Subject: Re: Axelrod
From: Cheryl Mills <[email-masked]>
To: Huma Abedin <[email-masked]>
Cc: Philippe Reines <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Robby Mook <[email-masked]>, Nick Merrill <[email-masked]>, Huma Abedin <[email-masked]>, Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>, Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 20:58:33 -0500

what is odd is that - she did more than reach out to him when she left -
she went a did a fundraiser for his charitable enterprise.

then he still said/tweeted less than kind things.

so the notion that it is coming somehow related to her not having spoken to
him strike me a hollow in light of some of his comments given her
generosity to him as one of her first appearances.

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Huma Abedin <[email-masked]> wrote:

>  Just wanted to follow-up on this original note.
>
> As you may have seen, Ax tweeted this a short while ago: >..Smart of
> @HillaryClinton to be counseling with @benensonj.  He was brilliant,
> essential player in @BarackObama wins!
>
> He called me last night to give us a heads up that O'Malley and Webb have
> both asked to speak at his institute. We got into a conversation about his
> public comments. He assured me that he is 100 percent supportive of HRC and
> that she will be the nominee and understands that we might be frustrated
> with what he has said. I sense that he is disappointed that we have talked
> to everyone else in Obama world except for him and I assured him that HRC
> would be in touch soon. I think we are now in a good place with him but she
> needs to call him and I conveyed that to her. Will try to get it done this
> week.
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> *From:* Philippe Reines [mailto:[email-masked]]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 17, 2014 10:35 PM
> *To:* CDM; John Podesta; Robby Mook; Nick Merrill; Huma Abedin; Dan
> Schwerin; Jake Sullivan
> *Subject:* Axelrod
>
>
>
> We had discussed the utility of reaching out to David Axelrod, but Is he
> on HRC's - or anyone's -- call sheet? I hate to reward bad behavior, but
> this seems like one headache we could easily neutralize.
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> *Axelrod on Hillary: 'Ready for What?'*
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> By Peter Sullivan
>
> December 16, 2014
>
> *The Hill*
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> David Axelrod, a former adviser to President Obama, said Tuesday that
> Hillary Clinton needs to establish a rationale for her presidential
> candidacy, saying when he hears "Ready for Hillary," he thinks, "Ready for
> what?"
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> "What happened in 2008 was that Hillary's candidacy got out in front of
> any rationale for it, and the danger is that that's happening again,"
> Axelrod, who was a top adviser to Barack Obama's come-from-behind win over
> Clinton in 2008, said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
>
> "You hear Ready for Hillary; it's like, 'Ready for what?' "
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> Axelrod said Clinton could be using the time before she announces her
> candidacy to decide the answer to that question.
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> "Now Hillary's task is to define what it is that she's running for and
> running about," Axelrod said. "And what would the future look like under
> another President Clinton, and I suspect that's what she's taking her time
> working through now, but she has to answer that question."
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> Liberal groups have been pushing forward with an effort to convince Sen.
> Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to challenge Clinton from the left on economic
> issues.
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> MoveOn.org, one of the groups, announced Monday that it has passed 100,000
> signatures on its "Run Warren Run" petition. Warren insists she is not
> running but always phrases the denial in the present tense, which some see
> as leaving the door open.
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> Asked if there is an opening for Warren, Axelrod said, "I suppose there
> is."
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> "My suspicion is that what she's doing is trying to influence how Hillary
> frames her candidacy and the issues she focuses on," Axelrod said. "I think
> Elizabeth is very sincere about her concerns about what's happening in the
> American economy, and Hillary hasn't yet said what exactly her program will
> be, what she's running on. I think Elizabeth knows she's got maximum
> leverage by still being in the conversation."
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> Many of Axelrod's fellow Obama campaign alumni are now working for
> Clinton's campaign-in-waiting in some capacity. Jim Messina, Obama's 2012
> campaign manager, for example, signed on as co-chairman of the pro-Clinton
> super-PAC Priorities USA.
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> Two more top campaign aides, Mitch Stewart and Jeremy Bird, have joined
> Ready for Hillary.
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