Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score: Steyer’s Senate announcement coming ‘pretty soon’ — Walden wants Cuomo to schedule NY-11 special
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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:06:00 -0600

By Kyle Cheney and Tarini Parti

With Andrew Restuccia

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TODAY ON CAMPAIGN PRO -"On eve of third term, RNC's Priebus looks at 2016 as make-or-break," by Campaign Pro's Kyle Cheney:
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- "ActBlue can raise money for female W.H. candidate," by POLITICO Pro's Darren Samuelsohn: 
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STEYER FOR SENATE? - Billionaire Tom Steyer said Thursday that he still doesn&#39;t know whether he&#39;s going to run for Senate, though he said he&#39;ll decide 'pretty soon.' 'Don&#39;t know yet. Trying to figure out how to have most positive impact. Already working full-time on the issues. Question is, can I have more positive influence by running? I&#39;m trying hard to figure that out, and will do it pretty soon,' Steyer told Reddit users during an AMA, or 'Ask Me Anything' discussion. Steyer is mulling running for the seat being vacated by Sen. Barbara Boxer, who announced earlier this month that she won&#39;t seek reelection. A person close to Steyer said they expect the former
 hedge fund manager to make a final decision before the end of the week.

- "Team Cincinnatus": InsideBayArea.com reports "Steyer ... commissioned a survey on his chances in mid-December. And those chances aren't bad, the poll found ... according to the memo from the firm of Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates ... the poll conducted from Dec. 18-22 asked 600 California registered Democrats and nonpartisan voters about their priorities; they named the environment - including climate change, the need for clean-energy jobs, and anti-pollution efforts - among the three top issues facing California's next senator, along with education and income inequality. 
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2016 GOP - "GOP brass not ready for Romney," by Alex Isenstadt from Coronado, Calif.: "On Friday night, Mitt Romney will step aboard the deck of the U.S.S. Midway to address GOP brass gathered here for the Republican National Committee's annual winter meeting. It will be a pivotal moment for the former Massachusetts governor, his first public comments since he delivered a jolt to the 2016 Republican sweepstakes by signaling his interest in another White House run again after two failed bids. It's safe to say the former Massachusetts governor will be addressing a tough audience. In interviews this week with nearly a dozen committee members - the people who comprise the most active and
 powerful core of the party apparatus - nearly all expressed deep skepticism about a third Romney White House bid. The sentiment was unambiguous: The GOP needs to find a new candidate to carry the party past its painful 2012 loss and back to the White House. 'He had a great opportunity last time and I personally want a fresh face,' said Roger Villere, the Louisiana Republican Party chairman. 'What's going to be different this time?'" 
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- "Aide with Christie and Romney ties back with Mitt," by NH1's Paul Steinhauser: "On his first day on the job for his old boss, Colin Reed&#39;s packing his bags for a flight to San Diego. Reed started work Thursday helping Mitt Romney with media relations, as the former Massachusetts governor and 2012 Republican presidential nominee starts to gear up toward a possible third run for the White House. Reed tells NH1 News that he&#39;ll 'be helping out on a volunteer basis handling press inquiries and media.' His first task is to immediately head out to San Diego for Friday night&#39;s address by Romney to members of the Republican National Committee at their annual winter meeting. Reed tells
 NH1 that he&#39;ll 'staff the governor&#39;s speech.'" 
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- "Lew Eisenberg named RNC finance chair" by Maggie Haberman - "Lew Eisenberg, a veteran bundler and financier with deep ties in the fundraising community, is taking the job of Republican National Committee finance chairman, he confirmed to POLITICO. Eisenberg is coming on after Ray Washburne, a Texas-based donor, stepped down to take a new role as finance chairman for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's likely 2016 presidential campaign." 
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- Snyder bucks party on gun control - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed a pair of bills opposed by gun control advocates, separating from the GOP base and winning praise from unlikely advocates. The bills Snyder vetoed would have altered license requirements for concealed weapons. "We simply can't and won't take the chance of exposing domestic abuse victims to additional violence or intimidation," Snyder said in a statement. The NRA ripped his decision: "Once again, national gun ban groups, led by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, are exploiting the issue of domestic violence to push their extreme agenda," said Chris W. Cox, executive director of the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action.

While Walker swipes at the GOP old-guard and AFP eyes Congress, here&#39;s POLITICO&#39;s Morning Score: daily news, notes and essential information for the 2015 and 2016 election cycles.

Days until the 2015 election: 291; Days until the 2016 election: 662

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COMING TO CAMBRIDGE - Harvard University Institute of Politics' 2015 fellows include a few notable names, including former NRSC digital director Matt Lira, former Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, former North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan and former New York City Council president Christine Quinn. 
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GRIMM LEAPER - "Walden calls on Cuomo to schedule New York special," by POLITICO's Burgess Everett from Hershey, Pa.: "It's time for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to schedule the election to succeed disgraced former Rep. Michael Grimm, the leader of House Republicans' campaign arm said. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), the chairman of the National Republican Conference Committee, said that now that Cuomo is sworn in, the Democratic governor needs to focus on filling Congress's only current vacancy ... New York state law gives Cuomo discretion on when to declare the seat vacant. Once the declaration is made, a special election must be held within 70 to 80 days. 
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WALKER NICKS ROMNEY, JEB - "Walker on Romney: Voters want 'something new,'" by Campaign Pro's Kyle Cheney, with Alex Isenstadt from Coronado, Calif.: "Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday that the reemergence of Mitt Romney in the 2016 presidential field could offset the Republicans' greatest advantage against Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic candidate: making the case for change. 'I think the best way to counter something from the past is with something new,' Walker, the second-term governor mulling a presidential campaign, said in a phone interview. '[Americans] don't want the worn out, tired views of the past.'

-Walker also made headlines Wednesday when he called on a national Republican committeeman from Michigan, David Agema, to resign over controversial Facebook posts that disparaged Muslims, gays and racial minorities. Walker told POLITICO he hoped a "constant chorus" of high-ranking Republicans seeking to oust Agema would send a message that "this is not who we are." ... Asked whether he was worried Democrats might combine the Agema and Scalise incidents into a narrative about the GOP's hostility to minorities, Walker said, 'There's concern that the media would buy into that. I think most voters are smarter than that.'" 
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POLICY FOCUS - AFP focuses on Congress in 2015: Americans for Prosperity, the Koch-backed nonprofit that spent millions in the 2014 election cycle, unveiled its policy agenda Thursday, with the group's president Tim Phillips promising to hold the GOP majority in Congress accountable. Phillips didn't rule out backing primary challengers for Republicans who don't vote in line with the group's policy priorities, which include rolling back Obamacare, the Obama administration's energy agenda and government spending. Although he didn't give an estimate of how much the group would be spending this year, Phillips said it would be a "substantial"and "robust" project.

CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I told my constituents of New York City&#39;s Fourth Congressional District that I wanted to come to Washington to offer commonsense solutions." - Rep. Kathleen Rice, a freshman Democrat from Nassau County, Long Island, in her first floor remarks. Her district, in fact, includes no part of New York City. 
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