changes for speaker at national level," by Craig Gilbert (online: "Ryan support solid at home but national backlash could lurk over stance on Trump"): "Ryan was viewed favorably by 81% of Republican voters in his district and unfavorably by 12% in a late March poll by the Marquette University Law School. ... Trump was viewed favorably by 28% of those voters and unfavorably by 59%. ...

"In a new poll by the Economist/YouGov, Trump is much more popular nationally than Ryan among Republican primary voters, the reverse of the pattern in Wisconsin." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad507a3fd22af62b817e22d81e103df3da8ba16dab894d465fa ... YouGov's Kathy Frankovic, "Nearly two-thirds of Republican primary voters think Ryan should endorse Trump" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad5e14411383159b66657ba067252a593685a0ee71dd17b05bb

--@LukeRussert: "Fair to say House #GOP Conference is divided into 3 factions- Always Trump, Sometimes Trump, Never Trump."

--"Trump surges in support, almost even with Clinton in national U.S. poll," by Reuters' Chris Kahn: "As recently as last week, Clinton led Trump by around 13 points in the [Reuters/Ipsos] poll. In the most recent survey, 41 percent of likely voters supported Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, and 40 percent backed Trump, with 19 percent not decided on either yet." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad50cc59f3b67dfd92c171e9ec48aa11f9dff557819cae6755a

VEEPSTAKES - "Donald Trump suggests Jan Brewer is on VP short list," by Arizona Republic's Yvonne Wingett Sanchez: "During an interview Wednesday with Fox News Channel's 'On the Record,' the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said Brewer, who left office in 2015 after serving six years as governor ... 'has been so fantastic. You know I won so big, her territory, and we won so big. And she is a fabulous woman." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad5c47c66a92ec657a682d952e6749dff216b4143e8bed3d30d

TURNING BACK THE CLOCK -- MATT LATIMER in Politico, "6 Alternate Realities That Could Have Stopped Trump: If only we could go back in time tweak a few things, the GOP might be on a different path today": "Avert ABC's decision to put Chris Christie in New Hampshire debate ... Keep Ben Carson from running out of clean clothes ... Talk Mitt Romney into the 2016 race ... Stop the [Christie-Obama] 'hug' ... Reverse Jeb Bush's decision not to run for president in 2012 ... Give America's Founders a glimpse of the future." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad50fcb9df3d2c19997284cb8a13e983ed507a2708a9fe1276c

DANA MILBANK, "Sarah Palin, the political mother of Trump": "[T]he likenesses go much deeper, between the candidates themselves and among the followers they've inspired: The attacks on the media. The demonization of a supposed 'establishment.' The huge and sometimes violent crowds. The prominent platforms given both candidates by Fox News. The racist responses among supporters. The paranoia about taking away guns. The suspicion of science. The scapegoating of Muslims. The portrayal of President Obama as something other than American." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad51408c064999cdd80a0a0b4e5ea2babfb982cedae44667476 

MONEY HONEYS - "Unions prepare super PAC to take down Trump," by Brian Mahoney and Ken Vogel: "The super PAC is engineered by top officials at the AFL-CIO and three major public employee unions: the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; the American Federation of Teachers; and the National Education Association. [The super PAC is also partnering with Tom Steyer's group, NextGen Climate.] ... Unions may opt in for $1 million ... The PAC's organizers aim to raise about $50 million by soliciting money from unions and liberal donors outside the labor movement. ... The PAC will be led by Paul Tewes." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad585f437e78a2cb0552d8c293bc85f833cefb20ec4dd995755

2016 PLAYERS - "Sanders' California director leaves campaign," by Gabe Debenedetti: "Sanders' campaign parted ways with its California state director Michael Ceraso on Wednesday morning, 27 days before the primary in the state that Sanders has repeatedly said is crucial to his effort to capture the Democratic nomination. The surprise move came after a period when Ceraso advocated for a California strategy that involved more investment on field and digital organizing than on television advertising - a staple of Sanders' campaign elsewhere so far." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad5745838541d0adc1c5d319076269c7cb58013ac571381d78f

