Subject: Re: Column
From: Cheryl Mills <[email-masked]>
To: Roy Spence <[email-masked]>
Cc: PIR <[email-masked]>, Jim Kennedy <[email-masked]>, Minyon Moore <[email-masked]>, Judy Trabulsi <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Maggie Williams <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 20:49:29 -0500

i will send some thoughts for collective point of view - agree with pir -
over the top and not accurate and i want to give you points to respond

On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 8:18 PM, Roy Spence <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Hey I kept it confidential…he/she is kinda serious writer-but that is not
> my point…just want to get clear on our collective POV at this stage of the
> journey…
>
>
>
> *From:* PIR [mailto:[email-masked]]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 07, 2014 7:07 PM
> *To:* Roy Spence; Jim Kennedy; Minyon Moore; Cheryl Mills; Judy Trabulsi;
> John Podesta; Maggie Williams
> *Subject:* Column
>
>
>
> Roy, I can’t tell from the chain – who sent you that original e-mailing
> saying they were about to write a column? It’s awfully belligerent. But if
> it’s someone serious, we should start by presenting an alternative view.
>
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> *From: *Jim Kennedy <[email-masked]>
> *Date: *Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at 1:23 PM
> *To: *Minyon Moore <[email-masked]>
> *Cc: *Roy Spence <[email-masked]>, CDM <[email-masked]>,
> Judy Trabulsi <[email-masked]>, PIR <[email-masked]>, John
> Podesta <[email-masked]>, Maggie Williams <[email-masked]
> >
> *Subject: *Re: Hi there...this is from a Writer Friend of mine-who do I
> talk to about stuff like this???
>
>
>
> yes, agreed.  happy to participate and brainstorm.  as noted, stories will
> keep coming no matter what (and it's almost always the political reporters
> doing it, not policy-focused ones - and maybe one thing to do - and it may
> well be happening - is figure out some of the key policy wonk journalists
> who would be interested in a deeper dive into her work on early childhood,
> women & girls and economic development for young people in order to at
> least balance the other coverage a bit.  Plus force-feed some coverage
> through scheduling that involves camera-ready (and twitter-ready) events
> that also yield more substantive coverage).
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Minyon Moore <[email-masked]>
> wrote:
>
> As number 25 and now that have the dubious distinction of not only looking
> like HRC but being named an organizer of said briefing “to frankly preserve
> her options” I agree with Cheryl  a small call to talk about how to
> recalibrate (if that is even real) would be great.
>
>
>
> *Minyon.m*
>
> *"Seize this very minute; what you can do or dream, begin it. Boldness has
> genius, power and magic."*
>
> *enVision.Believe.Create*
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> *From:* Roy Spence [mailto:[email-masked]]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 07, 2014 11:37 AM
> *To:* Cheryl Mills
>
>
> *Cc:* Judy Trabulsi; Philippe Reines; Minyon Moore; John Podesta; Maggie
> Williams; Jim Kennedy
>
> *Subject:* RE: Hi there...this is from a Writer Friend of mine-who do I
> talk to about stuff like this???
>
>
>
> Hi all…!!!
>
>
>
> *From:* Cheryl Mills [mailto:[email-masked]<[email-masked]>]
>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 07, 2014 10:36 AM
> *To:* Roy Spence
> *Cc:* Judy Trabulsi; Philippe Reines; Minyon Moore; John Podesta; Maggie
> Williams; Jim Kennedy
> *Subject:* Re: Hi there...this is from a Writer Friend of mine-who do I
> talk to about stuff like this???
>
>
>
> Here is the real challenge:  truth vs. reality.
>
>
>
> 1. she has no paid consultants doing politics
>
>
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> 2. she is as horrified as all of us that maggie H wrote this piece but
> shutting down these articles is hard given they have decided to cover her.
>
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> 3. news maker attribute to her what others are doing - so the PACS are
> treated as her even though she can't and isn't involved with them.
>
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> so it would be great to brainstorm how that changes.
>
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> I am happy to convene such a gathering/call - though it will get reported
> if someone talks as a political meeting rather than one designed to
> preserve her options.
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>
> adding others (john p, pir, minyon, maggie, jim K) who can be reflective
> about this.
>
>
>
> cdm
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Roy Spence <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
> Roy-Don't be surprised if I write a column soon that Hillary is going to
> blow it, and is repeating her mistakes of 2008, with stories about her
> "shadow campaign" of consultants milking her for a lot of money, while she
> gives paid speeches to banks, while she acts like an incumbent, and says
> virtually nothing important about what Democrats stand for, while the most
> admired person in the world is the pope for saying the kind of things she
> should be saying but isn't about economic fairness.  This has got to be the
> worst pre-campaign in my memory.  Imagine running as the candidate for the
> Democratic nomination as the
>
> candidate of banks, consultants and insiders.  Unbelievable.
>
>
>
> Ride at Dawn
>
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