Subject: Re: NV | 2.19.2016
From: "Ann O'Leary" <[email-masked]>
To: Nick Merrill <[email-masked]>
Cc: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>, Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>, Synergy <[email-masked]>, Tim Hogan <[email-masked]>, Emmy Ruiz <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 05:56:28 +0800

Love it! Thanks, Nick (esp the 45 minute discussion of reading to your
child!!)

On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 5:54 AM, Nick Merrill <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> Women and Families Roundtable:
>
> Very engaging discussion, topics ranged from early childhood education to
> food deserts to Flint.  HRC brought up Flint proactively, and a woman stood
> up and said that she had family there, appreciated HRC saying that, her
> work there, and that her assessment was exactly right.  Audience was
> diverse across the board, lots of millennials and lots of young people who
> work for various NGOs and advocacy groups with a lot of very good questions
> and passionate comments. At the end HRC commented on her life's work,
> figuring out how to make difference in people's lives as opposed to
> promising them the moon, and making sure lives are better when you're done
> than when you started.  Wasn't too hot but poignant and noticeable
> following 45 minutes of discussing the importance of reading to your
> children every day.
>
> We're now going to divert course and make a pit stop at a woman's house
> who has been affected by the Nevada Public Utility Commissions retroactive
> rate changes on people selling solar back to the grid.  Pool is with us.
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 12, 2016, at 4:24 PM, Nick Merrill <[email-masked]>
> wrote:
>
> Woke up in Milwaukee this morning and did a fundraiser at Harbor House.
> Very pretty setting just outside of downtown on a partially frozen bright
> blue Lake Michigan.  She gave a pretty standard stump, no Qs, and we headed
> out.
>
> South Carolina was quite something.  Good crowd of about 450/500 at
> Denmark-Olar Elementary School (home of the Vikings).  HRC stuck largely to
> her remarks and outlined her $125 billion plan to improve underserved
> communities, and took questions on just about everything: social security,
> health care multiple times, body cameras, Flint, homeless vets, Trump,
> student loans, who she's pick for VP, and a little girl who gave her a
> drawing that said on it: "I'm not bossy I have leadership skills."  It was
> a very engaged, high-energy affair.
>
> Following the town hall and a long ropeline, we did 2 TV stand ups and a
> print interview.  Discussion in both revolved around race relations, the
> state of the race, and education, which HRC discussed at length in a
> dilapidated older locker room with paint people off the walls in the
> background.
>
> Our print interviewer, Princess Williams, was really impressive.  She won
> an award last year for best student journalist in a college under 5000
> students from the South Carolina Press Association.  She was nervous but
> did a great job, asked HRC about education, what we can't do beyond
> government programs to help level the playing field, attracting young
> voters, and what life is like off the campaign trail.
>
> We're in the air now headed back north to St. Paul for the
> Humphrey-Mondale Dinner.
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Nick Merrill <[email-masked]
> > wrote:
>
>> Two more things to add:
>>
>> We did a radio interview with Greg and the morning buzz.  Like the first
>> local NH hit this morning, it was all about NH and allowed her to talk
>> about how grateful she is to the people here.
>>
>> Also just did a 10 minute satellite hit with Al Sharpton.  They talked
>> about heading to Nevada and her strategy there, he asked her how she would
>> distinguish he civil rights record, then Flint, millennial women, voting
>> rights, and a question about Cruz's comments on Flint and Katrina both
>> being cities with crisis and two very liberal mayors.  She didn't engage
>> most of the answer and at the end said "that's not the world I live in, and
>> not the world I'd govern as President."
>>
>> Strong interview in substance and tone.
>>
>> Transcripts to follow.
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Nick Merrill <[email-masked]
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> We made an impromptu stop at Dunkin Donuts.  Press came in briefly,
>>> took some photos of HRC taking some photos, and departed.  We stayed
>>> and ordered some food, most of which was stolen from us and consumed
>>> in the limo as I understand it.  We did manage some coffees in the
>>> staff van, which was game changing.
