Subject: POLITICO Playbook, presented by the Alzheimer’s Association: THE 1 OFFICIAL who most closely fits Trump’s description of ideal V.P. – TRUMP, HILLARY tied in Fla., Penn.! -- B’DAYS: Andy Card, Gabe Debenedetti, Craig Gordon, Stan Greenberg, Mel Sembler
From: Mike Allen <[email-masked]>
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Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 06:50:04 -0600

05/10/2016 08:47 AM EDT

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

BULLETIN -- AP: White House announces "Obama to travel to Hiroshima ... during [May 21-28 Vietnam and] Japan trip in first visit by sitting U.S. president. ... Japanese prime minister says ... Obama will ... pay respect to atomic bombing victims."

Good Tuesday morning. It's 69 days to Cleveland, 76 days to Philly, 182 days to election.

BEHIND THE CURTAIN: Republican insiders are buzzing about Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chair of Senate Foreign Relations, as an attractive, plausible vice-presidential pick for Trump. Corker - age 63, to Trump's 69 - surprised many in Washington by lavishing on-camera praise on Trump's foreign-policy speech two weeks ago. Last week, Corker told USA Today's Mary Troyan, who covers Tennessee for Gannett, that he "offered to help Donald Trump develop a foreign policy platform, making him one of the few senators to publicly embrace Trump ... Trump called him last week and he and Trump's campaign staff have talked since then."

Corker, among the wealthiest members of Congress, spent most of his life in business, and his bio says he brings a "results-driven businessman's perspective." A Republican who knows Corker well said: "He's an independent guy - kind of a tough guy - who's not afraid to swim upstream. He's frustrated by being in the Senate and not getting anything done. I think he'd really lean into this. He's not afraid to buck the old guard.And he's no dummy: He jumped out on the Trump thing early."

Another Great Mentioner told us: "Corker is not well-liked by his colleagues in the Senate. A big reason is he likes to get stuff done with Democrats. Trump might find that attractive."

Trump, who has said he plans to pick an experienced politician who knows the Hill and can help him get things done, dropped a potentially significant clue in his March 31 interview with the WashPost's Bob Woodward and Bob Costa: "somebody that can walk into the Senate and who's been friendly with these guys for 25 years, and people for 25 years."

Who's a current officeholder, who has served in both House and Senate, and first came to the Hill 35 years ago? JMart and Charlie, you can't answer - give someone else a chance.

Wow, you're good: YES! Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.), age 72, an Army veteran who served in the House for eight years and the Senate for 10, then was George W. Bush's ambassador to Germany (arriving just before 9/11). Coats promoted faith-based initiatives on the outside, then in 2011 returned to the Senate, where he's on Finance and Intelligence. Of course, Trump has a special place in his heart for the Hoosier state. And a longtime friend said of Coats: "He's beloved. The man has no enemies. Everyone loves him. He's a governing choice. Clean as a whistle."

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), 55, who gets mentioned around town as a V.P., said in March that he'd support the nominee. Thune reiterated that support last week in an interview with KSFY, the ABC station in Sioux Falls, but said he hopes Trump will mature as a candidate: "I think there are a lot of things, in terms of what he's said and how he's said them, that he's going to have to demonstrate that he can improve upon and that he can be a candidate that actually is true to Republican principles. ... I'm hopeful, over time -- and we'll see in the weeks and months ahead -- that Donald Trump can become that kind of person."

One that seems more likely: Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (Hoosier theme), who's a favorite of the Kochs and served 12 years in the U.S. House, with a stint as chair of the House Republican Conference. Pence, 56, who says he "achieved the largest state tax cut in Indiana history," voted for Cruz but then endorsed Trump, which makes him a great bridge. "It would symbolically make a statement to the reform segment of the party," a top GOPer said. A little bird tells us that Pence, who's running for reelection, has received vetting overtures from Trump Tower.

BREAKING -- "Dead heat: Trump, Clinton tied in 3 swing-state polls," by Nick Gass: "Trump and Hillary Clinton are effectively tied in ... Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, according to ... Quinnipiac ... In Florida, Clinton leads Trump, 43 percent to 42 percent ... While Clinton holds a 13-point advantage among Florida women - 48 percent to 35 percent - Trump's lead among men is equally large, at 49 percent to 36 percent. ...

