Subject: POLITICO Playbook, presented by Walmart: GOP CONVENTION OPENS 3 WEEKS FROM TODAY: Many party stars shun speaking slots – PICS from hiking up Knife Edge -- B’DAY: Tony Fratto, Jesse Lehrich
From: "Mike Allen" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 06:31:24 -0600

06/27/2016 08:28 AM EDT

By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; [email-masked]) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; [email-masked])

Good Monday morning. Huge thanks to Ryan Heath, Daniel Lippman and Blake Hounshell for carrying the torch while I was hiking the aptly named Knife Edge trail to Baxter Peak (5,267 feet) on Mount Katahdin, the highest mountain in Maine, and northern end of the Appalachian Trail. Pics: Looking back on the treacherous ridge we climbed http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db9564a4f9632d0095721dbe7e814aa23192d6dd7815a14f5f79e8 ... Trail goes straight up, but no big deal for Dale Schuurman http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db9564e53261ce20c18e7023146b45848713a2b90def26ea65fa95 ...

... Jim VandeHei straps on GoPro at top of world: Zoom in to see the terrain, and the crazy viewshttp://bit.ly/28YVQXN ... Best photo: Jim leans into the abyss (via Facebook) http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db9564e06cbcc395c294f0c4c06f2db2ca56babd53330bc0b8700e ... Bethany from New Brunswick, Canada, entertained tired hikers at the summit. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db956400ae4ce687b76da8154aaad239786261593e9b6db0ba64db

TOP TALKER - "Hardly anybody wants to speak at Trump's convention," by Alex Isenstadt: "A slot at the GOP convention used to be a career-maker ... POLITICO contacted more than 50 prominent governors, senators, and House members to gauge their interest in speaking. Only a few said they were open to it ... The widespread lack of interest, Republicans say, boils down to ... the growing consensus that it's best to steer clear of Trump. ...

"New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte 'is not attending the convention' ... Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner 'is not attending the convention' ... Sen. Lindsey Graham ... 'not attending.' ... New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, a rising star who helped to write the GOP platform at the 2012 convention, 'will be in her district working for her constituents ...

"Ohio Sen. Rob Portman will be attending the convention and will be hosting several events in Cleveland over the course of the week. ... ... [In 2012, w]hoever Romney wanted to speak, one ex-adviser to the former GOP nominee recalled, he got." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db956458c268da82dd18e7ab29cc12c28183288f527c738e79d8cc

--"Trump fuels Democrats' slim House hopes," by Theo Meyer: "Democrats are diving into the forbidding district-by-district math, scrutinizing under-the-radar and cash-starved House candidates who haven't gotten attention, ... to try and get their campaigns in good enough fighting shape to take advantage of a potential Trump backlash ...

"[But] Democratic House candidates are far behind where Republicans were before they regained House control in 2010." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db95647dc7ba0832e513cc4ceea52d30598a5f98c66acd0a11419a

2016 PLAYERS - "The Believer: How Stephen Miller went from obscure Capitol Hill staffer to Donald Trump's warm-up act-and resident ideologue," by Julia Ioffe: "Miller is 30 years old, and in some ways a quintessential member of the Trump 2016 menagerie: an obscure character suddenly elevated to a national role by dint of hard work, loyalty, and the boss's favor. ... He's deeply connected to some of the most powerful insurgent threads in the Washington GOP, most notably Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions and the Breitbart media machine. As an aide on Capitol Hill, he was a behind-the-scenes architect of the successful effort to kill comprehensive immigration reform in 2014." 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db95646522607d5af20eaf4464f0f000e6751884502e4aa1dff351

--"Symone Sanders quits as national press secretary for Bernie Sanders," by Fusion's Andrew Joyce: Sanders, "one of the most prominent women of color and young people in presidential politics, said Sunday that she has left the campaign." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db9564fb26b52a0d6010601c0c5a363f70fe79d051b7739328c917

MOOK & WEAVER -- "Primary odd couple pushes to unite Democratic party," by AP's Lisa Lerer and Ken Thomas: "There was Robby Mook, Hillary Clinton's [campaign manager], known for his calm temperament, ... and Jeff Weaver, a combative political fighter, ... sharing a Friday night dinner at The Farmhouse Tap & Grill in Burlington, Vermont. ... [O]ver the long months of a frequently contentious primary, the two rival Democratic campaign managers struck up an unusually friendly relationship, founded on exhaustion, goofy jokes and a shared affection for their home state of Vermont. They talk almost daily, text frequently ...

