Subject: Re: Tuesday night advice
From: Amanda Renteria <[email-masked]>
To: Nikki Budzinski <[email-masked]>
Cc: Robby Mook <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Brynne Craig <[email-masked]>, Marlon Marshall <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 20:06:11 -0400

Good, ok, happy w not doing anything w her.
Next question - I thought we weren't doing Q&A.  Are we changing that?

On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Nikki Budzinski <
[email-masked]> wrote:

> So we do want to do Q&A?
>
> On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 6:15 PM, Robby Mook <[email-masked]>
> wrote:
>
>> I agree it's going to create tension if Randi gets special attention.
>> Perhaps tee her up to the first person HRC takes a question from.
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 6:06 PM, John Podesta <[email-masked]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I think this is actually a problem. More natural if she takes a couple
>>> questions and Randi is recognized in that setting. If we want to avoid
>>> that, ie questions, I think best to just to recognize her. Otherwise, very
>>> hard not to piss people off.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sunday, July 12, 2015, Nikki Budzinski <[email-masked]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Agreed ok.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 4:45 PM, Amanda Renteria <
>>>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think John welcomes and should say how excited we were and give
>>>>> randi a chance to say a few words.  But it should feel informal and just an
>>>>> in the moment kind of thing. Randi hands it back to john who introduces
>>>>> HRC.
>>>>>
>>>>> We will really upset folks if this feels contrived as part of a big
>>>>> plan that is taking on trumka.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 12, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Brynne Craig <[email-masked]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Defer to others
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Correct, this is mix and mingle
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Nikki Budzinski <
>>>>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi-
>>>>>> I wanted to follow up on two questions related to the labor reception
>>>>>> on Tuesday night.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1.  Thursday night at the dinner John and I attended, Lee encouraged
>>>>>> us to have Randi say a few words at the reception.  Lee mentioned this
>>>>>> several times.  Originally we had only planned to have John welcome,
>>>>>> introduce the Secretary and then the Secretary speaks.  Do we want to add
>>>>>> Randi in the mix?  I think it would be a nice touch, but wasn't sure how
>>>>>> you felt.  It could go like this...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John welcomes and opens, invites Randi to say a few words and
>>>>>> introduce the Secretary, the Secretary gives brief remarks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This might annoy Trumka and Lily, but honestly, Randi's early
>>>>>> endorsement deserves a lot of credit.  I also think Lee's urging gives us a
>>>>>> good sense that it would be ok.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What do you think?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2.  SEIU asked if the Secretary will be doing Q&A.  I said no.  Is
>>>>>> that correct?  I told them its one on one conversations.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Nikki Budzinski
>>>>>> Labor Outreach Director
>>>>>> Hillary for America
>>>>>> 646-854-1442 (direct)
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Brynne Craig
>>>>> Deputy National Political Director || Hillary for America
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>>>>> (202) 812-2619 (C)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Nikki Budzinski
>>>> Labor Outreach Director
>>>> Hillary for America
>>>> 646-854-1442 (direct)
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Nikki Budzinski
> Labor Outreach Director
> Hillary for America
> 646-854-1442 (direct)
>

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