Subject: POLITICO Playbook, presented by JPMorgan Chase & Co.: MOTHER’S DAY EDITION – PALIN: Ryan may be ‘Cantored’ – TRUMP WINNING backstage -- MAUREEN on Ryan-Trump summit: ‘Thanks for not calling me Lyin’ Ryan’ – TROUBLE for Trump? Arizona, Georgia, Missouri
From: Mike Allen <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 8 May 2016 07:20:17 -0600

05/08/2016 09:17 AM EDT

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

Good Sunday morning, and happy Mother's Day! Thank you to the priceless Moms in our life.

TRUMP to George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week," re GOP: "Does it have to be unified? I'm very different than everybody else, perhaps, that's ever run for office. I actually don't think so ... I think it would be better if it were unified ... there would be something good about it. But I don't think it actually has to be unified in the traditional sense." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361487df6712ef9a1a0c44dc11d24d5f41f42cd764634ea79f5

TRUMP to Chuck Todd on "Meet the Press," re Romney: "I believe I won him, or helped him win, five states that he was going to lose in the primaries....He was ungrateful." ... On his tax plan: "Under my proposal, it's the biggest tax cut by far, of any candidate by far. But I'm not under the illusion that that's going to pass." ... On releasing his tax returns: "Remember this, I've already given my financials. And my financials show I'm worth more than $10 billion, by any stretch of the imagination. ... You don't learn much from tax returns."

SUNDAY BEST - SARAH PALIN interviewed by Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union": "I think Paul Ryan is soon to be Cantored. As in Eric Cantor. His political career is over but for a miracle, because he has so disrespected the will of the people. As the leader of the GOP at the convention, certainly he is to remain neutral and for him to already come out and say who he will not support [yet] was not a wise decision of his." ...

TAPPER: "Paul Ryan is facing a challenge in the republican primary in Wisconsin. The primary is coming up August 9th. The candidate ... is Paul Nehlen. Are you planning on supporting his challenger?" PALIN: "I will do whatever I can for Paul Nehlen. This man is a hardworking guy, so in touch with the people." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361ba65c47282a4908994f8ee30d4da8f2b837596c4813ebd7a 

HILLARY interviewed Friday by John Dickerson in Oakland on CBS' "Face the Nation," re Trump: "Maybe he just doesn't understand that running our government is not the same as making real estate deals. ... I'm not going to run an ugly race. I am going to run a race based on issues. ... I don't really feel like I'm running against Donald Trump. I feel like I'm running for my vision of what our country can be." ... 

DICKERSON: "David Ignatius has a piece in The Washington Post ... where he suggests that Donald Trump is pulling away from U.S. commitments abroad. Is part of this campaign going to be you making the case for why the United States has to have a very active role overseas?" HILLARY: ... "I don't see Donald Trump having any kind of coherent foreign policy or theory of national security." Ignatius http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=07097750011403612dbd25cc6ecbfc43e93d2ca6ce9f2863ec487a466c888cc2 

--CLINTON, re FBI: "No one has reached out to me yet. But last summer ... I made it clear I'm more than ready to talk to anybody, anytime." Transcript http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361c14fe622ac33be590ea05530cea755e96500f752dc502318 

TOP TWEET -- @blakehounshell: "Remarkable speech on race in America by Obama [at Howard Commencement yesterday]. Worth reading." Transcript http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361b8b30604884fe54353c93ff71074500f61db34fb8482ec91

ARTICLE OF THE DAY - "Trump consolidates control of state parties: After months of being routed by Ted Cruz, Trump is finally winning the backstage delegate game," by Kyle Cheney: "Trump vanquished his rivals at the ballot box and, for the first time, he pulled off the same feat in this weekend's delegate elections, punching tickets for dozens of allies from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Minnesota. ... Trump's campaign also showcased a tighter relationship with party insiders, coordinated with state-party leaders to make sure pro-Trump paraphernalia littered the conventions halls, and banners reading 'Defeat Hillary! Vote Trump!' lined the rooms." 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=070977500114036128688795f4c1625fb703ba3da3deae5cf1abaec7a08020f8

--@seanspicer: "Why did the @GOP do so well in 2014? RNC chair @Reince asked @newtgingrich to study: his findings are here." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=070977500114036103c97fe1b84fffab7b074f999ca9766a7271983dffb8dfb0 ... 22-page PDF http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361b04f4c9ba4c02a232d4f345ef68147284c351ef55bdfed55 

