Subject: POLITICO’s Morning Score: Score Interview with Chris Sununu – GOP group goes up on airwaves against Democrats on Iran
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Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 08:05:06 -0600

By Elena Schneider | 09/09/2015 10:03AM EDT

With Kevin Robillard

AIR WAR - "GOP group targets Dems on Iran," by POLITICO's Jake Sherman: "The American Action Network, a non-profit with close ties to GOP leadership, is "spending a quarter-million dollars to target House Democrats who say they will vote for President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran. ... [They are] starting an ad campaign on broadcast cable in two media markets: in Minneapolis, targeting Rep. Rick Nolan (D-Minn.), and in San Diego, criticizing Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.). The buy is $100,000 in each market, and each advertisement will run 235 times total Wednesday and Thursday." http://cl.s4.exct.net/?qs=97feb0870b21782460ab2152e10852a49503fda139ee014ea06a803b4836a7d5

THE SCORE INTERVIEW: CHRIS SUNUNU -- New Hampshire Executive Councilor Chris Sununu announced Monday he was running for governor, the latest member of the storied Granite State GOP dynasty to run for higher office. He talked to Campaign Pro's Kevin Robillard on Tuesday. http://cl.s4.exct.net/?qs=236caeccd81c58331c4b0af39639af89a60021f27cd029a0d8d6f78ce6ad9822

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HOT WATER - Dianna Duran, New Mexico's GOP secretary of state who rose to power under Gov. Susana Martinez, faces serious legal trouble (64 misdemeanor and felony charges) and a potential investigation into abuse of executive power, the New York Times reported. http://cl.s4.exct.net/?qs=97feb0870b217824a2c7822b323204bca5a9949cd2592010a7e66238b29eb6b2 

PLEADING GUILTY - Brett O'Donnell, a longtime GOP debate coach and former political consultant to former Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.), pleaded guilty to for lying to congressional ethics investigators about whether he was improperly paid and faces up to five years of prison time, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported. O'Donnell was fired by Broun, who lost his Senate primary bid last year, in March 2014, after news broke about his work. http://cl.s4.exct.net/?qs=97feb0870b21782408f4dc861bdb20fcae5278b633a4d19fd3d961e4aa0c4ee7 

PRESIDENTIAL NOD - "Clinton: Duckworth 'should be the next senator from Illinois,'" by Campaign Pro's Kevin Robillard: http://cl.s4.exct.net/?qs=97feb0870b217824865811410060a0ea87f29b47f7d16a82185f625455ef2a9c 

AIR WAR, PART II - "New RGA ad in Kentucky backs up Bevin," by Campaign Pro's Kevin Robillard: "A new ad from a RGA-backed group in Kentucky is aiming to blunt the televised assaults Democrats have made on GOP nominee Matt Bevin's integrity. The 30-second ad, titled 'Bells,' argues attacks from Democratic groups in Kentucky alleging Bevin failed to pay taxes are false and features Kentuckians praising Bevin for saving his family's company, Bevin Bells. ... Campaign Pro reported last week the buy, sponsored by the RGA-backed Putting Kentucky First, is at least $900,000 and will cover two weeks of statewide broadcast." Watch the ad here: http://cl.s4.exct.net/?qs=97feb0870b217824cdea2b70483e38c565b5cd5bdd6d44f425be82c72e7196be

PRESIDENTIAL SPEED READ - "Jill's dilemma," by POLITICO's Edward-Isaac Dovere: "For Joe Biden, the decision whether to run for president pivots more than anything else on one person: Jill. People tight in the Biden circle were surprised how much he suddenly made it about her, even as an offhand joke. Both Joe and Jill are working to detangle a mess of emotion and grief and dreams and very real sense of Hillary Clinton's vulnerability. One minute he's talking about how ridiculously he thinks Clinton's handling her campaign, the next his voice is cracking, his eyes drifting off as he thinks about the death of his son earlier this summer. Less in the public eye, Jill Biden's just as torn up.
 Some days, she's the vice president's rock; some days she's in even worse shape. Beau Biden was her adopted son, but he was her son as if she'd been there the day he was born and every day since." http://cl.s4.exct.net/?qs=97feb0870b21782467e834945b2b0dda85f0ce3440ffd48229689f83c6adaa16

- "Ted Cruz plays the Trump card," by POLITICO's Katie Glueck: "By going to great lengths to compliment Trump, appearing with him and refusing to draw contrasts with him - even as others in the field have attacked the billionaire for making controversial comments disparaging John McCain, immigrants and women - Cruz has opened himself to criticism that he's making a cynical play for Trump's voters in the event Trump falters. Cruz's campaign scoffs at that notion. The senator respects the real estate mogul and his ability to highlight issues that are important to the senator, aides note, such as opposing illegal immigration and the Iran deal, and the two are genuinely friends." 
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- "CNN moves prime-time GOP debate to 8 p.m.," by POLITICO's Alex Isenstadt and Hadas Gold: "CNN has moved its prime-time Republican debate from 9:00 p.m. EST to 8:00 p.m. EST, eliminating the long gap between its main event and the earlier forum for second-tier candidates, the network told campaigns in a conference call on this afternoon. ...The earlier debate with candidates who polled at least 1 percent in three national polls will start at 6 p.m. EST, ending at 7:45 p.m. EST." http://cl.s4.exct.net/?qs=236caeccd81c5833338ab8c17389fe7038b82317906f06ac98597215549aeac8

CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "It's a strategy meeting. I can't really share about what we're doing." - Rep. Mia Love (R-Utah), in response to her decision to reimburse taxpayers for a flight she initially paid for with her congressional fund. http://cl.s4.exct.net/?qs=ca763feb802635a4858dac6851016a281d690b033a658f6d67a98ce6c00ed2ba

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