Subject: Re: HRC and DMR
From: Christina Reynolds <[email-masked]>
To: Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>
Cc: John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Lily Adams <[email-masked]>, 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]>, Kate Offerdahl <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 00:41:45 -0500

So are we ready to give to tip sheets for tomorrow?

On Feb 5, 2016, at 12:36 AM, Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>
wrote:

Nicely done

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 5, 2016, at 12:32 AM, John Podesta <[email-masked]> wrote:

Love this especially the last line.

On Friday, February 5, 2016, 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>
> ---------
> Lily Adams
> cell: (202) 368-4013
>
> On Feb 4, 2016, at 11:24 PM, Christina Reynolds <
> [email-masked]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[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]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[email-masked]');>> wrote:
>
> Actually adding Tony this time.
>
> Reynolds/JP should give their ok.
>
>
> ---------
> Lily Adams
> cell: (202) 368-4013
>
> On Feb 4, 2016, at 11:12 PM, Rob Flaherty <[email-masked]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[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]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[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]
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[email-masked]');>> wrote:
>>
>> + JFerg if we wanna move this to tipsheets
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 11:01 PM, Lily Adams <[email-masked]
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[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]
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[email-masked]');>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ditto
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 4, 2016, at 10:58 PM, Teddy Goff <[email-masked]
>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[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]
>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[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]
>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[email-masked]');>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Excellent.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Marc E. Elias
>>>>> Perkins Coie LLP
>>>>> 700 13th St, NW
>>>>> Washington, DC 20005
>>>>> 202-434-1609
>>>>>
>>>>> [email-masked]
>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[email-masked]');>
>>>>>
>>>>> @marceelias <https://twitter.com/marceelias>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 4, 2016, at 10:15 PM, Matt Paul <[email-masked]
>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[email-masked]');>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> + Troy
>>>>>
>>>>> This is really strong.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, February 4, 2016, Lily Adams <[email-masked]
>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[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
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
>
> *Rob Flaherty*
>
> Digital Communications
>
> Hillary for America
>
> Twitter: @Rob_Flaherty <https://twitter.com/Rob_Flaherty>
>
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