THE NARRATIVE - "A billionaire and millionaire in the year of populism," by AP's Bill Barrow in St. Clairsville, Ohio, and Catherine Lucey in Iowa: "Trump ... is worth about $4.5 billion according to Forbes, though he claims more. Forbes estimates Clinton to be worth about $45 million ... But the candidate who connects with the widest swath of 'average Americans' (median household income of about $54,000) will find the clearest path to the Oval Office." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361e63f5c92c0da33148f0fab6a112eaacd4795e41e710b3f5d

THE MAP -- L.A. Times 2-col. lead, "Can Trump turn any blue states red? To win in November, the Republican would have to redraw the electoral map," by Mark Z. Barabak in S.F. and David Lauter: "Trump says he can generate a significantly higher turnout of white blue-collar voters, boosting him in Democratic-leaning industrial states, but 'two can play that game,' said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster who worked for Rubio ... 'Given his incredibly derisive comments about Mexicans and other immigrants, it's reasonable to think that there would be an enormous turnout of Hispanics to stop Donald Trump,' Ayres said. If so, Nevada and Colorado - which were expected to be major battlegrounds -
 could move beyond Trump's reach. 

"So would Florida ... The 50-50 electorate [in 2000] reflected 'a Florida that's gone now,' said David Johnson, the former executive director of the state GOP. The percentage of whites in the state has declined steadily and huge immigration from economically strapped Puerto Rico has changed Florida's Latino population, once primarily Cuban, to a more Democratic-leaning electorate. In 2012, Johnson noted, ... Romney carried about 40% of the state's Latino voters and still lost to President Obama by a percentage point.

"The most likely route to a Trump victory runs through the nation's historical industrial belt, from Pennsylvania on to Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin. He would probably need to win each of those states to prevail; all start in the Democratic column, save Ohio, ... perennial battleground. By emphasizing trade issues in a region that has suffered a steep decline in manufacturing jobs, Trump hopes to spur an enormous turnout of white working-class voters, attracting many who might have sat out previous elections, or voted Democratic. ...

"Trump may have to fight just to hang on in states that Republicans usually take for granted. Arizona and Georgia both have large and growing minority populations that could make them competitive ... Missouri, with one foot in the South and the other in the Midwest, is another state that Obama lost twice that Clinton might be able to put into play." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=070977500114036193475cb095161663165f0ba57b1466fe4325f52b4f31db73 

--L.A. Times A1, tease: "Vicente Fox backs Hillary Clinton -- Long sympathetic to GOP, former Mexican president sees alarming xenophobia in Trump." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361724fc6dfd1cf61b6198b4fe5a7e28981154f6aced3347635 

MOTHER'S DAY READ ... NOAH SHACTMAN, Daily Beast executive editor, "The Surreal Story of a Purple-Faced Lady and My Mom's Stolen Jewels: When my mother's rings vanished, the obvious suspect seemed too odd to be a crook." With a great last graf http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=07097750011403617fd6089e1008bc1f284aa54e5cf73dd2a82d29ee4101920d

-- A two minute C-SPAN clip from Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WVa.) on the Senate floor May 7, 1998 talking about the importance of mothers. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361b420ce730bdd516aa6aab97ad2e033e5a59a977a2575d897 

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LATE NIGHT BEST - "Dana Carvey's Church Lady Returns To Interview Trump and Cruz on SNL": "Church Lady": "Does Donny ever take a gander at the Holy Scripture?"

"Trump" played by Darrell Hammond: "Honestly I love all the books in the Bible, I do. They're all terrific. Corinthians, Part Deux. ... Two Genesis, Two Furious, which says and I quote, 'Love thy neighbor as thyself and like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.' 'And always keep the Sabbath yuge.' That's Moses. And the part when Jon Snow [from 'Game of Thrones'] comes back to life. That's great Bible." 7-min. video http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=070977500114036187341906de0dfed9a51e31f5562fb9a997ce293c822edea3 

MAUREEN DOWD on fire today -- channels next Thursday's Ryan-Trump summit -- "Who's King of the Hill, Donald Trump or Paul Ryan?": "RYAN and Donald Trump sit down ... to hash out a couple little things, like who is running the party and who is the actual Republican. 'Welcome to Washington, Donald,' Ryan says, shaking hands with the presumptuous nominee. 'Reince says you're far more gracious in private than in public [Playbook Breakfast!] and I sure hope that's true. ... [T]hanks for not calling me Lyin' Ryan.' 