"Now, ... the competing campaign managers have become ... responsible for engineering a graceful conclusion to a hard-fought Democratic contest. ... The two camps are increasingly comparing notes on how best to attack ... Trump. ... Mook, 35, regales his fiercely loyal band of young operatives, known as the Mook Mafia, with impressions, including spot-on impersonations of Bill Clinton and Sanders. Weaver, 50, ... owns and operated a Falls Church, Virginia, comic book and gaming store ...

"[T]he first time they met in person was in October, at the Iowa Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson Dinner ... Wearing matching outfits of khakis, blue blazers and Johnston & Murphy brown shoes, they posed for photos with their legs propped up on a security barrier. 'His shoes were in better condition' joked Mook." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db95641fe9578a6cb6c400c69367cc4b5049ee02869f25c7b905e2

BREXIT BREAKFAST - Financial Times' Tony Barber has a full-page Big Read, "Haunted Europe: The UK vote to leave has raised doubts about the survival of the EU": "In the climate of nativism, populism and anti-EU sentiment that, to varying degrees, pervades most EU countries, pressure for British-style referendums on EU membership may spread beyond the far-right circles that are already making such demands in France and the Netherlands." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db956478180efd2b1c3a298c3b3227760ffa5b7cf73d23f0d0dbeb

--The Guardian cover, "Firms plan to quit UK as shock of EU vote sinks in": "The survey by the Institute of Directors (IoD) [found] a quarter of the [1,000] members polled ... were putting hiring plans on hold, while 5% said they were set to [lay off] workers ... Nearly two-thirds ... said the outcome of the referendum was negative for their business. One in five ... were considering moving some of their operations outside of the UK." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db9564fae939bd81ed1a869c1950ca3d70f153508e1253df379029

--"In Britain, Waiting for the Deluge: If Brexit was such a victory, why doesn't it feel like one?" by Politico's Francesco Guerrera and Ben White: "The Twittersphere has been dotted with repentant posts by some of the 17.4 million people who voted to Leave. ... A petition calling for a second referendum has reached more than 2.5 million signatures, ... but political experts say it has zero chance of being successful." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db9564651f27ffcb44e515d30741d5c545bbf9f3a9964e7afeb956

--"Post-Brexit global equity loss of over $2 trillion worst ever: S&P," by Reuters' Ed Krudy in N.Y.: "The $2.08 trillion wiped off global equity markets on Friday ... was the biggest daily loss ever, trumping the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy during the 2008 financial crisis and the Black Monday stock market crash of 1987 ... Friday's decline as a percentage of total market capitalization was 4.7 percent. That was outstripped on seven occasions during the financial crisis." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db9564be4f48ded705bb9ce432700ef0905f976409ee0d6f5b8c6e

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SCOOP - "RNC Plans To Turn Bernie Backers Against Hillary Clinton's VP Pick," by HuffPost's Sam Stein: "In a detailed memo outlining its strategy to combat Clinton's VP choice, the committee says it will frame the selection as both a cynical play to certain constituencies and as an emotional letdown for voters who backed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the Democratic primary. The goals, the memo says, are to 'drive wedges between these top contenders and either Clinton and/or traditional Democrat constituencies, such as labor, environmentalists, and gun control advocates, and other traditional left-wing constituencies.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db956427e7ce40436c8508be33f17c746e0fed9f9c99b9300c72fc ... The memo 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db956499bd76db6686e4581a94de071279c58438c8f3600c99c967

--AMERICAN BRIDGE is "rolling out a big VP project Monday ... looking at Trump's potential VP picks through a reality show frame with our Veep Apprentice project (think Celebrity Apprentice, VP edition with politicians 'auditioning' to be Trump's #2). The website will launch on Monday along with the first four 'contestant' profiles -- Joni Ernst, Chris Christie, Paul Ryan and Jeff Sessions." www.VeepApprentice.com 

RNC PLAYS HARDBALL -- N.Y. Times A1, below fold, "Wary of a Convention Coup, Trump and Party Get Tough," by Jeremy Peters (online: "Trump and R.N.C. See Common Foe: Rogue Delegates"): "The two have hired about a dozen operatives to ensure that the nominating vote goes off without a hitch. [RNC Chair] Reince Priebus ... has dispatched associates to reach out to first-time delegates. ... Party officials are now gently reminding delegates that in the process of applying to be a delegate, many of them signed statements vowing to vote for the candidate to which they were pledged." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db95647c78db5c2642ae1c5fbffceb847cfd84127f82cc9cc186aa

