Subject: Re: HRC and DMR
From: Christina Reynolds <[email-masked]>
To: Lily Adams <[email-masked]>
Cc: Rob Flaherty <[email-masked]>, Teddy Goff <[email-masked]>, Jesse Ferguson <[email-masked]>, Robby Mook <[email-masked]>, Troy Price <[email-masked]>, "Elias, Marc (Perkins Coie)" <[email-masked]>, Matt Paul <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Michael Halle <[email-masked]>, Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Kate Offerdahl <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 00:29:56 -0500

Love it!

On Feb 5, 2016, at 12:26 AM, Lily Adams <[email-masked]> wrote:

Could change the end and make this two grafs.

It may be inconvenient for the Sanders campaign that Hillary Clinton won
>>>>> the Iowa caucus, but it's the truth. In last night's debate Senator Sanders
>>>>> himself even said this was being blown out of proportion. I hope he passes
>>>>> that message along to his staff.
>>>>>
>>>>
Eight years ago Hillary came in third here in Iowa and when she did, she
>>>>> congratulated the winner. We suggest Senator Sanders do the same.
>>>>>
>>>>

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Lily Adams
cell: (202) 368-4013

On Feb 4, 2016, at 11:24 PM, Christina Reynolds <
[email-masked]> wrote:

One thought for the group: given that, as Lily pointed out earlier, he said
people were making too big a deal out of this, but they are really just HIS
people--should we add that in here?

On Feb 5, 2016, at 12:13 AM, Lily Adams <[email-masked]> wrote:

Actually adding Tony this time.

Reynolds/JP should give their ok.

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Lily Adams
cell: (202) 368-4013

On Feb 4, 2016, at 11:12 PM, Rob Flaherty <[email-masked]>
wrote:

