Subject: TwentySixteen: Clinton Pumps Money Toward Competitive Senate Races
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Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 05:56:45 -0600

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The Lead
"Hillary Clinton, seeking a governing coalition if she wins the White House, is pumping millions of dollars into key battleground states at the heart of her presidential map and Democrats' quest to regain control of the Senate. The Democratic National Committee and state parties are spending about $2 million initially to build coordinated campaigns in eight battleground states with competitive Senate races. ... The DNC is using the Clinton fund to build up state organizations in Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin." (
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SIT DOWN INTERVIEW: "Clinton labeled ... Donald Trump 'divisive and dangerous' and 'unmoored' on Thursday, saying his recent behavior shows he's not qualified to be president." Clinton "unleashed her sharpest attacks yet on Trump" and "pointed to Trump's attacks on British politicians, his willingness to speak with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, his call for the United States to back away from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and his assertion that more countries should have nuclear weapons, and said it 'adds up to a very troubling picture.'" She also "wouldn't say whether" Bernie Sanders "was being considered for her running mate and said the Vermont senator needs to 'do his part' to unify the party going into November." (
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Overall, "Clinton's stay-above-the-fray attitude masks unresolved questions that have gnawed at her campaign since Trump virtually locked up the Republican nomination. How can the wonkish Clinton counteract Trump's finely-tuned ability to command attention? Can she win the White House by letting Trump run on his terms, hoping his unorthodox candidacy wears thin with voters by November? Or does she need to make a positive case for her own candidacy, something she has struggled to articulate during the Democratic primary?" (
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SMALL CONCESSION: "In an attempt to head off an ugly conflict at its convention this summer, the Democratic National Committee plans to offer a concession to ... Sanders - seats on a key convention platform committee - but it may not be enough to stop Sanders from picking a fight over the party's policy positions." (
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TRUMP WORLD: Trump held a fundraiser Thursday night "intended to help" Chris Christie "retire hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign obligations." At the end of the night "Trump took the stage with an announcement: Mr. Christie, he said, had paid off his entire campaign debt." (
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New York Times) Trump promoted Paul Manafort to the role of campaign chairman, reflecting his rising importance within the campaign. (
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NATIONAL POLL: A New York Times/CBS News poll shows "[i]f the election were held now, 47 percent of registered voters would support ... Clinton, versus 41 percent for ... Trump." Clinton's "head-to-head advantage has narrowed somewhat since ...Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee: Last month, she led him by 10 points in a CBS News poll. ... The survey reveals that Republican voters are starting to fall in line with ... Trump now that he is their presumptive nominee - and that they expect party officials to do the same." (
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NUMBER OF THE DAY: 72. The 
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percent of Sanders supporters  who said they would back Clinton in the New York Times/CBS News poll, compared to 60 percent of Clinton supporters who said they'd back President Obama at this same time in the 2008 Democratic primary. 

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Travel Tracker
Sanders is in New Mexico.

Trail Mix 
Great America PAC "is stacking its donor ranks, rolling out a new list of wealthy backers as it seeks to solidify its status as the primary outside group backing" Trump. (
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Wall Street Journal)

Data from the Pew Research Center shows "Americans aren't actually any angrier at government today than they were a year ago, or even four years ago." (
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Cook Political Report )

"While attending a Republican Governors Association retreat in New Mexico this week," more big GOP donors expressed willingness to get behind Trump, including Foster Friess. (
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Politico)

In 2006 Trump said he hoped the housing market crashed because it could be good for him personally. (
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"The ACLU of Ohio ... is threatening to sue Cleveland over what it says are unnecessary delays in acting on protest permits for the Republican National Convention." (
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Cleveland Plain-Dealer)

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S.V. Date  talk over the deepening divisions within the Democratic Party, whether the general election is really as close as the polls suggest, and what's next for the Never Trump camp.

WASHINGTON STATE (R) PRIMARY: 4 days.

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