CHASER -- "Anti-Trump 'advance team' to land in Cleveland this week," by Kyle Cheney: "In a Sunday night conference call with allies around the country, the leaders of the effort described a slow-building organization that would begin setting up a command center outside the arena ... 'We've built a list of every delegate in the country,' said Steve Lonegan, the former New Jersey director for Ted Cruz's failed presidential campaign, who's now leading the anti-Trump Courageous Conservatives PAC." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db9564067fb0b388731e9ccd37c541c05a2573877ab52a542c4202

CLEVELANDWATCH -- "Likely Settlement Will Allow Pro-Trump Group To Protest Safely At Convention,"by Daily Caller's Alex Pfeiffer: "Citizens for Trump is hoping to host a Trump unity event at Settler's Landing Park on July 18. They hope to have ... Roger Stone as [a speaker] and plan to have between 2,500 and 5,000 attendee." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db956401b778a3e3d18d8eb4e54bb4119c211b3b0d689c95664300

--L.A. Times A1, below fold, "What to do when the FBI knocks: Ahead of the GOP convention, activists in Cleveland say they're bracing for heightened scrutiny," by Matt Pearce in Cleveland: "[L]ocal activists [say] law enforcement visits [are] ramping up before next month's Republican National Convention." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db95647ba605206850beb904ae71eb0b87799bfd092a8c75250153 

JILL LEPORE in The New Yorker, "How to Steal an Election: The crazy history of nominating Conventions": "This year's Conventions will be held back to back, like a doubleheader, or two root canals in a row. ... 'At first blush, the Republican National Convention at Cleveland next week promises to be a very dull show,' H. L. Mencken wrote in 1924, when the incumbent, Calvin Coolidge, was the all but assured nominee. 'Some dreadful mountebank in a long-tailed coat will open . . . with a windy speech; then another mountebank will repeat the same rubbish in other words.'"http://bit.ly/28X9eKF

2017 - "Clinton behind in transition planning, [outside group] warns," by Sarah Wheaton: "Both campaigns and the current White House have embraced a new effort to take the handover process ... more seriously ... The Trump and Clinton campaigns are working with an outside nonprofit group [Center for Presidential Transition, at Partnership for Public Service] ... But while Trump named ... Chris Christie the chairman of his transition in May, Clinton still has yet to officially appoint someone ... Clinton's transition chief is widely assumed to be John Podesta ... co-chair of Obama's takeover in 2008." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db95649f021a41fe13cfc98c43bcce5b1345d7f65558d76f56c758

THE NARRATIVE - WashPost, top of front page, cols. 1-4, "Unease over Trump is sweeping, poll finds: About 2 in 3 Americans think he is unqualified, unfair and racist," by Scott Clement and Phil Rucker: "The survey finds broad objections to Trump's candidacy ... foreshadowing that the November election could be a referendum on Trump ... Fifty-six percent of the public at large say the celebrity business mogul stands against their beliefs, while 64 percent say he does not have the necessary credentials." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db95647d3006e9f4a07c95ad3a85d6c8fff1e6ee9aeefe11713307

GROUNDHOG DAY - L.A. Times A1, below fold, "Trump's failed Baja resort fits business pattern: Condo buyers who lost their deposits say they feel betrayed," by Michael Finnegan: "Over decades of building a business empire, ... Trump has left a long trail of angry customers and vendors who accused him in court of cheating them. Condo buyers at troubled Trump towers in Tampa and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., claimed in lawsuits that they too were misled." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db95640ce3ae6ca52e0e56b26c936a18d1dcb8967505134dc10a4b

NEW YORK TALKERS - N.Y. Post cover (right half), "I'LL GET YOU: Preet warns de Blasio and Cuomo," by Tina Moore and Bruce Golding: "Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara used [a conversation with George Stephanopoulos on 'This Week'] to put Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo on notice ... 'We have found that corruption is rife in a lot of institutions in New York ... That's true in the legislature ... It's also the case that there's corruption, we believe, in the executive branches.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db95642770963b5396352ee9e96070df32adac312f1161f2763bc0 ... Cover  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db9564f0b4944e0274028493d4e81831b71bcf8495506b9dcb336c