"In Ohio, registered voters preferred Trump to Clinton, 43 percent to 39 percent [margin: 3] ... While 49 percent to 32 percent of white voters go for [Trump], a whopping 76 percent to 14 percent of nonwhite voters said [Clinton] ... In Pennsylvania, Clinton leads 43 percent to 42 percent." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d167374768ceb3eea8b445175ab15358c0228fa5f927253c2eb0 ... Full results http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d167bd8f27cb11fac0e342938362e8bac4e53e641957e9c6d5d5

TOP TWEETS -- @adamnagourney: "Never been to political rally where I smelled pot in the air right before candidate took stage. I mean seriously never. Sanders/California" ... CNN's @Phil_Mattingly: "Trump on his debt proposal: 'First of all, you never have to default because you print the money."

SCOOP DU JOUR -- "Trump hammering out party fundraising agreement," by Ken Vogel, Eli Stokols and Alex Isenstadt: "Trump's campaign is hashing out the details of an agreement with Republican Party leaders that could allow the presumptive GOP presidential nominee to raise six-figure checks for his presidential campaign ... The fundraising agreement was among the subjects discussed at a Monday meeting at the [RNC's] Washington offices between top RNC officials, including chairman Reince Priebus, and senior Trump aides, including campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, senior adviser Paul Manafort and political director Rick Wiley." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d16780709344ee1939f8ce1d56e6184d8352f8e744445a3332cb

--"Ryan says he would step down as convention chair if Trump asks," by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Mary Spicuzza and Craig Gilbert: "'He's the nominee. I'll do whatever he wants with respect to the convention,' Ryan said when asked about that scenario in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. ... 'I just want to get to know the guy ... we just don't know each other.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d1678c5fed02b77730d88b21c3d26da4781cc7a97a9293083725

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TRUMP RELEASE: "Chris Christie ... will serve as Transition Team Chairman. ... Mr. Trump stated, "Governor Christie is an extremely knowledgeable and loyal person with the tools and resources to put together an unparalleled Transition Team, one that will be prepared to take over the White House when we win in November.' ... Mr. Trump has begun shifting towards a general election strategy and implementing an infrastructure capable of securing a victory including making key hires, building a finance operation to benefit the Republican Party and unifying the party."

--PLAYBOOK BACKSTORY: "This specific task continues to cement the role the gov is playing as the serious person around Trump who is trying to provide some discipline, in addition to acting as a conduit between the establishment and Trump. It's about the gov focusing on the substance behind the scenes."

MEDIAWATCH -- "Journalists Dispute Claim They Helped Sell White House Iran Deal," by HuffPost's Michael Calderone: "Two prominent foreign policy journalists are pushing back at The New York Times Magazine for what they described as a 'defamatory' characterization in a much-discussed article. The article, a nearly 10,000-word profile of Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes, suggested that the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg and Al Monitor's Laura Rozen 'helped retail' the Obama administration's argument for a nuclear deal with Iran. Both Goldberg and Rozen described the description as false." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d167f0ef5bd5ef4b5eb7a41988c1ba942321d7fea352b2fd5ffe

--JEFFREY GOLDBERG on TheAtlantic.com, "Ben Rhodes and the 'Retailing' of the Iran Deal": "I did not find this mention of my name amusing at all, because Samuels is making a serious, unsourced, and unsubstantiated allegation against me in an otherwise highly credible publication (one for which I happened to work, in fact). And he did so without disclosing that he holds a longtime personal grudge against me." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d1673b2a710b5af039495ae361a6f69e088b6db2c668176dfa20

--JOSH ROGIN in Bloomberg View, "When a Washington 'Cave Dweller' Steps Into the Light": "Most real power ... [lies with] the 'cave dwellers' of Washington. Occasionally, one of the cave dwellers surfaces and is subjected to public scrutiny. The results are rarely pretty. For one thing, the very important people for whom the cave dwellers work bristle at their lowly staff soaking up some of the spotlight. Other cave dwellers can use the opportunity to settle scores." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d167953243feeb8d63bbb58cadcee87cc64b112b4ed1f7ed29fe

FACEBOOK REPONSE to Gizmodo story claiming conservative bias in "Trending" - Tom Stocky, Facebook's V.P. for search: "My team is responsible for Trending Topics, and I want to address today's reports alleging that Facebook contractors manipulated Trending Topics to suppress stories of interest to conservatives. We take these reports extremely seriously, and have found no evidence that the anonymous allegations are true. ...

