Subject: Re: Brief for Newsweek Call
From: Ryan Banfill <[email-masked]>
To: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Cc: Kate Houghton <[email-masked]>, Tracie Pough <[email-masked]>, "P. Aikowsky" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:00:09 -0400

Donna threw up some caution flags saying he tried to steer her into some
traps planted by critics. When I spoke to him, it was all about her as a
person and as a lawmaker. More personality type questions. He seemed to
want to get responses to the critical things that people had put out there
off the record. I think the delay in the story is because we have been
cooperative and have pushed back on things people have said.

On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Miranda, Luis <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Are we sure we want her to do this? What was he like on the phone? Is he
> trying to be objective or is he driving at the same old BS narrative?
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>  <http://www.democrats.org/>*Luis Miranda, *Communications
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> *Democratic National Committee*
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> 202-863-8148 – [email-masked] - @MiraLuisDC
> <https://www.twitter.com/MiraLuisDC>
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> *From:* Ryan Banfill [mailto:[email-masked]]
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 28, 2016 12:53 PM
> *To:* Kate Houghton; Tracie Pough; P. Aikowsky; Miranda, Luis
> *Subject:* Brief for Newsweek Call
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> Just in case we can squeeze this in.
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> *What:             INTERNET/PRINT – NEWSWEEK*
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> When:              Thursday, 28 April
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> Where:             Via Phone
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> Format:            Q and A via phone
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> Who:               DWS and Taylor Wofford
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> Topic:              Profile of DWS
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> Questions:       1) Can she confirm the story about her husband giving her
> a milkshake every morning when she was running for the Florida house?
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> 2) Once the 2016 election is over, what's next for DWS? Would she like to
> stay on as DNC chair, or is 5 years enough?
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> 3) How does she respond to her primary challenger's accusation that her
> support of H.R. 4018 is tantamount to supporting predatory payday lenders?
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> 4) What's an average day like in the life of DWS? What time does she wake
> up? When does she go to bed?
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> 5) Her primary challenger lays the blame for the Democrats' recent losses
> in the senate, house and state legislatures at DWS's feet. How does she
> respond to that? And how responsible, ultimately, is the DNC chair for
> democratic losses?
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> Phone:             (646) 484-7578
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> Staff:               Ryan Banfill, [email-masked], (850) 933-7707
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> Contact:           Taylor Wofford, Newsweek, [email-masked],
> 646-484-7578
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