"'I never use the same adjective twice,' Trump replies coolly. ... 'Pious Paul? Pompous Paul? Phony Paul? Back-Stabbing, Blindsiding Paul who hung me out to dry to protect his own presidential ambitions for 2020?'

"Ryan blanches, protesting: 'No, no, I just want us to come together with a positive vision.' 'I am positive,' Trump says, manspreading as party aides cower in the corners. ... Ryan puts on his best altar-boy demeanor, which annoys Trump. ... 'You just make our problem with Hispanics worse when you tweet a picture of yourself eating a taco bowl on Cinco de Mayo.' 'No way, Jos&eacute;,' Trump says. 'That got 80,000 retweets and 100,000 likes. Muy bueno. I have eight million Twitter followers. You have, like, one million and need two accounts to get there.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=07097750011403619c37b3bdc8f8304406dc849f621cadda0e2084d401480c64

MOOD MUSIC - Trump statement Friday: "I told Reince that I thought it was totally inappropriate what Paul Ryan said and thought it was good for me politically ... But Reince feels, and I'm okay with that, that we should meet before we go our separate ways. So I guess the meeting will take place and who knows what will happen." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=070977500114036145606eae14fafbd034e1eca69bb5316d3e150f2a57917134 

RYAN'S DILEMMA -- WashPost 1-col. lead, "Right faces a 'crisis' in GOP: CONSERVATIVE CORE RESISTS TRUMP - Stalwarts look to defend values beyond election," by Bob Costa and Phil Rucker: "The moment potentially marks the closure of a historic half-century in Republican politics in which conservatives have accrued dominant influence - on Capitol Hill, in gubernatorial mansions, at think tanks, on talk radio and in the grass roots. ... Yet, by taking a stand they see as a stroke of moral clarity, conservative leaders are at risk of separating their coalition from a Republican Party in which voters coast to coast have effectively shifted the center of gravity by choosing Trump ... 

"Trump and Ryan are miles apart. Ryan is the architect of sweeping proposed changes to Medicare and Social Security; Trump has pledged not to touch either. Ryan supports a muscular foreign policy; Trump is proudly non-interventionist. Ryan champions free trade; Trump is an avowed opponent. Ryan defends religious freedom; Trump wants to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the country. Ryan advocates bipartisan immigration reform and opposes mass deportation; Trump wants to build a wall at the Mexican border and deport the roughly 11 million immigrants who are living in the United States illegally. 

"Ryan and his conservative allies in elected offices nationwide still have a firm grip on the party's governing playbook and institutions. But Trump has forced a heated debate over Republican identity and whether it is synonymous with conservatism - a threat to the authority of movement conservatives." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361ff6495cf47b99a361900aca93db21ee16f36bf4b2f44abf3

--N.Y. Times 1-col. lead, "G.O.P. UNRAVELS AS PARTY FACES TRUMP TAKEOVER: ESTABLISHMENT SHAKEN -- Grass-Roots Movement Builds on Years of Fraying Ties," by Pat Healy and Jonathan Martin, with Nick Corasaniti: "'Trump leveraged a perfect storm,' said Steve Case, the founder of AOL, in an email message. 'A combo of social media (big following), brand (celebrity figure), creativity (pithy tweets), speed/timeliness (dominating news cycles).' ... 

"For 12 consecutive years, polls have indicated that Americans believe the country is on the wrong track, and Republicans have been especially vulnerable to a political campaign like Mr. Trump's that seeks to channel voter anger." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=070977500114036159567b53228c3e4d0921cb797e375f4770236ca97609f080

SPOTTED: At Peking Gourmet Inn in Falls Church yesterday singing "Happy Co-Birthday" to Justice Elena Kagan and the Post's Ruth Marcus: CIA Deputy Director David Cohen, former FTC Chair Jon Leibowitz, and Tracy's Kids founder Matt Gerson ... WaPo editor Marty Baron strolling by Le Diplomate Saturday afternoon ... Bob Schieffer in first class on an American fight from Dallas to DCA yesterday wearing a nice red V-neck sweater, reading papers and a book.

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WHITE HOUSE DEPARTURE LOUNGE - Michael Ortiz, senior adviser to the National Security Advisor, emails friends and colleagues: "This was my last week at the White House. I joined the Obama Senate office in 2007 and could never have imagined the incredible experience I would have over the next 9 years. It has been the honor of a lifetime to work for President Obama ... I will be moving to the Department of State to serve as Deputy Coordinator for Countering Violent Extremism in the Bureau of Counterterrorism."