"Popular topics are first surfaced by an algorithm, then audited by review team members to confirm that the topics are in fact trending news in the real world and not, for example, similar-sounding topics or misnomers. We are proud that, in 2015, the US election was the most talked-about subject on Facebook, and we want to encourage that robust political discussion from all sides. ... Our guidelines do permit reviewers to take steps to make topics more coherent, such as combining related topics into a single event (such as #starwars and#maythefourthbewithyou)." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d167b6e857c9e234fc5883f65d8439d2adfac23b774770ee041c ... Gizmodo  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d16759851ff5539a51dc93d0c6f1346312f791a679927c3a8e4a

TV TONIGHT: Laura Bush and Jenna Bush Hager are on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."

FIRST LOOK - "Hillary for America ... summary of 'Donald Trump's First Week as a Nominee In 16 Headlines' ... [H]ere's a quick recap, ... without any spin -- just 16 headlines on 16 different topics, all from statements made during the five days since he locked up the GOP nomination." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d1679dc8336d41868328ac6e40f24e7bc10104ba866855a9c88f

JUST POSTED: ABC's Gary Langer "Wrapping up a Wild Ride: A 2016 Exit Poll Review" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d1679853e26a499540c3b3cd5a416070b3cc2ae54bf55fc2c37e

DRIVING THE WEEK - AP Congressional Correspondent Erica Werner: "Voters in West Virginia and Nebraska will vote in primaries [today]. And on Thursday, Trump will meet on Capitol Hill with Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has offered his guarded support, and other GOP leaders in the House and Senate." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d1670eea14d2fcf1552a1cd322ba81ae9dc32598ef4cfb6a3747

PLAYBOOK HIGHLIGHT REEL:

--MARK LEIBOVICH, "Trump Shares His Opponent-Branding Secrets": "Get used to 'Crooked Hillary' ... Soon it will be chanted at Trump's rallies, painted on posters and deployed as a heckling epithet against the probable Democratic nominee. Trump is confident the name will stick, and he's usually right about these things. 'I feel it, it's an instinct,' Trump told me over the phone. ... 'It works, it flows,' Trump said, admiring his latest work. It was nice of Trump to talk to me, given that this is The New York Times, or as he calls us on Twitter, the 'Failing New York Times.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d167c6fe1bb05761c98783a063aa0d56974465c31162cfa8dc4e

--BRET STEPHENS column in WSJ, "Hillary: The Conservative Hope": "Conservatives still play the character card against Hillary Clinton, citing her disdain for other people's rules, her Marie Antoinette airs and her potential law breaking. It's a fair card to play, if only the presumptive Republican nominee weren't himself a serial fabulist, an incorrigible self-mythologizer, a brash vulgarian, and, when it comes to his tax returns, a determined obfuscator. Endorsing Mr. Trump means permanently laying to rest any claim conservatives might ever again make on the character issue." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d167619f939a51877730d797bdf6b6ac6e6f4edf6076887ba93a

--"Trump Gave $150,000 To Charity That CNN Head's Wife Helped Lead," by BuzzFeed's Alex Campbell: "The personal ties between Donald Trump and Jeff Zucker, the chief executive of CNN, extend beyond the reality TV hit they created together into a far more personal realm: the expensive Manhattan private school where they have both sent children, and where Zucker's wife [Caryn] was until recently a member of the board. Trump's foundation has contributed more than $150,000 over the past three years to the Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, a nonprofit school on Manhattan's Upper West Side also known as Columbia Prep." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d1670e3d9bd2894767ebec71f329054d416d7bb299220c860a6d

--JACOB WEISBERG on Slate, "Why Republicans Who Hate Trump Are Afraid to Say So": "At the height of the Watergate scandal, Republicans found themselves facing an unenviable dilemma: whether to break with the lawbreaker Richard Nixon or remain faithful to party and president. Howard Baker ... took the courageous route ... One of Baker's fellow Republicans on the Watergate committee, a handsome World War II hero named Edward Gurney, followed the opposite course. ... When he died, the headline on his obituary read, 'E.J. Gurney, 82, Senator Who Backed Nixon.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d1671f6d7be34634985beb5007d916458bc875df7a1e4a73646f

--"Former 'stop Trump' megadonor switches sides," by Alex Isenstadt: "Once a big donor to the anti-Trump movement, billionaire broadcasting executive Stanley Hubbard is now backing the presumptive GOP nominee. Hubbard, a prolific giver to Republican candidates and causes, will join the advisory committee of Great America PAC, a pro-Trump super PAC." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d16715bfd35aa54313d9ee9c4c4b7285abb0c19b16cbf665c6b6