Here it is unlisted: https://medium.com/@Matt_Paul/6e563f2f7ab4

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 11:23 PM, Lily Adams <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> + Tony whose team should check my facts as well aside from the delegate
> math
>
>
> ---------
> Lily Adams
> cell: (202) 368-4013
>
> On Feb 4, 2016, at 10:03 PM, Teddy Goff <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
> + JFerg if we wanna move this to tipsheets
>
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 11:01 PM, Lily Adams <[email-masked]>
> wrote:
>
>> Great - JP/CR, once one of you all are good then Teddy's team can post.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Robby Mook <[email-masked]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ditto
>>>
>>> On Feb 4, 2016, at 10:58 PM, Teddy Goff <[email-masked]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> + Rob to proof and post once this is locked. I think it's great.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 10:56 PM, Troy Price <[email-masked]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Love it. Let me know when it's out and I will send around to our
>>>> endorsers/influencers.
>>>>
>>>> Troy
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 4, 2016, at 9:23 PM, Elias, Marc (Perkins Coie) <
>>>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Excellent.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Marc E. Elias
>>>> Perkins Coie LLP
>>>> 700 13th St, NW
>>>> Washington, DC 20005
>>>> 202-434-1609
>>>>
>>>> [email-masked]
>>>>
>>>> @marceelias <https://twitter.com/marceelias>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 4, 2016, at 10:15 PM, Matt Paul <[email-masked]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> + Troy
>>>>
>>>> This is really strong.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, February 4, 2016, Lily Adams <[email-masked]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This has some suggestions from Reynolds but wanted to get it to the
>>>>> full group since she's in debate mode. we still havent heard from the IDP
>>>>> on what the specific 11 precincts are. the math is what they gave us so we
>>>>> havent been able to double check.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Draft Medium Post on Iowa*
>>>>>
>>>>> There's been even more bluster than usual from the Sanders campaign,
>>>>> this time in an effort to disqualify Hillary Clinton's historic victory in
>>>>> Monday night's Iowa caucus.
>>>>>
>>>>> Disparaging good news for Hillary Clinton has become a pattern for the
>>>>> Sanders camp. It you support someone else? You're dismissed as part of the "
>>>>> establishment
>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.kcci.com_politics_sanders-2Ddes-2Dmoines-2Dregister-2Dis-2Dmedia-2Destablishment_37615894&d=CwMFaQ&c=XRWvQHnpdBDRh-yzrHjqLpXuHNC_9nanQc6pPG_SpT0&r=mJZthOcamSml7FV7KXYLE6P2EQrjV525p9lKVucDNWI&m=fxp5A3e2l6MHoiCdTpQ4t9KSUdqCsbOHjjj78BQpsLc&s=J7446Lo-8SD46_sbmDQ5dhoqZacxrQXrm4JyXIshVjU&e=>,"
>>>>> unless of course they want to claim your support in ads
>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bigstory.ap.org_b99bdd52d829418490695b81aa0bfeb7&d=CwMFaQ&c=XRWvQHnpdBDRh-yzrHjqLpXuHNC_9nanQc6pPG_SpT0&r=mJZthOcamSml7FV7KXYLE6P2EQrjV525p9lKVucDNWI&m=fxp5A3e2l6MHoiCdTpQ4t9KSUdqCsbOHjjj78BQpsLc&s=UiyekSV0HNsbSqf2N4XdW7DSVIkVzT4_xh1u_Ccvgrc&e=> anyways.
>>>>> If a process doesn't go their way? It's invalid or flawed or they blame the
>>>>> Iowans who ran it.
>>>>>
>>>>> In Iowa, the Sanders camp started floating conspiracy theories leading
>>>>> up to the caucus. First, it was two weeks ago when they posited that
>>>>> Microsoft
>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.msnbc.com_msnbc_sanders-2Dcampaign-2Dsuspicious-2Dcorporate-2Dinfluence-2Diowa-2Dcaucus&d=CwMFaQ&c=XRWvQHnpdBDRh-yzrHjqLpXuHNC_9nanQc6pPG_SpT0&r=mJZthOcamSml7FV7KXYLE6P2EQrjV525p9lKVucDNWI&m=fxp5A3e2l6MHoiCdTpQ4t9KSUdqCsbOHjjj78BQpsLc&s=WpE8u5rGccFk7CdBBmxnrqjF5A332B9QdIi8W-a5jwM&e=> might
>>>>> steal the caucus from them. Now that the caucus is over, they are calling
>>>>> into question the results that were reported by everyday *Iowans*.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hillary Clinton won the Iowa caucus with incredibly high turnout - a
>>>>> level of turnout the Sanders camp claimed would earn them a win. It was a
>>>>> close contest and a hard fought campaign. But Hillary won. And once it
>>>>> became apparent that they had lost, the Bernie Sanders campaign began to
>>>>> peddle frivolous claims that have been disproven in an effort to poison an
>>>>> otherwise historic night for Hillary Clinton, our supporters, and
>>>>> volunteers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Remember coin flip-gate where people claimed Hillary won all the coin
>>>>> tosses? Turns out that wasn't true
>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.cnn.com_2016_02_02_politics_hillary-2Dclinton-2Dcoin-2Dflip-2Diowa-2Dbernie-2Dsanders_&d=CwMFaQ&c=XRWvQHnpdBDRh-yzrHjqLpXuHNC_9nanQc6pPG_SpT0&r=mJZthOcamSml7FV7KXYLE6P2EQrjV525p9lKVucDNWI&m=fxp5A3e2l6MHoiCdTpQ4t9KSUdqCsbOHjjj78BQpsLc&s=FbkNcbQp3NvMofZAvMdLAHaMla9EwwxsTD1agErbXcc&e=>.
>>>>> In fact, according to the official count, Sen. Sanders won more coin tosses
>>>>> than Hillary Clinton.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or how about the "90 precincts" with no chairs? Also untrue. Certainly
>>>>> there were precincts that took a while to report but once they all did, it
>>>>> was clear Hillary had won.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now the Sanders campaign is disputing the reported results that were
>>>>> sent in by everyday Iowans - volunteers, no less! - to the Democratic
>>>>> Party. All three campaigns have checked the results of certain precincts
>>>>> against their own data reported to them from volunteers. That's normal. For
>>>>> the Sanders campaign's challenges, there are 7 total precincts they are
>>>>> questioning (out of a whopping total 1,681 precincts!) and the Iowa
>>>>> Democratic Party is checking the results on a few more. And they will