>>>
>>> Then off to Dover.  Another great showing by the organizing team, as
>>> well as by Carly Fiorina's husband, who greeted the Secretary
>>> enthusiastically.  You'd never know his wife calls for HRC's
>>> imprisonment on a daily basis.
>>>
>>> Just got back to Manchester.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 9, 2016, at 7:35 AM, Nick Merrill <[email-masked]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Happy Election Day!
>>>
>>> We just went to the Ward 10 polling location at Parker Varney School
>>> in Manchester.
>>>
>>> HRC arrived to volunteers chanting "I believe that she will win!" and
>>> worked the crowd.  She shook about 75 hands and took lots of photos,
>>> and then did an impromptu stand up with the morning show anchors.
>>> They asked her about how she's feeling and expectations, she just
>>> talked about how excited she was to be out talking to people and her
>>> love for New Hampshire.
>>>
>>> We took a few more photos and talked to WMUR for a few minutes, which
>>> will air at noon.
>>>
>>> Now we're in Nashua now headed to another location and on the phone
>>> live with Mike Pomp of WTSN radio.  Good conversation, she's talking
>>> about her experiences up here, basically a perfect Election Day drive
>>> time interview.
>>>
>>> More to come.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 8, 2016, at 5:33 PM, Nick Merrill <[email-masked]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> HRC and WJC stopped by Chez Vachon for breakfast.  Nice greasy spoon
>>> with a French Canadian twist.  HRC and WJC worked the tables, ran into
>>> some longtime supporters, took a lot of selfies.  President Clinton
>>> was excited to see his photo still on the wall from when he visited
>>> last.
>>>
>>> Dan O'Neil, former Dodd and O'Malley supporter but '92 Clinton
>>> supporter joined them for omelettes.  Following breakfast, some more
>>> selfie-taking ensued as did a conversation with a couple of vets.
>>> Restaurant felt overwhelmingly supportive.
>>>
>>> We went back to the hotel and taped 6 TV interviews with local and
>>> Boston affiliates.   Lots about the state of the race here and the
>>> weather.  Most asked about Warren which she handled well,  a couple of
>>> transcripts questions and a good exchange with FOX on sexism in
>>> politics.
>>>
>>> From there we went to Manchester Community College.  Crowd of about
>>> 1100, she did a few things differently, including calling Bernie out
>>> for accepting DSCC money that came in part from Wall Street.
>>>
>>> We taped Rachel Maddow after the event.  It opened with the staffing
>>> question and then covered the waterfront...Flint, trust, attacks,
>>> transcripts.  We let it go so Rachel would spend more time on the
>>> positive which she did.
>>>
>>> After Maddow we went to the Velcro factory.  She went table to table
>>> in their cafeteria which looked like a Johnny Rockets, shaking hands,
>>> sometimes sitting down for brief conversations.  Press pool got some
>>> good stuff.
>>>
>>> We're now back at the Radisson waiting to depart for WMUR where we'll
>>> do a quick live hit on WMUR, she'll simply make a one minute pitch to
>>> voters direct to camera.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 7, 2016, at 5:29 PM, Nick Merrill <[email-masked]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Flint was quite moving.  When we walked in the church and the water
>>> fountains were covered and marked "out of order," all we've read and
>>> seen in the news suddenly became much more real.
>>>
>>> HRC met with mayor and an usher briefly, and she said that she fight
>>> to keep the lights from dimming on this.
>>>
>>> The crowd was extraordinarily supportive.  Her remarks were brief
>>> (12/15) but strong, with powerful response.
>>>
>>> Afterwards she took photos, she did a very quick local standup in the
>>> sanctuary (all about Flint), met with a group of local pastors and
>>> went into the stakeholders/electeds meeting with the mayor.
>>>
>>> On the way to the airport we called the editor of the National
>>> Newspaper Association, quick 5 minute interview on the importance of
>>> Flint and their being many other Flints.  Transcript to follow.
>>>
>>> Descending back into NH now, going to do an OTR at the Puritan Backroom
>>> (!!).
>>>
>>
>>
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