Subject: RE: senior staff discussions
From: "Begala, Paul" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked], [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked], "John Podesta" <[email-masked]>, [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 11:30:25 -0400

(to quote my kids...)  You all ROCK!!

-----Original Message-----
From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]] On Behalf Of Tom
Matzzie
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 11:21 AM
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Cc: Begala, Paul; [email-masked]; [email-masked];
[email-masked]; John Podesta; [email-masked];
[email-masked]
Subject: Re: senior staff discussions

Just to give our team another high-five. The Post story was written in
the sequence our researcher wrote the source oppo document.

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:46 PM,  <[email-masked]>
wrote:
> One more post cover story tomorrow with charlie black research from
the team.
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008
> 052103006.html 
> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR200
> 8052103006.html> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Begala, Paul" <[email-masked]>
>
> Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 18:11:19
> To:<[email-masked]>,<[email-masked]>
> Cc:<[email-masked]>,<[email-masked]>,<john.pode
> [email-masked]>,<[email-masked]>,<tmcguinness@progressivemediausa.
> org>,<[email-masked]>
> Subject: Re: senior staff discussions
>
>
> Okay.
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: [email-masked] <[email-masked]>
>  To: Susan McCue <[email-masked]>
>  Cc: [email-masked] <[email-masked]>; Begala, Paul; 
> [email-masked] <[email-masked]>; John 
> Podesta <[email-masked]>; [email-masked] 
> <[email-masked]>; [email-masked] 
> <[email-masked]>; Matt Butler 
> <[email-masked]>
>  Sent: Wed May 21 17:58:35 2008
>  Subject: Re: senior staff discussions
>
>  I guess this means no call tomorrow since we're not engaging with 
> Eric  yet and Jen only this afternoon.
>
>
>
>  On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Susan McCue <[email-masked]>
wrote:
>  > Makes sense. Can erin and jen talk to them soon?
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: David Brock [mailto:[email-masked] 
> <mailto:[email-masked]> ]  > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 
> 1:34 PM  > To: Paul Begala; Tom Matzzie; [email-masked]; Susan

> Mccue; [email-masked]; John Podesta  > Cc: 
> [email-masked]; [email-masked]; Matt Butler

> > Subject: Re: senior staff discussions  >  > The way we left it on 
> our call yesterday was that jen from cap and eric from media matters 
> were going to talk to each other, to tara, to christina, ari etc as 
> they try to knit something together that works  > That's how the 
> conversation should proceed I think before we can answer the kinds of 
> questions being asked  > -----Original Message-----  > From: "Begala, 
> Paul" <[email-masked]>  >  > Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 13:24:23

> > 
> To:<[email-masked]>,<[email-masked]>,<[email-masked]>,<
> [email-masked]>,<[email-masked]>
>  > 
> Cc:<[email-masked]>,<[email-masked]>,<matthe
> [email-masked]>  > Subject: Re: senior staff discussions  >  >  > 
> 3 pm Thurs works for me.
>  >
>  >  ----- Original Message -----
>  >  From: [email-masked] <[email-masked]>  >  To: David Brock 
> ([email-masked]) <[email-masked]>; Susan Mccue 
> <[email-masked]>; Begala, Paul; John Podesta 
> <[email-masked]>; John Podesta <[email-masked]>

> >  Cc: Hong, Ki P (WAS) <[email-masked]>; Tara McGuinness 
> <[email-masked]>; Matt Butler 
> <[email-masked]>  >  Sent: Wed May 21 13:16:16 2008  >  
> Subject: senior staff discussions  >  >  Team,  >  >  Tara and I spoke

> with Ari and Christina. They really are smart and  >  committed to the

> work.
>  >
>  >  They have a lot of questions that I can't answer. They want to 
> join  >  the conversation rather than be subject to it. Seems fair. 
> Because Ari  >  gets married on Sunday we have a window to have them 
> all on the line  >  Thursday afternoon. Ari meets with his wedding 
> Rabbi at 4:30 Eastern  >  but we're otherwise clear on our end. Can we
try 3:00 PM Thursday?
>  >
>  >  There was also a feeling that we should open-source a lot of the  
> >  resources that we have--dump the research book and the video, etc..

> on  >  the web. Something to discuss.
>  >
>  >  best,
>  >
>  >  -Tom
>  >
>  >
>  >
>