>>>>> follow the same standard procedure for these questions as they did for
>>>>> precincts we asked them to look at - they'll look at the numbers reported
>>>>> that night, check the math and figure out if there are any discrepancies or
>>>>> misallocation of delegates.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's the kicker. Even if the Sanders campaign were to win all of
>>>>> their challenges - the marginal bump they receive in support would not be
>>>>> enough to overcome Hillary Clinton's win margin. Those are just the facts.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's the math.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Total Precincts in Contest: 11 (7 from Sanders and 4 from the Iowa
>>>>> Democratic Party)*
>>>>> *Total State Delegates being Contested: 1.7947 (not enough to change
>>>>> outcome)*
>>>>>
>>>>> *If every contest were to go in the favor of Sanders:*
>>>>>
>>>>> *HRC = -.775 *
>>>>> *Sanders = +.758*
>>>>> *MOM = +.0166*
>>>>>
>>>>> It may be inconvenient for the Sanders campaign that Hillary Clinton
>>>>> won the Iowa caucus, but it's the truth. Eight years ago Hillary came in
>>>>> third here in Iowa and when she did, she congratulated the winner. We
>>>>> suggest Senator Sanders do the same.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 5:07 PM, John Podesta <[email-masked]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> +Teddy
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Feb 4, 2016, at 5:47 PM, Michael Halle <[email-masked]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Michael Halle <
>>>>>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just talked to the IDP and have some good data here.  First, Kathy
>>>>>>> Obradabadf;ljaksd from the DMR is writing a column on this to run either
>>>>>>> tomorrow or Sunday (we should have IDP push to have it run tomorrow) but
>>>>>>> that will give good ammo.  We also need to push the IDP to release the below
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Total Precincts in Contest: 11 (7 from Sanders and 7 from Chairs)
>>>>>>> Total State Delegates being Contested: 1.7947 (not enough to change
>>>>>>> outcome
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If every contest were to go in the favor of Sanders:
>>>>>>> HRC = -.775
>>>>>>> Sanders = +.758
>>>>>>> MOM = +.0166
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Jennifer Palmieri <
>>>>>>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sure
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *From:* Michael Halle [mailto:[email-masked]]
>>>>>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, February 4, 2016 4:50 PM
>>>>>>>> *To:* Kate Offerdahl <[email-masked]>
>>>>>>>> *Cc:* Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>; Lily Adams
>>>>>>>> <[email-masked]>; Christina Reynolds <
>>>>>>>> [email-masked]>; Marc Elias <[email-masked]>;
>>>>>>>> Matt Paul <[email-masked]>; Robby Mook <
>>>>>>>> [email-masked]>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: HRC and DMR
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Are people fine to have Troy Price join this call too?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think we need to get our endorsers behind this and hard.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Kate Offerdahl <
>>>>>>>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Let's do 5:30pm. Sending around a number now.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 4:07 PM, Jennifer Palmieri <
>>>>>>>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Adding Elias and adding Kate to see if she can set up a time for a
>>>>>>>> call for us to discuss.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *From:* Lily Adams [mailto:[email-masked]]
>>>>>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, February 4, 2016 4:05 PM
>>>>>>>> *To:* Christina Reynolds <[email-masked]>
>>>>>>>> *Cc:* Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>; Matt Paul <
>>>>>>>> [email-masked]>; Michael Halle <[email-masked]>;
>>>>>>>> Robby Mook <[email-masked]>
>>>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: HRC and DMR
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Same
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ---------
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Lily Adams
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> cell: (202) 368-4013
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Feb 4, 2016, at 2:58 PM, Christina Reynolds <
>>>>>>>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Free between now and 5 EST, then after 5:30 or so.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *From:* Jennifer Palmieri [mailto:[email-masked]]
>>>>>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, February 4, 2016 3:57 PM
>>>>>>>> *To:* Matt Paul <[email-masked]>; Michael Halle <
>>>>>>>> [email-masked]>; Robby Mook <[email-masked]>;
>>>>>>>> Lily Adams <[email-masked]>; Christina Reynolds <
>>>>>>>> [email-masked]>
>>>>>>>> *Subject:* HRC and DMR
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I just told her about them calling for an audit and Sanders
>>>>>>>> campaign saying that they are looking at some inconsistencies.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> She is very upset about it – convinced they will try to take the
>>>>>>>> victory away from her and wear the party down.  She wants a big effort to
>>>>>>>> fight here.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Suggest a call….
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Michael Halle
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (217)649-4726
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Michael Halle
>>>>>>> (217)649-4726
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Michael Halle
>>>>>> (217)649-4726
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Lily Adams
>>>>> Iowa Communications Director
>>>>> Hillary for America
>>>>> c: 202-368-4013
>>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Lily Adams
>> Iowa Communications Director
>> Hillary for America
>> c: 202-368-4013
>>
>
>

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