FIRST LOOK - Americans United for Change memo, "Analysis: Supreme Court Obstructionism + Trump Nomination = Good-Bye GOP Senate Majority": "[W]hat should really keep vulnerable Republicans up at night is the finding that 50% of voters say they'd be less likely to vote for a Senator who opposed having confirmation hearings, compared to only 18% who say that the obstructionist stance is the right stance. Swing-state Republican Senators who enable McConnell's nakedly political scheme to hand Trump the appointment might as well start checking the K Street want ads now." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad5620518e3181bedc179ae9c16f8bfbc71b629ac93edecda79

HILL DRAMA -- "Harry Reid to Rep. Alan Grayson: 'I want you to lose,'" by Burgess Everett and Seung Min Kim: "Rep. Alan Grayson angrily confronted Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday, disrupting a meeting of the Congressional Progressive Caucus in front of dozens of staffers and members of Congress. ... As each member took a turn to speak to Reid, it was Grayson's turn. He asked Reid if the Nevada senator knows who he is. After Reid answered in the affirmative, Grayson went on the attack. 'Say my name, senator. Say my name,' Grayson told Reid as Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) tried to shut the confrontation down. ... Grayson responded by angrily waving a printout of Reid's searing
 February quote that called on Grayson to drop out of the primary race against Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Fla.). 'Why'd you say that?' Grayson said, insisting Reid's statement was false. Reid calmly faced his inquisitor: 'I want you to lose. It's true.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad536b4ab0194f399dbdf37591d276c514a4decbd3b7826f28a

VALLEY TALK - "Sources: Feds taking second look at Google search," by Nancy Scola: "Federal Trade Commission officials are asking questions again about whether Google has abused its dominance in the Internet search market, a sign that the agency may be taking steps to reopen an investigation it closed more than three years ago ... While the inquiry appears to be in the early, information-gathering stage, it signals renewed agency interest in the kind of search case it examined - but ultimately closed without charges - in 2013." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad59f39f907003c7b6a5f73f2f57f959c2ec6dda5f5d4d2b83d

SPOTTED: Tucker Carlson looking very "Brooks Brothers" in a dark suit at Peets on L and 17th NW ... Tony Kornheiser going into the ABC News studio on DeSales St. in the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District ... Valerie Jarrett eating at The Source at the Newseum building ... Rep. Sandy Levin at Nats Park

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SNEAK PEEK - Time's new cover story, "Capitalism: The Markets Are Choking Our Economy. How to Save it," by Rana Foroohar - See the cover. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad565cda7d442c862755c9061760508f5f9a7e0272b9946d9ec

HAPPENING TODAY -- Edward Snowden will be appearing via videoconference today at the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics in conversation with Prof. Geoffrey Stone. The sold-out event starts at 1 p.m. ET and will be livestreamed at http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad53f543027dbb5f6d5ab908444ffe84643aa7eef721049001e

BOLD-FACE NAMES -- CHARLIE ROSE, the pride of Henderson, NC, is receiving an honorary degree from Duke University this Sunday. Duke (and US Olympics) basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski is the commencement speaker. Charlie is a 1964 Duke graduate and a 1968 graduate of the law school, where he will be giving the keynote speech at the hooding ceremony on Saturday. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad5f1d2cd5a0946296d2f487722d4089e81425ad119b6c763f9

MEDIAWATCH -- MORLEY SAFER, "the CBS Newsman and 60 Minutes' longest-serving correspondent, will formally retire this week. His unparalleled career will be celebrated in a special hour directly following this Sunday's regular edition of 60 Minutes. 'Morley Safer: A Reporter's Life' will be broadcast Sunday, May 15 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. ... Safer's first season as a regular 60 Minutes correspondent began in 1970 with a story about the training of U.S. Sky Marshals. His last 60 Minutes report -- number 919 -- a profile of Danish Architect Bjarke Ingels, was broadcast in March." 1-min. video sneak peekhttp://cbsn.ws/1WqE2FN 

--"Megyn Kelly Opens Up About Surviving the 'Ugly' and 'Threatening' Donald Trump Attacks: 'I Just Wanted It to Stop,'" by People's Emily Strohm and Charlotte Triggs: "When Donald Trump publicly attacked Megyn Kelly a day after she moderated the presidential debate last August, the Fox News host had no idea it would last as long as it did. ... 'You'd get past an incident and then it would start again. It was really shocking.' ... 'The hate can be very ugly and it can be threatening and it can be off-putting when you're walking around the city with your kids in particular.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad54d1d9079df35bf5bd5c421a881d16ea0389b137e8cc9cdd6

TV TONIGHT -- Megyn Kelly will be on the "Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" tonight.