--WSJ A1, bottom of page, "Waldorf Hotel to Go Mostly Condo," by Craig Karmin: "Anbang Insurance Group Co.'s restoration plan calls for closing down the 1,413-room property in the spring, removing as many as 1,100 hotel rooms and eliminating hundreds of hotel jobs ... When the Waldorf reopens, the hotel will feature between 300 and 500 guest rooms upgraded to luxury standards." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db95648de5d6733ac247d2f0a7551a738097d1f2ed0ec3189b8090

SPOTTED: Politico's Gabe Debenedetti, reacting on screen at the Copa America soccer final after Lionel Messi missed a penalty kick in last night's match between Argentina and Chile, which won 4-2 in PKs, at East Rutherford, NJ.30-second video http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db95648a599991dc4856352189cbcd1cd0b9196f7211c8253b5e7e ... Gabe's Insta-pic of the game http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=446b225ac0db95642ebf6e180e91cc26cf82648dde3be7be4e972783734d270a

MEDIAWATCH: BuzzFeed today kicks off "Turn Up To Vote," a week of content all about civic engagement "driving people to register to vote." www.buzzfeed.com/turnuptovote

BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): NPR's Nicole Beemsterboer ... BerlinRosen V.P. Shantha Susman and Senior Associate Niketa Kumar ... Lucy Silver ... Joe Durheim

BIRTHDAYS: N.H. Sen. Kelly Ayotte is 48 ... Bush alum Tony Fratto, partner of Hamilton Place Strategies (h/t Ben Chang) ... Ross Perot is 86 ... former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is 78 ... Jesse Lehrich, pride of Arlington, Mass., and the HFA Rapid Response team, is 27 (h/t Team Rapid) ... Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) is 75 ... Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.) is 57 ... Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.) is 71 ... FP1 Strategies founding partner Terry Nelson, a Bush-Cheney alum, is 47 ... Kathleen Welch of Corridor Partners (h/t Jon Haber) ... Today marks 114 years for twin brothers Bob Boorstin of the Albright Stonebridge Group and Louis of the Osprey Foundation ... Carrie Stevenson, Senior Supervising
 Producer at CNN (hubby tip: Todd Foley) ...

... Reuters' David Shepardson, former D.C. bureau chief for the Detroit News (h/t Andrea Bitely) ... Cato's Ilya Shapiro ... George Malkin ... France Latremoliere, the fantastic MSNBC makeup artist ... Ross Perot ... former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt ... Obama WH alum Casey Davis-Van Atta, head of content at OPower ... Caroline Adler, FLOTUS comms director and special assistant to the president ... Scott Livingston ... WSJ's Anna Russell is 26 (h/t Sanette Tanaka) ... RoseAnn Gerson ... Paul Tencher, SVP and national director of public affairs at MWW and a DSCC alum, is 36 ... Ron Kirk ... Robert Schlesinger, managing opinion editor of U.S. News and World Report ... Jon Cardinal ...
 Jim Nussle, former House member and OMB director now president of America's Credit Unions ... Isaac Reyes, lobbyist for Target ... Justin Lear, CNN's director of social discovery ... Coons alum Alex Barniea, now an RN in Baltimore ... retired Army Gen. John Shalikashvili ... Brent Roske is 42, celebrating tonight at the Pacific Mariners Yacht Club, and continuing Thursday night with a screening of his new "Courting Des Moines" film, co-hosted by former Sen. Tom Harkin. ...

... Gordon Gerstein, brother of Josh ... Matt Letourneau, senior comms. director for U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy ... Teresa V Wells, Kerry-Edwards alum now principal at Tenth+Grey ... Eve Galanter ... Rachelle VanGalder ... Reva Bottles ... Taylor Lane (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) ... Kerri Toloczko ... Barry Blackman ... David Kelley ... Monica Showalter ... Steve Beste ... Harsco's Susan Firey, a CBS and Cato alum ... Bruce Johnston (The Beach Boys) is 74 ... Vera Wang is 67 ... country singer Lorrie Morgan is 57 ... Tobey Maguire is 41 ... Khloe Kardashian is 32 ... Lauren Jauregui of Fifth Harmony ("The X Factor") is 20 ... actor Chandler Riggs is 17 (h/ts AP)

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