PRESIDENT TRUMP -- "Fear of Trump as president sends US Irish passport applications soaring," by IrishCentral's James O'Shea: "The number of Americans seeking Irish passports since Donald Trump entered the US presidential race has jumped by 14 percent. ... [A] Morning Consult/Vox poll ... showed that 28 percent of Americans stated they would consider leaving if Trump wins. Google searches for 'How do I move to Canada' and 'How Do I Move to Ireland' have increased dramatically in the past few months." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d167f45c3a81463de90b8d3ea69d7626fd8666c2d711e9ab9aa1

HOT VIDEO - "John Oliver Explains Why There's So Much B.S. Masquerading as Science" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d16766e7a104490c9636f535d0347c91e11e91dd6aec9302f991

POLL DU JOUR -- "In a nationwide poll of 4,500 Americans designed by Harvard University Professor Stephen Ansolabehere and longtime pollster Mark J. Penn in collaboration with colleagues and students at Harvard, results indicate that Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 6 points -- 46% to 40% ... Only 55% of Republican primary voters who did not vote for Trump say they will vote for Trump in November. ...The number one issue for voters is the Economy and Jobs. Among voters who care most about the Economy, Clinton leads 47% to 32%. ... Trump leads among voters concerned about Terrorism by 45% to 35%." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d1677ee8b8b5905e2c830307727ff246af6d0ef063a33883d6a3

FIRST PERSON -- "Jeb Bush as Consumers of News Media Seldom Saw Him," by John Noonan in National Review: "I was the governor's national-security and veterans' adviser. When he launched his campaign, he insisted on offering the best ideas for America's future. ... Back then, we all na&iuml;vely thought that ideas mattered in this screwball election. They don't. ... Come November, the GOP's flirtation with an unserious reality-TV star will likely end. And when it does, the party will need to rebuild itself. Call me na&iuml;ve, but I do think that the ideas that Jeb articulated - those of inclusiveness, opportunity, and hope for a better future -- will take hold." 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d16766b124139d94b6d59c3728edbbeb7322e05f47172602b21a

DAILY DONALD -- "Trump Biographer: Trump Had Me Change Cover Photo Because It Made Him Look Fat," by BuzzFeed's Andrew Kaczynski: Robert "Slater, who wrote No Such Thing as Over-Exposure: Inside the Life and Celebrity of Donald Trump, said in the talk at the Library of Congress that Trump asked him to ... 'take out an anecdote that he had told me on the plane flying to Chicago about how he had informed his second wife that he was going to divorce her by announcing it first to the New York Post. Greatest anecdote anybody has ever told me.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d167ebe3b14d290cdf4f6e8e29d65ffc72b672dc4277d84c343a

--"Jon Stewart goes on rant against 'man-baby' Trump," by Brianna Gurciullo: "The former Daily Show host told David Axelrod at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics that he wasn't even sure the presumptive Republican nominee was eligible for the presidency. 'I'm not a constitutional scholar, so I can't necessarily say, but are you eligible to run if you are a man-baby, or a baby-man?' Stewart said during a taping of Axelrod's 'The Axe Files' podcast. 'He has the physical countenance of a man and a baby's temperament and hands.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d167517d480a9e4d1d43818b888ca3b5f0af47d7a52339cd3e3d ... Video http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d167297f01bf4ac87f4aa47ba4da634f12bfa236485474165f3e

CORRECTION OF THE DAY - N.Y. Times: "Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this article misstated the Snapchat handle that Suhaib Webb [a Muslim leader in Washington] uses. He uses imamsuhaibwebb, not Pimpin4Paradise786." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d16717b01fcf29285987b4ede121c3dfdd225ebf97e304c4c2c5

FUTURE OF MEDIA -- "Coming Soon: Broadcast Search, Drones and Save Beyond 24 Hours" - Periscope via Medium: "To broadcast from a supported DJI drone, just connect your iPhone to your drone's remote. We'll automatically pull in your drone's video feed and let you switch between it, your iPhone cameras and even your GoPro. During your broadcast, you can narrate from a bird's eye view using your phone or even Sketch on the broadcast to highlight different sights ... Anyone with an iPhone and a supported DJI drone will be able to start broadcasting in the coming weeks." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d167cba0ff128a8ba6d4454995a5f82f78daa5c140bbdb412610 ... Video http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d1675758de1de94d27370efe784b8d54605d1f86430505985158