--"Page Six coming to your TV this summer" -- Page Six Team: "The half-hour program will be filmed in New York City and is set to premiere on Monday, July 18 for a three-week preview on select FOX Television Stations in top markets, including New York and Los Angeles." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad5d116fae777e941cadcfe562a97ee03a28bcd93f536628cee

BEING THERE - POOL REPORT from Wednesday's White House pooler Kevin Diaz: "What looks like a fairly quiet day at the White House starts on a high note as Josh Earnest and Denis McDonough swing through the press room with a box of doughnuts, attending to the care and feeding of the press corps on what they term 'press appreciation day.' You had to be there to get one. Your poolster, who just had breakfast and can't be bought off so easily, does not partake, but will consider a little cafecito con leche, if one is proffered."

--@markknoller: "'We appreciate what you do,' McDonough told the press. 'You should have brought Ben Rhodes,' suggested a snarky, bearded reporter."

KATHERINE LEHR joins Matter Studios - Josh Benson and Tom McGeveran email the staff: "Katherine Lehr is leaving the company after seven years with POLITICO, the last three of which we have been lucky enough to have with her working on Capital/POLITICO States. ... [S]he is leaving for an irresistible opportunity: She'll be working with Mark Lotto and Hillary Frey to build out Matter Studios, the new digital media play by Twitter founder Ev Williams, as its Chief Operating Officer. ... Kiki Reginato, who joined us from the mothership last August ... [is now] Manager of Product Development and Strategy. Caitlin O'Connell, a tireless worker and constant source of joy, is being promoted to
 Manager of Media and Marketing ... [O]ur capable and almost unnervingly calm office manager, Fernando Rodas, will be Manager of Operations."

TRANSITIONS - "Beer Institute Announces Dan Roth as Director of Communications": "Before joining the Beer Institute, Roth worked for Congressmember Karen Bass (D-CA) as her communications director. Roth was also communications director for the [DLCC] where he led communications efforts during the 2012 election cycle." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad5ecb2d3894a8517320d0013558f69d1a9435529e17131f629 

OUT AND ABOUT -- The Center for American Progress and EPIX last night hosted the Washington, D.C., premiere of "Under the Gun" at the Navy Memorial. Preview http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad5d3de9d0f20ed65e8cb62272b15481cef03a0693631041f4d SPOTTED: Katie Couric, Valerie Jarrett, Sen. Chris Murphy, Rep. Robin Kelly, Neera Tanden, Colin Goddard.

--The Appalachian Trail Conservancy held its annual gala at the Jones Day rooftop last night. Awardees included Sens. John McCain and Michael Bennet for their work on the 21st Century Conservancy Service Corps. SPOTTED: Rep. Don Beyer, Sandra Marr, Ron Tipton, Stewart Verdery, Allie Ghaman and 95 year old thru-hiker Harold Croxton.

--Bret Baier, FOX News Channel's chief political anchor and anchor of Special Report, received the Kenneth Y. Tomlinson Award for Outstanding Journalism at the 23rd annual Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Program Award Dinner last night, held at the National Press Club. Andrew Ferguson of The Weekly Standard also received an award.

WHITE HOUSE DEPARTURE LOUNGE: "Christopher Kirchhoff, the NSC's Director for Strategic Planning, is heading West to help run the Pentagon's Silicon Valley Office as part of an 'upgrade' announced yesterday by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter. Since starting at the Pentagon in 2009, Kirchhoff has become one of the administration's leading technology strategists and will continue his work as one of the new leaders of DIU-X. As an advisor to former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marty Dempsey he helped bring iPhones, iPads, and secure mobile devices to the Joint Staff. At the White House, Kirchhoff authored the Podesta Big Data report and led the NSC's review of emerging technology with
 U.S. CTO Megan Smith. He plans to drive cross-country with his partner Karthik and the couple's golden retriever, Ruku, who in the tradition of Leon Panetta's Bravo will become the office dog at the office."