CLICKER - "New Photos Show Bush's Response To 9/11 Attacks," by PBS's Jason M. Breslow and Colette Neirouz Hana: "[A] new collection of never-before-seen photographs from that day ... were released Friday in response to a FOIA request by Colette Neirouz Hanna, coordinating producer for the Kirk Documentary Group, which ... [is producing the] forthcoming investigation The Secret History of ISIS." 12 pics by Eric Draper on one page http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=07097750011403614d7787cc295f1d2c9c64704c27d98ac069edf158bf798770 

TV TONIGHT - "On Assignment," a special six-episode series from "Dateline NBC," premieres at 7 p.m.; the first episode is Cynthia McFadden's interview with Marcel Lehel Lazar, the hacker known as "Guccifer." 1-min. video preview http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361f923ae74c7c3e78cebf50e6c5a31af176138b245a15365b2 ... Release http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361337aa56e723eafba4570133de7f7cbc72652906b27dd6dd8 

CLICKER - "This is an incredible visualization of the world's shipping routes" - Vox http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361f39ba01dbe8efa6b423062f14d397502aa8cfc0e3aa3726a

GUNS ON TV - "Gun violence gets more nuanced, probing coverage," by AP Television Writer Lynn Elber: "[T]he headline-driven nature of the coverage is starting to shift, with documentary filmmakers, TV networks and others attempting to reach beyond the heat and anger of the moment in search of more nuanced - and sometimes more pointed - scrutiny of a crucial American issue. With 'Armed in America,' PBS is giving over much of its prime-time schedule Monday and Tuesday to a pair of documentaries and town-hall discussions. 

"Epix's 'Under the Gun,' debuting [next Sunday] from executive producer Katie Couric and director Stephanie Soechtig, examines why those on opposite sides of stricter gun laws can't find common ground. These follow a number of other in-depth projects, including a CNN town hall debate in January in which President Barack Obama discussed his gun control measures and proposals, and HBO's 2015 'Requiem for the Dead: American Spring 2014,' which told the stories of some shooting victims from that period." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=07097750011403614b37bf1d3d0490eafaa7e39022f63f97ecd5e0ee35488062 ... Previews -- "Armed in America"  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=07097750011403613cc4566df08313cc3edb653fe3cfff18f2c9be54da5f50ae ... "Under the Gun" 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361691a16f6f542a1a14babba41cfe7b7861966d3643b3c8bd3 

HOW WE LIVE: 'a stunning reversal of our perceptions of our region several decades ago' - WashPost Business cover, part of "The Divided American Dream" series about home ownership since the crash - "Far from the city, far from recovery: Loudoun County's distant suburbs were the D.C. area's hottest market - until nightmare commutes and a revitalized District flipped a housing switch," by Jonathan O'Connell and Kathy Orton: "From 2004 through the ... Great Recession, the values of single-family homes inside the Capital Beltway dramatically outperformed those outside it ... [W]hite-collar workers and empty-nesters are flocking to walkable and transit-accessible neighborhoods, driving up those
 home values. 

"Investing in the outer suburbs - with their abundance of spacious homes, good schools and shopping malls - was a rational bet at a time. ... The turnaround began in the District after the Metro transit system expanded and Abe Pollin built MCI Center (now Verizon Center) in Penn Quarter downtown. Mixed-use centers boomed at other Metro stations: A Target-anchored mall came to Columbia Heights, and the promise of a streetcar line drew shops and restaurants to H Street NE. Apartment and office buildings followed. ...

"In the District and its close-in environs, home values soared, with the 20002 Zip code in Northeast Washington rising 91 percent. ... The shift toward inner Washington neighborhoods mirrors those in Boston, Seattle, New York and elsewhere, which also have prospered since the recession. ... 'People pay a lot of attention these days to what their commute is going to be, where their job is located and how they are going to get to work,' said Sharon Bulova, Fairfax County Board chair since 2009." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361181874f7836cf695017d30760dfa689cf9aa2db193543651

BONUS GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman:

