Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score: Thanksgiving Day attack ads coming to airwaves — One-on-one with Republican Scott Jones in CA-07
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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 09:02:08 -0600

By Elena Schneider | 11/25/2015 10:00 AM EDT

With Kevin Robillard, Theodoric Meyer and Scott Bland

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TURKEY DAY ATTACK ADS - Ending Spending Action Fund is spending $20,000 on WFXT, the Fox affiliate in Boston, to air ads attacking New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan during the Thanksgiving Day NFL telecast, according to a source tracking media buys. It's the latest in millions of outside dollars already spent against the Democratic Senate candidate.

ON THE RECORD WITH CAMPAIGN PRO - Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones spoke with Campaign Pro by phone last week after announcing he would challenge Democratic Rep. Ami Bera for Sacramento-based CA-07. In 2014, Bera won a tight race against former GOP Rep. Doug Ose in one of the most expensive House races in the country. Jones said he was drawn into the race after two deputies were killed in the line of duty, and one of the suspects was later identified as an undocumented immigrant who had been deported several times.

- On turnout as a reason for Ose's 2014 loss, and what he plans to change: "Democrats have a better ground game machine, and during my conversations with the NRCC, I've talked with them and the leadership about all these issues, so I made it very clear that I believe that Doug failed last cycle and that we would need to, on the local level, start an effective ground campaign and sustain it."

- On fundraising for what could be a very expensive race: "Honestly, that was the most daunting part of getting in. This isn't sheriff money, this is crazy money. But I have a ton of support and I know it's going to take a lot of work and I'm comfortable raising money. But I'm starting with zero and he's starting with $912,000."

- On Donald Trump's immigration policy: "First, we need border security. But what to do with the 11 million people who are here? I don't think it's tenable to ship everybody back and I don't think I want to. I would be in favor of a pathway to citizenship for all of them, but that involves vetting."

Days until the 2016 election: 349.

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OVERHEARD IN MISSOURI - A recording of a 10-minute phone conversation between John Brunner and Eric Greitens, both Republicans running to be gubernatorial nominee, surfaced Tuesday, where the candidates discussed a meeting, but it quickly took a turn for the dramatic when they couldn't settle on a time. Greitens repeatedly called Brunner a "weasel" and a "coward," while Brunner responded by saying, "You know what men do, Eric? They don't call people names." The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the issue stems from an attack website by an outside group that accuses Greitens of not being conservative enough that's run by a former Brunner campaign staffer. The Nov. 14 call was recorded by
 the Brunner campaign without Greitens knowledge, the newspaper reported, and both campaigns confirmed the conversation's legitimacy. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=62425b5f00aef4ba5a284ca3a0ed87dea22f883c4236beb8ff29eb9bddeccac6 

OOPS - Fetterman missed deadline in Senate race: Mayor John Fetterman, a longshot candidate for the Democratic nominee in Pennsylvania's Senate race, failed to file his financial disclosure form with the Senate, the Associated Press reported. Fetterman called it an honest oversight and said his campaign would file the paperwork in the coming days. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=62425b5f00aef4ba4070f3a6c5f1971aa41ab287fadce263f3bac44cfe0ca08b

PROGRAMMING NOTE: Morning Score will pause for Thanksgiving, but we'll be back bright and early on Monday, Nov. 30.

PRESIDENTIAL SPEED READ - "Security fears reshape 2016 field," by POLITICO's Eli Stokols: "The U.S. presidential contest has been reshaped and its leading candidates reordered as daily reports of a world struggling to avoid escalating conflicts on multiple continents drive security fears back to the top of voters' minds. ...The recalibration of the fight for the Republican nomination carries real consequences for a number of candidates trying, with varying degrees of success, to create the image of a capable commander in chief. ...True ignorance, it turns out, can be damaging. Ben Carson, who had been near the top of the field, is slipping after struggling to demonstrate any fluency on
 foreign policy issues. But Donald Trump, whose "bomb the s**t out of them" approach to the Middle East is equally unsophisticated, is proving the effectiveness of using demagoguery to mask other deficiencies." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=62425b5f00aef4ba126efa1a11ffadc3e120b4d2996ae9cadd40e50365ff394c

- "Carsoncare: The doctor's ill-fated dream of solving America's health care woes," by POLITICO's Isaac Arnsdorf and Kyle Cheney: "Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson thought he had a way to create a system of universal health care to cover millions of uninsured Americans. In 2003, he helped set up a charity to test his bold idea and build a fund of contributions to dole out to needy patients .Long before he considered a presidential bid, the world famous neurologist envisioned building Angels of the OR into an endowment that would generate enough interest income to cover uninsured patients' expenses for neurological surgeries and other medical costs. He even pitched the idea to a
 congressional subcommittee in 2006, testifying that a small federal grant could help the charity prove that the concept could work on a grander scale. ... But it didn't work out that way: The national fund did not materialize, and over nine years of operation, Angels of the OR [Operating Room] generated less than $150,000 for patient care and helped 34 patients cover portions of their medical bills, according to its tax forms." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=62425b5f00aef4bae1d52278607550e35ea34ed623ea603e2094cda8efa4858e

- "New Hampshire panel weighing challenge to Trump's ballot eligibility," by POLITICO's Daniel Strauss: "Fergus Cullen, the former New Hampshire GOP chairman, said his decision to challenge Donald Trump's eligibility to be on the presidential ballot in the state does not spring from a new concern, but rather is rooted in a longstanding worry that the real estate mogul could hand the election to Hillary Clinton." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=62425b5f00aef4ba313a71250ff9da3d4c0e0ad1d6d44477964c9c7f2e5baa0c

- DEBATE UPDATE - "ABC 'World News' anchor David Muir, chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz and WMUR-TV anchor Josh McElveen will moderate both the Democratic and Republican presidential debates hosted by ABC, the network announced today. ...The Democratic debate will be on Saturday, Dec 19, while the Republican debate will be on Saturday Feb. 6, though it's not clear whether the Republican debate will include an undercard stage as previous debate have had," POLITICO's Hadas Gold reported. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=62425b5f00aef4bac4bd5b5b7cbd3023b39be2c4b01eabcc0784001d4f42afba

CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I will bust my ass for Florida every day." - Florida Senate candidate and Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, in a new web video, per the Tampa Bay Times. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=62425b5f00aef4ba073a311c398274267508c08640f81ed675d9523f2b86a073

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