Subject: The Week Ahead
From: "Sullivan, Erin" <[email-masked]>
To: Research_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:45 -0700

Saturday
Alaska
DWS is in Alaska this weekend for the Dem State Convention. She will be giving a keynote address so look for that in approvals.

GOP Conventions
The Wisconsin, Nebraska and Oklahoma State Conventions are taking place on Saturday. Comms will be working with state parties to put together events around these conventions so some paper around that may go through approvals.

Monday
Themes
Comms will be pushing paper, events, etc. around the themes of infrastructure and guns this week. We may all be called upon to pull some things around these themes throughout the week so be on the lookout for requests.

Bridgegate
The Bridgegate Corruption trial begins today. Comms may put together a Christie/Trump hit ahead of Trump's fundraiser for Christie on Thursday so look for that in approvals. The co-conspirators list of names are set to be released on Tuesday.

Tuesday
Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly's interview with Trump airs Tuesday night. We will be doing rapid response for this.

Education
Tuesday is the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. Comms may put together a media call ahead Megyn Kelly's interview with Trump with a focus on how the GOP is bad on education and potentially tying in something about the NC bathroom bill.

Election Night
Republicans vote in Oregon and Democrats vote in Oregon and Kentucky. We are putting together a monitoring schedule and assignments. Oregon uses mail-in ballots so watch for if a candidate who has dropped out receives a significant percentage of the vote. We will also be balancing rapid response and monitoring capabilities between election night coverage and the Megyn Kelly interview and will keep you informed about who is doing what.

Thursday
New Jersey
Trump will be fundraising for Christie in New Jersey. Comms and Community Engagement may put together an event with the college Dems in the area so look for potential material around that to go through approvals. The fundraiser is near the most expensive private school in the country so there may be an economic focus in messaging.

GOP Conventions
The Washington and Illinois State Conventions start on Thursday. Comms is working with state parties to put together events around these conventions so look for potential paper around that to go through approvals.

Friday
NRA
Trump, Sessions, Rubio, Bevin, Pence, McConnell, Ryan and Gowdy will all be in Kentucky speaking at the NRA Leadership Forum. Comms will be putting together events and hits around this including one about how the GOP is in the pocket of the NRA so look for materials to go through approvals. Attendees are allowed to carry their guns at all times except when Trump is speaking due to his secret service detail.

Voter Registration
Friday is the anniversary of the National Voter Registration Act.

GOP Conventions
The Minnesota, Missouri and New Mexico state conventions start today. Comms is working with state parties to put together events so look for potential paper to go through approvals.

Saturday
GOP Conventions
The Iowa and Vermont state conventions start today. Comms is working with state parties to put together events so look for potential paper to go through approvals.

POTUS
The President will begin his trip to Vietnam and Japan today. He will be visiting Hiroshima on Friday, May 27th.