Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score: Jeb plays donor defense — Democrats push Hale in Indiana
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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 08:02:05 -0600

By Kevin Robillard

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TODAY ON CAMPAIGN PRO - "Democrat moves toward Indiana Senate race," by Kyle Cheney: 
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OREGON RE-TRAIL - Richardson's pollster surveys Brown-Richardson contest: Moore Information, the Portland-based GOP firm that polls for a number of Republican candidates in the Pacific Northwest, is out with a new automated survey that pollster Bob Moore says shows Kate Brown, Oregon's interim Democratic governor, is vulnerable. Brown leads Dennis Richardson, the GOP's 2014 nominee against John Kitzhaber, 48 percent to 41 percent, the poll shows. Democrats expect Brown to run in the special election next year to complete Kitzhaber's term. (Moore polled for Richardson's campaign in 2014.) The Moore memo: 
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-- GOP state Rep. Sherrie Sprenger, the party's whip in the state House, told The Oregonian she's been approached about running for govenor: 
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JEB WON'T SHOCK AND AWE: POLITICO's Eli Stokols: "For a time, it looked like [former Florida Gov. Jeb] Bush would steamroll the GOP field with a cash-flush juggernaut that might raise as much as $100 million in the first quarter, using a variety of super PACs to push the boundaries of campaign finance laws and dominate the field. ... But that was before New York hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer pledged more than $15 million to Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio gained the full-fleged support of Miami billionaire Norman Braman and became the front-runner to win casino mogul Sheldon Adelson's backing. Another rival, Scott Walker, recently became the favorite of billionaire David Koch, who seemed to
 tip his support for the Wisconsin governor at a fundraiser this week." 
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--One bundler describes Jeb's real fundraising strategy: ""Everyone has looked at Jeb's fundraising strategy of 'shock and awe' as him 'going on offense.' The reality is: it's defense. He's going to have all of these other Republicans, each with their own super PAC funded by their own billionaire, coming after him. He's going to have to withstand what could be a $50 million onslaught."

BENGHAZI COMMITTEE WANTS TWO DAYS OF HILLARY: POLITICO's Lauren French: "The House Committee investigating Benghazi is asking Hillary Clinton to appear for two public hearings on the 2012 terrorist attacks and her email use, according to a letter sent to her lawyer on Thursday. This is a departure from what Benghazi Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy originally requested from the former secretary of state. The South Carolina Republican wanted a private, transcribed interview on Clinton's email use and a public hearing on the terrorist attacks. ... Gowdy wrote to [Clinton's lawyer David] Kendall Thursday saying the committee plans to schedule a hearing by the week of May 18 on the emails." 
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SCORE EXCLUSIVE: HRC LAUNCHES ANTI-RFRA CAMPAIGN: The Human Rights Campaign is running online ads in 12 states urging them to reject Religious Freedom Restoration Act laws similar to the one passed in Indiana earlier this year. The campaign will run on social media in Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, and Texas. See the graphic: 
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http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=57793aae0ba204ed36f445b30add9b58689d0d2af58916334fb10b2dfed38a57  and a case study on how Indiana's law has damaged the state and Gov. Mike Pence's political standing: 
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NARAL TO PROTEST FAITH AND FREEDOM GATHERING: NARAL members will gather outside the Faith and Freedom Forum in Iowa on Saturday to argue Republican presidential candidates "have no faith in women," the group announced. The protest comes after the group launched 
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HILLARY LOOKS FOR ENGINEERS: Clinton's campaign has plans to hire more than 1,000 digital staffers. But it looks like she needs some help finding them. "We&#39;re looking for engineers to help create the next big thing in digital campaigning," Clinton's campaign tweeted last night. "Apply now."

CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I&#39;m going to find a high building... I&#39;m at the end of my rope. I don&#39;t think the fifth floor is high enough. You&#39;d be left with me." - Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin on problems with the state's health insurance website. 
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