Subject: Re: REVISED FOR TOMORROW: NH town hall w/Alzheimer's insert
From: "Ann O'Leary" <[email-masked]>
To: Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>
Cc: Megan Rooney <[email-masked]>, Mike Vlacich <[email-masked]>, Amanda Renteria <[email-masked]>, Joel Benenson <[email-masked]>, Brian Fallon <[email-masked]>, Mandy Grunwald <[email-masked]>, Speech Drafts <[email-masked]>, Vasishth Srivastava <[email-masked]>, Emily Aden <[email-masked]>, Jesse Ferguson <[email-masked]>, Harrell Kirstein <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 09:18:01 -0800
List-Id: <speechdrafts.hillaryclinton.com>

Me too!

Ann O’Leary
Sent from my iPhone
(510) 717-5518 (cell)

On Dec 28, 2015, at 9:14 AM, Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>
wrote:

Thanks.  I think this is good.

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 28, 2015, at 11:55 AM, Megan Rooney <[email-masked]>
wrote:

Here's a clean version.

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Megan Rooney <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> OK -- here's a new version.  Just bullets that she can use as an insert in
> her usual stump.  Plus a one-graf closing argument, plus a call to action.
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Mike Vlacich <
> [email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> Assume Bernie and O'Malley will just slap more money onto it and try to
>> outdo us.
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Ann O'Leary <[email-masked]
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, I still like that angle - and the advocates have been saying it - a
>>> call to action - we should all be in this together to find a way to prevent
>>> and treat Alzheimer's by 2025
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 8:33 AM, Amanda Renteria <
>>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What about the angle of asking others to match her vision?  Shows she
>>>> is leading on the issue and it can lay the foundation for the differences
>>>> btwn us and Republicans down the road. She has solutions, while others just
>>>> talk.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Joel Benenson <[email-masked]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Agree with Brian.  We will get big blowback both on the personal side
>>>>> and she will get no slack on that.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* [email-masked] [mailto:
>>>>> [email-masked]] *On Behalf Of *Brian Fallon
>>>>> *Sent:* Monday, December 28, 2015 8:28 AM
>>>>> *To:* Ann O'Leary <[email-masked]>
>>>>> *Cc:* Megan Rooney <[email-masked]>; Mandy Grunwald <
>>>>> [email-masked]>; Mike Vlacich <[email-masked]>; Speech
>>>>> Drafts <[email-masked]>; Vasishth Srivastava <
>>>>> [email-masked]>; Emily Aden <[email-masked]>;
>>>>> Jesse Ferguson <[email-masked]>; Harrell Kirstein <
>>>>> [email-masked]>
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: DRAFT: NH town hall on Alzheimer's
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In light of Ann's point noting how Republicans in Congress just
>>>>> recently did vote to authorize more funding for Alzheimer's, and separately
>>>>> noting the hornet's nest we may be stepping into by calling out Republican
>>>>> presidential candidates who may have personal connections to the disease,
>>>>> should we let discretion be the better part of valor here and give up the
>>>>> contrast? I think this issue works best as something nonpartisan anyway,
>>>>> like opioid abuse, where we get credit for talking about something because
>>>>> it affects people's lives, not because there is a political angle to it. I
>>>>> think it makes it small to try to turn it into a wedge.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 1:29 AM, Ann O'Leary <
>>>>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Great work, Megan.  Just two points here:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> (1) We cannot say that Rs in Congress are continuing to cut NIH
>>>>> funding - they just raised it by the most in 10 years - and Alzheimer's
>>>>> funding went up significantly. So I'd give them kudos for that and say that
>>>>> the problem is that no one running for President on R side willing to step
>>>>> up.  Need to fix this section and replace it with the good news on
>>>>> increases:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> And Republicans in Congress aren’t doing anything to reverse the
>>>>> so-called “sequester” in critical areas like this.  The sequester has taken
>>>>> *billions* of dollars away from the National Institute of Health.
>>>>> That’s money that was being used to find treatments and cures for diseases
>>>>> like Alzheimer’s – gone
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> (2) Here is an idea - that might make the advocates happy - how about
>>>>> we lean into bipartisan Congressional support and call out support from
>>>>> Newt Gingrich, and then challenge the R candidates to match her on
>>>>> investing in a cure by 2025.  That's what the advocates said all last week
>>>>> - that everyone should have such a plan.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Vivek and I can reach out to advocates in the morning, but think this
>>>>> approach might help. Still keep in all the great stuff on hitting them on
>>>>> cuts and then pivoting to a challenge.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Megan Rooney <