--"'You Want a Description of Hell?' Oxycontin's 12-Hour Problem," by LATimes' Harriet Ryan, Lisa Girion and Scott Glover: "OxyContin [launched] two decades ago with a bold marketing claim: One dose relieves pain for 12 hours ... But OxyContin's stunning success masked a fundamental problem: The drug wears off hours early in many people ... The problem offers new insight into why so many people have become addicted to OxyContin." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361bdfd594a928ce7b39c4402029a7f40f321c6296d922209f7 (h/t Longform.org)

--"The Nazi Underground," by Jake Halpern in The New Yorker: "Is treasure buried beneath the mountains of Poland?" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361a9e04e687eee7f1a1769118cc38b1f3a9332faafbcef9ce8 

--"The Cure for Fear," by Ben Crair in The New Republic: "Scientists have discovered a radical new way to treat our most traumatic memories." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=070977500114036192bd4e3199345f55f19b399ac580bfc4e43875ec7d3fe5ec 

--"Refuge: One Syrian family's long odyssey to Georgia," by Matthew Shaer in Atlanta Magazine: "Of the 4.5 million Syrians who have fled their nation's bloody civil war, fewer than 3,000 have made it to America. This is one family's story." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=07097750011403616d1bfca104e5638cec741df08b0a08efa9b8ff5c0b6ad785 

--"Should Prostitution Be a Crime?" by Emily Bazelon on the cover of today's N.Y. Times Magazine: "A growing movement of sex workers and activists is making the decriminalization of sex work a feminist issue." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=07097750011403613e809aa59babbea3a04be34a25395e3c10dd8960f4568eaa ... The cover http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361d998a90061057f23ef45904f8ae2e6808a07dafcf7a33554 

--"Why George Washington Would Have Agreed With Donald Trump," by Michael Hirsh in Politico Magazine: "Watch Out, Hillary: The Founding Fathers would have loved 'America First,' and they might have been right." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=070977500114036120b4dab95aefdefc5d0f9e9119280e692afc435d35c98c77 

--"It's Been a Year Since DC's Mansion Murders. Why Hasn't Anyone Else Been Arrested?" by Washingtonian's Harry Jaffe: "So many questions remain open ... And yet-at least beyond the friends, neighbors, and children in Massachusetts Avenue Heights-the mystery behind what many seasoned cops consider the most gruesome crime against a family in DC history is little discussed." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=07097750011403612b8b86f713ae01c10c398ecaec46be62360511a06e3e3314 

OUT AND ABOUT - Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright hosted a garden party to celebrate the engagement of Alexis Keslinke, her director of communications at Albright Stonebridge Group, and Tobin Krieg-Huntley of Dexis Consulting Group. Shiner Bock and Long Trail beers were served as a nod to home states of Texas and Vermont. Guests munched on tuna Ni&ccedil;oise sliders, bite-sized bacon and blue cheese sandwiches, tiny fish tacos, and heart-shaped chocolate-covered brownies.

SPOTTED: Elaine Shocas, Jim O'Brien, Melissa Giaimo, Ben Chang, Maks Czuperski, Liza Romanow, Jacob Freedman, Morgan Warners, Amy Celico, Jeff Solnet and Emily Schlicting, Maks Czuperski, Melissa Giamo, Jacob Freedman and other ASG'ers, family from Texas and Vermont, and a bevy of friends from AU, where they met. Pics http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=07097750011403617b559eda0e191a0e6ab24919acca76038a7a7a4b8d37d4b4 ... http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361a26a52312232309d0d1af631e28bb2a05d8be13874896ac1 

--Friends and colleagues of Sunday Times foreign correspondent Christina Lamb OBE gathered on the rooftop of New York Times editorial board writer Elizabeth Williamson's home to toast the U.S. release of Christina's seventh book, "Farewell Kabul: From Afghanistan to a More Dangerous World." In 2013 she co-authored the autobiography of Malala Yousafzai, "I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up For Education and Was Shot By The Taliban." Based in London, Christina is a global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. $14.05 on Amazon http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361bb4aa9f71bb98a42de4b2ceb91970f0c539d8116410efdbf 

--SPOTTED: Lynne Weil, Julia Nesheiwat, Ben Chang, Jennifer Griffin and Greg Myre, Caryle Murphy, Denise Couture, Edward Stringer CBE, Tom and Gretchen Toles, Marcus Brauchli and Maggie Farley, Kim Barker, Gabrielle Dockery, Peter Finn and Nora Fitzgerald, Eve Conant, Kristin Romey, Julia Nesheiwat, Mary Beth Sheridan, Deb Horan, Ian Shapira and Caroline Turner, Nicole Gaouette, Juliet Eilperin, Toby Harnden, Katy Stech, Jeff Smith, Jennifer Ludden.