--"Numbers Show Millennials Abandoning Broadcast Networks," by Broadcasting and Cable's John Consoli: "YouTube caused a stir, and some immediate push-back from traditional rivals, by trumpeting new research that shows it reaches more 18-49s on mobile alone than does any broadcast or cable network. ... Millennial viewers have continued abandoning broadcast network primetime programming in droves this season in both live and delayed viewing modes. Some shows have lost as much as 30-40% of their 18-34-year-old audience, according to the ratings figures." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d16706fd775445dfd49fd0750fa63a216c5b6205a1e8639b3bad

TRANSITIONS -- "Margie Omero Joins Penn Schoen Berland to Lead Public Affairs Practice": "Before joining PSB, Omero was Managing Director of Purple Insights, the research division of Purple Strategies." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d167c6aeb42beb9a22a4a2fdd0404c49c894db5073dd4a5a931f

--"Priorities Announces Jeff Johnson to join strategic team" - forthcoming release: "Jeff will focus on African-American media while advising Priorities throughout the campaign. ... Jeff formally served as National Director for the Youth & College Division of the NAACP and held an appointment by Russell Simmons as the Vice President of the Hip Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN)." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d167b3895ed9058d201ff4decb50377224cab0b0c8827ebf8dd4

ENGAGED -- Mary Baskerville, a sponsorship activation manager for The Clinton Global Initiative and an Obama WH alum, to Ted Newman, a claims manager at The Starr Companies in Manhattan. Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d167c381f556a735f8eeb67f80ac977f15d027f3b8089188b632

--Obama campaign alums Max Lesko and Allison Zellman were engaged over the weekend. Max is chief of staff of the Office of Civil Rights at the Dept. of Education and Allison is director of the Office of Public Engagement at the Dept. of Labor. Max and Allison became friends when they worked in Oregon during the 2008 Obama primary (she started in California, he in New Hampshire), and began dating in 2010. On Saturday, Max suggested a walk in Rock Creek Park, where he and Allison have gone on many runs. During the walk he dropped to one knee and proposed, and they were surprised by a few close friends who were waiting around the corner with champagne. Pic 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d167f08f6e959dd626f5e040e4200ae0914504ef0cc8fb16c94c

WEEKEND WEDDINGS -- Tom Newhouse, NRCC digital director and Lauren Zeitler, political fundraising manager at the National Restaurant Association, tied the knot this weekend at the Trump Winery in Charlottesville overlooking the expansive vineyard. The two met in the North End of Boston during the Romney campaign in 2012. Family and friends celebrated with Newhouse/Zeitler campaign buttons and "Making Marriage Great Again" koozies, and custom Snapchat filters. Pics  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d167dfe1574ef3500ccc0898a8c1b8e7204b79a6915c6406fdf4 ... http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d167eb420f240cf44acd45de5ac162008e0ebbc24b5907280554

--Rebecca Kasper, Sen. Jon Tester's long-time fundraiser, wed Social Science Research Analyst Scott Heiserthis weekend at her parent's home in Richmond, Va. The duo -- off to Spain for a two-week honeymoon -- rocked to Mo-town into the wee hours. Guests dined on chicken and waffles and homemade chocolate-covered pretzels (courtesy of the bride's mother). They met at the DSCC. Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d1671d8a77ca36cb44890a36b25344008acfd3ac85e176f590fe

-- Stephanie Fontenot, digital director for Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Norfolk Southern's Drew Marrs tied the knot on Apr. 30 at Berkeley Plantation on the James River -- site of the first Thanksgiving and the same holiday where the couple first met. They met at a friends-giving. Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d1675c3dceebe414cf8e502a9b374475d6fadc807762ca71a75f

WELCOME TO THE WORLD -- Emily and Tucker Martin welcome Katharine Painter Martin, "born at 8:23 p.m. Sunday night (Mother's Day!) after nearly 48 hours of labor. ... Now with 2 under 16 months, the Martins encourage any friends who are coming through Richmond, and don't like sleeping much, to come on by!" Tucker is a political/communications consultant in Richmond and previously was a senior advisor to America Leads, the Super PAC supporting the Christie presidential campaign and comms. director to Governor Bob McDonnell. Emily is a therapist in Richmond. Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d167183d4ff23012075be661dcee03f3919f5d701db3e90cc8db