>>>>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeb's mother-in-law has it.  I can add:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course, they all believe that Alzheimer’s is a terrible disease.  *Some
>>>>> have seen parents and other loved ones struggle with it.*  And of
>>>>> course they all feel deep sympathy for families dealing with it – I truly
>>>>> believe that.  But their sympathy doesn’t translate into action.  And
>>>>> that’s what really matters.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 8:50 PM, Mandy Grunwald <[email-masked]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Be careful of all the personal connections.  Trump's father had
>>>>> Alzheimer's.  It's probably touched other GOP candidates as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mandy Grunwald
>>>>>
>>>>> Grunwald Communications
>>>>>
>>>>> 202 973-9400
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 27, 2015, at 8:32 PM, Megan Rooney <[email-masked]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Dan just suggested adding that in.  Something like:  "I was pleased to
>>>>> hear several Republicans endorse my plan.  I really believe there's room
>>>>> for bipartisan progress here. But the Republican candidates for President
>>>>> have a different approach."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It actually makes the hit on the candidates stronger while appearing
>>>>> somehow less partisan.  Magic.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Mike Vlacich <
>>>>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Will Alzheimers advocacy groups back us up if we make this partisan?
>>>>> Last week we received praise from Gingrich on this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 27, 2015, at 8:17 PM, Megan Rooney <[email-masked]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's a draft of her remarks at the town hall in Portsmouth on
>>>>> Tuesday.  This will be another Alzheimer's-focused event, same as Iowa last
>>>>> Thursday.  The difference is this event will include a Republican
>>>>> contrast.  It's in the draft and pasted below.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If you could please send me edits by 2pm tomorrow, I'd appreciate it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> **
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I wish I could say everyone agreed with me on that.  But the truth is,
>>>>> there’s a very different attitude on the other side of the aisle.  Just
>>>>> look at the Republican candidates for President.  Of course, they all
>>>>> believe that Alzheimer’s is a terrible disease.  And of course they all
>>>>> feel deep sympathy for families dealing with it – I truly believe that.
>>>>> But their sympathy doesn’t translate into action.  And that’s what really
>>>>> matters.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Senator Cruz and Senator Paul voted to *cut* research dollars by
>>>>> hundreds of millions of dollars.  Senator Rubio did the same for an
>>>>> Alzheimer’s research center in Florida – he voted to cut its funding, and
>>>>> not just by a little, by more than *half*.  Jeb Bush vetoed money for
>>>>> Alzheimer’s research when he was Governor.  Ben Carson – a doctor who
>>>>> should know better – says he would cut health research dollars if he were
>>>>> President.  And Republicans in Congress aren’t doing anything to reverse
>>>>> the so-called “sequester” in critical areas like this.  The sequester has
>>>>> taken * billions* of dollars away from the National Institute of
>>>>> Health.  That’s money that was being used to find treatments and cures for
>>>>> diseases like Alzheimer’s – gone.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> All these politicians say that they support Alzheimer’s research… that
>>>>> they want to see this disease get more attention… that we need to do more
>>>>> to help patients and families.  But when it’s time to actually *do*
>>>>> it – when it’s time to actually make the commitment – they say no.  To me,
>>>>> ultimately, that’s what counts.  Families need more than pretty words.
>>>>> They need *action*.  They need real help.  And I wish we could count
>>>>> on Republicans to deliver it – but we just can’t.  Because when it’s a
>>>>> choice between investing in things that would help families like yours, or
>>>>> giving the rich another tax cut – they choose the tax cut every time.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I’d make a different choice.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If we’re the kind of nation that cares for its citizens and supports
>>>>> families – if we’re the kind of people who respect our elders and love our
>>>>> neighbors – then we’ve got to do better.  We’ve got to do better on
>>>>> diseases like Alzheimer’s.  We’ve got to do better for families in crisis.
>>>>> This is about our health and our economy, but it’s also about our values
>>>>> and our character.  And there’s nothing more important than that.
>>>>>
>>>>> <2015-12-27 NH town hall alzheimers 815pm.docx>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Ann O'Leary
>>>>>
>>>>> Senior Policy Advisor
>>>>>
>>>>> Hillary for America
>>>>>
>>>>> Cell: 510-717-5518
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Amanda Renteria
>>>> National Political Director
>>>> Hillary for America #Hillary2016
>>>> 650-868-1188 (c)
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ann O'Leary
>>> Senior Policy Advisor
>>> Hillary for America
>>> Cell: 510-717-5518
>>>
>>
>>
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