WEEKEND WEDDING -- Nick Schaper and Mary Leschper got hitched on a beautiful rainy Friday night at the Stable at Bluemont Vineyards in Loudoun County, Va. Schaper, president at digital agency Engage and a Chamber and Boehner alum, and Leschper, API digital media manager and a Murkowski alum, met through work and have been together since a Memorial Day first-date brunch at Pearl Dive on 14th Street. Family and friends from Texas, Alaska, Florida, and D.C. celebrated #LeSchaper2016 with local wine and sprits, swapped fishing stories and embarrassing anecdotes, and danced awkwardly into the night. Pics http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=07097750011403618450a7e9c4f6cc275249a84a05bd9933c816e85eda151946 ... 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=07097750011403612dc415785385749f6294d697ccc8716a5136b3ad99e73ea2 ... http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0709775001140361f8ee11333e785c767f0a8345639fbf7b29d6580d85093d36 

WELCOME TO THE WORLD - GMMB's Anson Kaye (a birthday boy today) and Melanie Fonder Kaye, CEO and founder of MFK Strategies and a Jill Biden and GMMB alum, email friends with the subject line "Like the stoic star of a 1950's Western...": "After more than a day of moving at his own unhurried pace, Cooper William Kaye finally ambled into town [Friday] night at 9:48 pm. So far he's been 9 pounds, 12.2 ounces of chunk and 21.5 inches of chill (though the big sisters arrive shortly so we'll see if that sticks...) Mom, of course, is terrific." Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=070977500114036146e4e05341041de78d187d2e6d5574e447138b32e8aa98e9

BIRTHDAYS: Amy Little Thomas (peep tips: Autumn, Brian) ... NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio is 55 ... Anson Kaye, partner at GMMB ... Dave Catanese, senior politics writer at U.S. News and a "Kanye West fanboi/apologist," per his Twitter ... Politico Magazine's Manuela Tobias is 21 ... Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) and John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) ... Adam Hitchcock, managing partner at Guggenheim Partners and an Obama alum ... Meredy Talbot-Zorn, associate director of policy and advocacy at Save the Children USA ... Kim Greenhouse ... Stephen Peters, national press secretary at Human Rights Campaign ... Chris Megerian, covering 2016 for the L.A. Times ...

... Melissa Moss of Moss Advisors ... Josh Lockman (h/ts Jon Haber) ... Alix Haber (h/t Bonnie, Jon, Erin and Jay) ... NBC News' Clare Hiler (h/t Maggie Steenland) ... CAPer and Hokie Miranda Peterson (h/t DJW) ... Joan Doty ... John Martin, senior health policy advisor for Ark. Gov. Asa Hutchinson and a Tom Cotton alum ... Seth Freeland ... Mike Neal ... Kelley Greenman, OFA alum currently pursuing both a Harvard Biz School and Kennedy School degree ... Eileen Davis, co-founder of women-matter.org ... Daniel Ki, deputy organizing director at the N.H. Democratic Party and alum of OPE, IGA and Harvard Dems ... John Lott, Jr., co-author with Grover Norquist of "Debacle" ... Claire Guthrie
 Gastanaga, executive director of ACLU of Virginia ... Molly Howard, sister of Ben (Kevin McCarthy's Floor Director), aunt of John, and daughter of Jack (SVP of congressional and public affairs at the Chamber) ... Seth Freeland ...

... former Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D-Ariz.) ... Adam Feiler ... Geoffrey Cowan, author of "Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary," president of The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands (aka Camp David of the West), and former director of VOA, is 74 ... Sian Wetherill ... Cathy Duvall ... Shane Grady ... Valerie Bhappu ... Jim Cope ... Heather Handyside ... Stephanie Sanchez (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) ... 

... Adam Feiler ... David Lam (h/t all Redeemerites) ... John Stirrup ... Tom McCuin ... Lisa Katz Pagel ... comedian Don Rickles is 90 ... naturalist Sir David Attenborough is 90 ... singer Toni Tennille is 76 ... actor James Mitchum is 75 ... Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind and Fire) is 65 ... Chris Frantz (Talking Heads) is 65 ... Alex Van Halen is 63 ... actress Melissa Gilbert is 52 ... singer Enrique Iglesias is 41 ... actress Nora Anezeder ("Zoo") is 27 (h/ts AP)

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