--BBC planning editor Kate Dailey and Politico's Brett Norman welcomed Owen Dailey Norman on April 23. He was 9 lbs., 5 oz. - a big boy like his brother Everett." Pics http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d16717cd12c0d8a201671d8bbfdf85988cbb0480ca2860c30e02 ... http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d1676f90b62aa80569b7f30667684acad6aaa7dcdd27e8a370d7

--@biannagolodryga: "Taking this beauty home! #maiaisabel" [with Peter Orszag] http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=74bc6d9c4ce8d16775320eb8415a58b207e1d7700c181976b97b7e063e74c818

OUT AND ABOUT -- John King was the commencement speaker and received an honorary Doctor of Laws at American University School of Public Affairs over the weekend. He joked that "Dr. King had a nice ring to it" and told students that while many of them had wanted him to bring his Magic Wall to commencement, it was just too expensive to haul around town and he couldn't get Mexico to pay for it. Words of wisdom to graduates included urging them not to "mistake understanding Washington with understanding America." He paid a Mother's Day tribute to his inspirational mom, Joan, saying that he learned from her strength that "dignity is quiet."

BIRTHDAYS: Bono is 56 ... Rick Santorum is 58 ... Craig Gordon, managing editor at Bloomberg News in Washington ... Mel Sembler, former RNC finance chairman and U.S. Ambassador to Italy under Bush 43 (h/t Scott Kamins) ... Politico's Gabe Debenedetti, a star on the Hillary and Sanders beats (h/ts Rebecca Welbourn and Daniel Strauss) ... pollster Stan Greenberg, the pride of New Haven ... Andrew Card, now president of Franklin Pierce University ... Douglas Farrar, senior manager for comms. and public affairs at the Aspen Institute, is 33, celebrating with friends at Garden District on 14th Street or if it's raining at Black Jack above Pearl Dive (h/t Andrew Ricci) ... Politico defense
 reporter Jeremy Herb (h/ts Bryan Bender and Bob Hillman) ... Chris Tuttle ... Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) ... Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Penn.) ... Elise Italiano, exec director of comms. at Catholic University (h/t Dan Wilson) ... Veronique de Rugy, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center (h/t colleague Tyler Cowen) ...

... ESPN's Chris Berman is 61 ... Hannah Mooney, senior manager for comms. at PhRMA ... Jim Powderly ... Ilona Viczian, freelance producer at Al Jazeera Media Network ... Bannon Communications' Brad Bannon ... Michael Turk, president of Opinion Mover Strategies and a CRAFT, NCTA, and Bush OMB alum ... Christine McDonough, events director at EMILY's List, a CAP alum, semi-pro runner, proud Ithaca college alumnus, event planner extraordinaire ... Clarence Tong, climate and air legislative affairs manager of the Environmental Defense Fund and a DOE and Sestak alum ... Lucy Jackson, financial analyst in Treasury's Markets Room and a Goldman Sachs alum, is 26 ... Abbey Brandon of the Bipartisan
 Policy Center and District Dress Up ... writer Adam Janofsky ... Carter Foxgrover, a Hotchkiss grad and senior software engineer at Cisco, whose startup Synata was recently acquired by Cisco ... Mark Keam, Delegate for Virginia's 35th district ... small-business crusader Tom Sullivan ... Dave Kluesner, regional government relations manager for International Paper ...

... Grace Rauh, City Hall and political reporter at NY1 ... Emily Dillard, former Cornyn aide now at Patton Boggs ... GOP consultant Corbin Casteel, president of FourOneThree Communications in Austin, an RNC alum, who was Texas director for Trump during the primary ... Andrew Binns, co-founder of Castle Point Partners ... Boehner-world's Bryant Avondoglio ... Jocelyn Austin, an Al Jazeera America and Bloomberg alum ... Chris Policano, director of strategic initiatives at District Council 37/AFSCME ... David Bethel ... Hernan Rozemberg ... Erik Curren ... Sara Parker ... Gannet Tseggai ... Jonny Powell ... Christopher Berg ... James L. "Jim" Hooley ... Fernanda Montano Klatzkin ... Amy Simon
 ... Lisa Purtell Boyce ... Julia Dunbar ... Howie Choder ... Jackson Salovaara (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) ... author Barbara Taylor Bradford is 83 ... Olympic gold medal swimmer Missy Franklin is 21 (h/ts AP)

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