Subject: Re: Helping Out
From: CYNTHIA LEBOW <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 17:24:37 -0700

John:  Great Supreme Court decision this morning!  I'm sure everyone is
pleased and relieved. I have now finished my grading and I'm trying to
figure out what to do this summer since I'm not teaching summer school. I
could be in LA or DC beginning next week until October 1.  I would love to
help you on the campaign so long as it's useful and modestly compensated.
For you, I would carry your briefcase or whatever else might be needed.  I
could do any number of things well, including being a persuasive surrogate
to help raise money and/or organize to get people involved and committed.
I'm great with students and millennials, not to mention our baby boomer
contemporaries.  I'm familiar with all the issues -- no training required.
I could jump right in and I'm available.

Also, thinking a little longer term, I'd like to talk to you about a couple
of opportunities at CAP, most particularly the Director of the Federal
Courts Program.

Let me know what I can do for you and the campaign, when and where.

Cindy

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 12:40 PM, John Podesta <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> I'd send the note to Steve at his home address.
> I have it in my contacts as
>
> 910 Turkey Run Rd.
> McLean, Va. 22101
>
> Are you in LA or DC this summer?
>
> On Tuesday, June 16, 2015, CYNTHIA LEBOW <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> Hi John --
>>
>> How fortuitous that I turned to walk up 14th Street and bumped into you.
>> I'm going to keep this short because this is such a busy time for you. I
>> thought the roll out event on Roosevelt Island looked and sounded
>> great.  I'm at UCLA, teaching constitutional law and legislative
>> process/statutory interpretation in both the Political Science Department
>> and the Law School.  I'm not teaching this summer, so I'm going to attempt
>> to amp up my academic credentials by doing some research and writing,
>> possibly for a project on my other former boss, Robert C. Byrd.  But I'm
>> free to do whatever else I want.  With this email, I'm registering my
>> support for the Clinton campaign, and most particularly, to indicate my
>> willingness to help you out, either on the West Coast, or elsewhere.  On an
>> adjunct professor's salary, I can't personally contribute money, but I can
>> certainly help raise it, or contribute on the policy side of things.  Let
>> me know what I might be able to do to help you.
>>
>> One quick favor.  I saw Steve Ricchetti at the funeral and he promised to
>> assist with this as well. I came to DC for the funeral late Friday night
>> and went up to Wilmington early Saturday morning. I was in touch with Ted
>> Kaufman and people in the VP's office, but for obvious reasons, at the
>> service, I was not able to see the VP or any members of the Biden family
>> and I wasn't able to sign the memorial book because it had been taken away
>> when we came out of the church.  I would just like to be able to send Joe
>> and Jill a personal card and note that they would actually see and that
>> would not get lost in the general White House mail. Any ideas on how to
>> accomplish that would be much appreciated.
>>
>> I'm back in LA tomorrow night.  I hope we'll stay in touch -- all my
>> contact information is below. Tell Tony I said hello.
>>
>> Best,
>> Cindy
>>
>>
>> Professor Cynthia C. Lebow
>> UCLA Department of Political Science
>> 4289 Bunche Hall
>> Los Angeles, CA 90095
>> Office:  (310)206-6529
>> Fax:     (310)825-0778
>> Cell:     (424)901-5747
>>
>