Subject: Re: Podesta to Clinton: Make peace with Richardson, even if he 'can be a dick'
From: "Alexander S. Mackler" <[email-masked]>
To: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 08:14:51 -0400

"I say this as someone who is neither seeking nor expecting any appointment or role in a Clinton White House"

ASM

> On Oct 15, 2016, at 3:37 PM, Eric Schwerin <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> Podesta to Clinton: Make peace with Richardson, even if he 'can be a dick'
> John Podesta thought Hillary and Bill Clinton needed to make peace with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, even if he'd heard Hillary Clinton was upset that he'd tried to bury the hatchet, according to hacked emails released by WikiLeaks.
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> “I had heard that you were upset that I encouraged a call between [Bill Clinton] and Richardson to bury the hatchet,” Podesta wrote to Hillary Clinton in August, 2015.
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> In the email, Podesta encourages Clinton to call Richardson and ask for an endorsement. That would mean putting aside a beef from the 2008 Democratic primary when Richardson, despite having served as Energy Secretary and Ambassador to the United Nations for Bill Clinton, endorsed Barack Obama. (It was a senator he saw “something special in,” Richardson said.)
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> The Clintons were reportedly furious, and at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Richardson told ABC News that their feud was “permanent.”
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> Podesta, however, said he'd pushed for a detente at the behest of Jose Villarreal, Bill Clinton’s 1992 deputy campaign manager. And he said there might be merit in bringing Richardson back into the fold. 
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> “I did that at the request of Jose Villarreal who pushed me and made the point that Richardson is still on TV a lot, especially on Univision and Telemundo and not withstanding the fact that he can be a dick, it was worth getting him in a good place,” he wrote. "Probably worth a quick call to ask him to stay stout and publicly endorse, but if it's too galling, don't bother." 
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> It's unclear whether Clinton called, but Richardson's support for her candidacy became public two days after Podesta allegedly sent the email. 
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> And now, Richardson's camp is working hard to ensure that the hacked emails — and the revelation that Podesta said he can be "a dick" — doesn't bother him.
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> Before POLITICO reached out about writing an article on the email, Richardson's team emailed this statement:
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> "I strongly support Hillary Clinton for President. I do not care about any characterization of me made in an email. I have worked with John Podesta for many years and am neither concerned nor unhappy about this email repartee. I fully respect John and recognize the difficult job he has. I say this as someone who is neither seeking nor expecting any appointment or role in a Clinton White House, as evidenced by the emails."
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