SPORTS BLINK - "Scherzer has 20 Ks, ties MLB record as Nats top Tigers 3-2," by AP's Ian Quillen: "Max Scherzer has thrown two no-hitters, come within one strike of a perfect game and met just about every expectation that accompanied the $210 million contract he signed with Washington. ... Scherzer struck out 20 batters to match the major league record for a nine-inning game in the Nationals' 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7d321eb7f56ebad57f9e75e5e20e14ec21ed9aff9c0d72e5de261b1ebc16bf1f

BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Lauren Hernandez, a counsel with Sen. Durbin's judiciary committee staff ... Brandon Lorenz, comms. campaign director at the Human Rights Campaign

BIRTHDAYS: Paul Begala (h/t Jon Haber) ... Matthew Hiltzik, adviser to the stars and the pride of Teaneck, NJ ... Penny Lee ... Yahoo News' Michael Isikoff is 64 ... Allison Turner, comms. assistant for Human Rights Campaign (h/t Olivia Dalton) ... Charlie Dixon, EVP of FOX Sports National Networks, taking a break from his weekly JFK-LAX redeye to celebrate with Sean, Veronica and Jess prior to upfronts chaos (h/t Colin Campbell) ... Jonathan E. Kaplan, comms. officer for the Open Society Foundations and a Clinton State alum ... Amanda Miller, global head of corporate media relations at PayPal ... Politico Europe's Kim Dixon, a Reuters alum ... McClatchy's James Rosen ... Stephanie Z.
 Smith, senior proucer at ABC News ...

... Hardy Spire, executive director and bridge chief at Golin and a CNN and CBS alum ... Leah Chandler, director of outreach and external affairs at Third Way, celebrating with her kitten, Lorenzo Cain ... Riley Brands, press secretary for Rep. Henry Cuellar (h/t Jody Serrano, filing from Madrid) ... Allie Kimmel, education policy advisor for U.S. Senate HELP committee and a Jared Polis alum ... Lawrence Grayson, corporate comms SVP at Bank of America ... Leigh Szubrowski, deputy assistant secretary for intergovernmental affairs at HUD ... Charity Wallace, VP of Global Women's Initiatives and senior advisor to Laura Bush at George W. Bush Presidential Center ... Michael O'Neill, an Issa
 alum ... Victoria Lion Monroe, founder of VLM Consulting and a National Journal and GMMB alum ... Patrick King, Ohio public finance guru and SVP at Stifel Nicolaus ...

... Lyle Canceko ... former Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman ... Mike Harris, senior editor at Sports Illustrated ... Casey Owens, senior brand manager of Espresso and health and wellness at Starbucks and a Treasury alum ... Rachel McGreevy ... Mike Flaherty ... Alicia Kolar Prevost ... Eli Vilmain ... Sue Filo ... Joyce Deep (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) ... Molly Walsh ... NPR's Miranda Kennedy ... Robert Crawford ... Carmen Leon ... Amy Statkevicus ... critic John Simon is 91 ... composer Burt Bacharach is 88 ... TV personality/chef Carla Hall is 52 ... actor Stephen Baldwin is 50 ... actress-singer Clare Bowen is 32 ... actor Sullivan Sweeten is 21 (h/ts AP)

** A message from the Alzheimer's Association: Costing taxpayers $18.3 million every HOUR, Alzheimer's is the most expensive disease in the country. More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's and more than 15 million unpaid caregivers are providing care for a loved one. Alzheimer's is a national issue, and now it's time we make it a national priority. Alzheimer's yearly cost of $236 billion will quadruple to more than $1 trillion over the next generation - an epidemic we cannot afford and shouldn't accept. While it is the only leading cause of death that can't be prevented, cured or even slowed, research and medical advancement can change that. That's why the Alzheimer's
 Association is fighting to eliminate the disease through the advancement of research and providing care and support for all affected. Learn more at www.alz.org/advocacy. **

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