Subject: Re: Richardson
From: Adrienne Elrod <[email-masked]>
To: Amanda Renteria <[email-masked]>
Cc: Kristina Schake <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:41:41 -0400

sorry for the delay in sending but fyi - this posted this morning.

Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson Endorses Hillary Clinton for
President
Aug 23, 2015, 9:41 AM ET
By BENJAMIN BELL <http://abcnews.go.com/author/benjamin_bell> and ANJA
CROWDER/ABC News

Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson
<http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/us/bill-richardson.htm> said he will
support Hillary Clinton
<http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/whitehouse/hillary-clinton.htm> in her
bid for the presidency.

In an exclusive statement to ABC News, Richardson said after speaking with
former President Bill Clinton
<http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/us/bill-clinton.htm> and his wife, "we
have patched up our disagreement from the 2008 election." The former
governor, who served in Clinton's administration, gave his endorsement to
then Sen. Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign cycle.

“I have spoken to President and Secretary Clinton and we have patched up
our disagreement from the 2008 election,” the statement read. "I am pleased
to announce I wholeheartedly support Secretary Clinton's candidacy for the
Presidency. Her leadership on issues like foreign policy, immigration, climate
change <http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/climate-change.htm> and economic
populism are important to the future of the country."

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*Clinton welcomed Richardson's endorsement Monday morning, saying she was
"grateful" for his support.*

*"I thank Governor Bill Richardson for his endorsement,” Clinton said in a
statement. “For more than three decades, Bill has worked doggedly to make
our country and our world more equal, safe, and free. Through his many
years of public service, Bill has been a good friend to me and an unerring
friend to the American people. I am grateful for his trust and his
support.”*

*An earlier version of this story misidentified the president with whom
Richardson spoke before endorsing Hillary Clinton. It was former President
Bill Clinton, not President Obama.*

On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 8:24 PM, Amanda Renteria <
[email-masked]> wrote:

> yes.good here.
>
> On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 7:48 PM, Adrienne Elrod <[email-masked]
> > wrote:
>
>> The Note will run it exclusively tomorrow and update their story with it
>> once it runs. Amanda that sound good to you? Will blend in with other news
>> so probably good thing
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Aug 23, 2015, at 6:46 PM, Amanda Renteria <
>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>> yup.  k. and if it's along w other news, that's good.
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Adrienne Elrod <
>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>>> Yep talking to Jon Karl now will report back soon!
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Aug 23, 2015, at 6:06 PM, Kristina Schake <[email-masked]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think we are set to go - Huma signed off right Adrienne? What's our
>>> plan to get it out? I think it was a limited release - exclusive to ABC?
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Aug 23, 2015, at 6:49 PM, John Podesta <[email-masked]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I hear you, but I think he asked for this on the call and seems like she
>>> agreed. Important enough to relitigate?
>>> On Aug 23, 2015 2:59 PM, "Amanda Renteria" <[email-masked]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I raised this on a different chain, but we haven't put out a thank you
>>>> statement for any endorsement like this.  We've done some state specific
>>>> rollouts, but haven't done a thank you.  The most we have done is retweet
>>>> and did that for the first time a few weeks ago.  This will open the door
>>>> to others, but also, we should just be aware in case we get some supporters
>>>> commenting on it.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 4:01 PM, John Podesta <[email-masked]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Did we put out a statement thanking him for his support?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
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>>
>
>
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