Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score: Kentucky gubernatorial race gets personal - Clinton starts courting super PACs
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Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 08:03:58 -0600

By Elena Schneider

With Kyle Cheney

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TODAY ON CAMPAIGN PRO - James Comer sues the Courier-Journal:
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-- Conservative groups get behind DeSantis: 
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CLINTON CAMP, TACKING LEFT - "Liberal ears perk up as Clinton aide floats debt-free college," by POLITICO's Gabriel Debenedetti: "When Hillary Clinton's campaign manager said the words "debt-free college" in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday morning, liberal ears perked up. Robby Mook's declaration - "what voters are looking for in this election is someone who's going to be a champion for everyday people, for young people that's debt-free college, that's finding that job after you graduate" - stopped short of an endorsement of the policy goal embraced by liberals and Clinton's likely primary rival Martin O'Malley, but it sent a message to progressive activists that the Clinton camp is
 paying close attention to their concerns.

"Although Clinton has spoken in general terms about making college more affordable, and has embraced President Barack Obama's proposal to make community college free, she has yet to publicly support a plan to let students graduate from college without debt. It is one of a handful of areas on which progressive groups and activists are pressuring Clinton, who has yet to release her full policy agenda, from the left." 
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AND SHE'LL TAKE THAT BIG CHECK, TOO - Hillary Clinton will begin courting super PACs, fully embracing their financial support, a first for a Democratic candidate, the New York Times reported. "Her decision is another escalation in what is expected to be the most expensive presidential race in history, and it has the potential to transform the balance of power in presidential campaigning, where Republican outside groups have tended to outspend their Democratic counterparts," the New York Times reported. 
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SNYDER IS OUT - POLITICO's Alex Isenstadt reported: "Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will not run for president in 2016, according to two sources familiar with his planning. Snyder, a Republican who was first elected in 2010, has been traveling across the country in recent weeks but has decided against a White House bid. One source familiar with Snyder's thinking said he'd expressed concern about the time commitment needed for a national campaign." 
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Clinton will start courting super PACs and the Kentucky gubernatorial race gets even more personal, 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: 180; Days until the 2016 election: 551.

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RELIGIOUS GUIDE - "Scott Walker's rabbi," by POLITICO's Eli Stokols: "When Republican politicians want to make their first pilgrimage to the Holy Land, there's but one person to call: Larry Mizel. That's why he's arranging Scott Walker's first-ever trip to Israel next week. The billionaire home-builder and Republican Jewish Coalition board member isn't in the same league of political kingmakers as casino magnate Sheldon Adelson - he's only given $600,000 in political contributions since 1998 compared to the $100 million Adelson spent in 2012. But Mizel has become the minder of choice for governors, senators and presidential aspirants traveling to Israel. ..."He has become a go-to person for
 Republicans looking to understand Israel and demonstrate their support for it," said Ken Toltz, a longtime AIPAC activist who's worked closely with Mizel for decades." 
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AND SOME BAD NEWS - EMAIL PROTOCOL - "State Department official: Clinton's email practices 'not acceptable,'" by POLITICO's Josh Gerstein: "A senior State Department official testifying at the first congressional hearing focusing on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account for official business called such an arrangement "not acceptable" and said other employees have been warned against it. "I think that the actions we've taken in the course of recovering these emails have made it very clear what people's responsibilities are with respect to recordkeeping," Assistant Secretary of State for Administration Joyce Barr told the Senate Judiciary Committee. "I
 think the message is loud and clear that that is not acceptable." Barr was less clear about whether the practice was clearly forbidden when Clinton served as secretary of state from 2009 to 2013." 
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ON DEFENSE - "Clinton Foundation donor lashes out at 'political assassination process,'" by POLITICO's Kenneth P. Vogel in Marrakech, Morocco - A Clinton Foundation donor on Wednesday lashed out at media coverage of the organization and the Clintons - calling it "a political assassination process" - and urged the foundation to more forcefully defend itself. "I was in the U.S. 10 days ago. I opened the newspaper and I was shocked to see these attacks on the foundation," said telecom billionaire Mo Ibrahim, as he sat besides Bill Clinton during the opening session of the Clinton Global Initiative meeting here. "I used to respect the American media. And I was amazed because I started to watch
 the news and Fox and other guys and none of those people asked a question: What this foundation is doing actually," said Ibrahim, to applause from the audience." 
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DISTANCE ON POLICIES - "Bill Clinton says Hillary right to step away from his criminal justice legacy," by POLITICO's Nick Gass: "Bill Clinton on Wednesday defended his efforts to get tough on crime during his presidency, saying the initiatives got warped as they moved through Congress and should now be changed. Clinton's policing legacy has come under new scrutiny after Hillary Clinton last week called for a broad rethink on policing and incarceration after a series of incidents in which unarmed black men have died after encounters with police. Bill Clinton said he supports her backing away from the three-strikes criminal justice policy that was put in place while he was in the White
 House." 
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ON THE NUMBERS - "New Iowa poll: Walker leads, Bush in 7th place," by POLITICO's Nick Gass: "The latest Iowa polling numbers are great news for Scott Walker, and terrible news for Jeb Bush. The Wisconsin governor retains his advantage among Iowa Republican caucus-goers, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday, with 21 percent of likely participants saying they would vote for him if the caucus were held today. Bush, the former Florida governor, comes in seventh - with just 5 percent responding that they would vote for him. Only 39 percent said they viewed him favorably, compared with 45 percent who said they did not." 
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ON TRADE -- "Huckabee: Workers would 'take it in the backside' if trade deal passes," by POLITICO's Adam B. Lerner: "Mike Huckabee, the latest GOP candidate to announce a presidential bid, warned of dire consequences if Congress 'fast tracks' a new trade agreement. If the deal is passed without proper scrutiny, the Arkansas Republican told MSNBC, workers might 'take it in the backside.'" 
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CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: 'You are the Christian Laettner of Kentucky politics.'- Comer to Heiner, going there. 
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