Subject: Re: Million-dollar donors lift Jeb Bush's presidential ambitions - Yahoo News
From: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
To: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Joshua Alcorn" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 21:12:58 -0400

So just as a hypothetical- if you two went and took over draft Biden and asked 4 people for 5 a piece do you think that gets us through Iowa? 

I hate the idea of having to win Iowa because the caucus system is BS- but... 
You announce 10/1 -- two weeks later is first debate- then two weeks after that is Iowa JJ and then two weeks later is Iowa debate and then 12/9 (on good info) is NH debate. 

If he just did those events and then nothing but his job- saving the world from Putin, negotiating a budget, making sure Iran doesn't get a bomb etc...

It would all come down to two piles of money- 
1-TV and all other media 
2- advance and coordination ground game dollars.

How much does that actually cost for Iowa NH SC with the notion that he can't loose Iowa has to be at least 2nd in NH and win SC.

RHB
202.333.1880

> On Jul 29, 2015, at 9:00 PM, Eric Schwerin <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> If those are the numbers, I agree then that it is doable. I think there is a lot more money on the sidelines than we think.  
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> If HRC stumbles more, raising money won't be a problem.   If she doesn't we need a differentiator like campaign finance to set us apart from HRC.  I think that counter-intuitively would bring in online money.  I also think you could still have a Super PAC if done right. 
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> All tricky but doable. 
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> Eric D. Schwerin
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jul 29, 2015, at 8:39 PM, Joshua Alcorn <[email-masked]> wrote:
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>> Taking Alex off - 
>> There's only one way to play it, in my opinion: 20m PAC, 10-12m campaign for Iowa. That 20m is a stretch, but I think possible if we focus. 
>> There's a lot more 2700 checks than you think Hunter, and sure as shit 7-9m in grassroots $. His list scales up super fast. 
>> PAC does 10-12m in Iowa and the balance in NH. Campaign is roughly split 50/50 Iowa/NH (only because NH is more expensive). After Iowa we raise 2-3m in a few days, which were spending in SC. 
>> It's not easy. But I do think a shoe string type budget can work if it starts that late. 
>> More importantly, as much as it pains me to say, we need to get a good million, million and a half in Draft Biden to blow the hell out of their email list and make it 400k people by 10/1. This only works if we do that type of work now. 
>> As for the boots on the ground, only going to happen if she continues to slip. But we need to have some sort of way to capture those people, and if the answer is Draft Biden, we need an adult there ASAP. Not saying that DB is the answer, but it's already formed. 
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>> /ja
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>> Sent from my iPhone, which is responsible for any typos. 
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>>> On Jul 29, 2015, at 8:22 PM, Eric Schwerin <[email-masked]> wrote:
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>>> Changing my email address on this email.  Mistakenly sent from my broker-dealer email.   Please respond to this one.  
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>>> Eric D. Schwerin
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>>>> On Jul 29, 2015, at 8:16 PM, Hunter Biden <[email-masked]> wrote:
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>>>> So what do we do? If we compress our time frame from 10/1 through SC how do we get from here to there? Not through "online" contributions or $2,400  checks. It is disgusting but what's our play?
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>>>> RHB
>>>> 202.333.1880
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>>>>> On Jul 29, 2015, at 8:11 PM, Alexander S. Mackler <[email-masked]> wrote:
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>>>>> No bullshit, this disgusts me. 
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>>>>> Sent from my iPad
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>>>>>> On Jul 29, 2015, at 2:20 PM, Eric Schwerin <[email-masked]> wrote:
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>>>>>>> http://news.yahoo.com/million-dollar-donors-lift-jeb-bushs-presidential-ambitions-180425534--election.html
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>>>>>>> Million-dollar donors lift Jeb Bush's presidential ambitions
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>>>>>>> WASHINGTON (AP) — A dozen million-dollar contributors account for at least 10 percent of Jeb Bush's record-setting presidential fundraising haul.
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>>>>>>> The big-money boosters propelled Right to Rise, a super PAC dedicated to helping Bush win the Republican nomination, to its $103 million total in the first six month of the year. Separately, Bush's official campaign, limited to contributions of $2,700 or less per donor, raised $11.4 million. The super PAC faces no fundraising restrictions but cannot directly coordinate with Bush even as it spends money on his behalf.
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>>>>>>> The leading Bush donor, who gave $3 million, is Miguel "Mike" Fernandez, a billionaire health care investor in Miami. He's one of about 12 people who gave $1 million or more each to the super PAC.
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>>>>>>> Fernandez and other donor identities were confirmed with a source familiar with Right to Rise's fundraising efforts; the person asked for anonymity because the donor names won't be disclosed until reports are filed Friday with federal regulators.
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>>>>>>> Until Bush declared his candidacy on June 15, he traveled the country meeting with Right to Rise donors and speaking at its fundraising events. As an official candidate, he's now focused on raising money that his campaign will directly control. He left the super PAC in the hands of Mike Murphy, one of his most trusted advisers, who is based in Los Angeles.
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>>>>>>> Super PAC officials have said 9,400 of their roughly 9,900 donors gave $25,000 or less. Throughout much of the year, Right to Rise limited donors to gifts of $1 million so that the super PAC wouldn't be overwhelmed by one huge donor; that self-imposed cap lifted the day Bush entered the race.
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>>>>>>> In this photo taken Nov. 16, 2006, Richard D. Kinder, left, and his wife Nancy attend a Houston Rock …
>>>>>>> A core group of 12 men and two women makes up the super PAC's executive committee — and shows Bush's appeal to some of the Republican Party's most influential and longest-serving presidential fundraisers. Each has either personally given $1 million, or helped raise at least that amount, for Right to Right.
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>>>>>>> Many are longtime associates of the Bush family, which already includes two presidents.
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>>>>>>> Nancy Kinder, president of the Kinder Foundation, a philanthropy in Houston, and her husband, billionaire energy executive Richard Kinder, helped raise money for the presidential campaigns of Bush's father and brother. Jeanne Phillips, senior vice president of Hunt Consolidated Inc., led President George W. Bush's inaugural committees.
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>>>>>>> Other core Jeb Bush fundraisers were instrumental in 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney's campaign. Chicago investors Craig Duchossois and Muneer Satter raised and contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to Romney's bid.
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>>>>>>> Romney's campaign finance director, Mason Fink, is the leading fundraiser for Right to Rise.
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>>>>>>> Beaumont reported from Des Moines, Iowa.
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