Subject: Re: REVISED DRAFT: New riff for Iowa - Fighting for You
From: Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Cc: Huma Abedin <[email-masked]>, Speech Drafts <[email-masked]>, Matt Paul <[email-masked]>, Lily Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 18:29:38 -0500

Well, how about this?

   - I’m fighting for the teachers who lost their jobs because Governor
   Branstad vetoed funding for schools.  For the child care workers and home
   health aides I’ve met who work around the clock taking care of other
   people’s families – they shouldn’t need food stamps to take care of their
   own.  For the children in Flint drinking poisoned water because their
   governor doesn’t think their lives matter.
   - Injustices like that happen every day, but too often, no one in power
   knows or cares. Well, I do. And I’m here to do something about it.
   - We don’t have time for ideas that sound good on paper but will never
   make a difference in your life.  We need to fight for more *fairness* in
   this country.  Stop big corporations and the super-wealthy from gaming the
   tax system. Start raising the minimum wage and guaranteeing equal pay for
   women.
   - We also need more *growth* and *opportunity.*  We have to invest in
   advanced manufacturing so we’re making and building things *here*, not
   somewhere else.  Create the clean energy jobs of the future— it’s going to
   be China or Germany or us, and I want it to be us.  Make it easier to start
   small businesses.  And for heaven’s sake, give the middle class a raise.
   - We can get this done.  I know what it takes to stand up to powerful
   forces and win.  I know how to make real progress in people’s lives --
   because I’ve been doing it my whole life.  And I’m just getting warmed up.
   - Iowa, I’m listening you.  I’m fighting for you.  And I’m going to
   deliver.

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 6:21 PM, John Podesta <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> How did we get from 45 seconds to this?
>
>
> On Monday, January 18, 2016, Huma Abedin <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> you know i love you people very much and you are the smartest minds in
>> america but this is LONG. this will be impossible to nail without a podium
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Dan Schwerin <
>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for all the feedback.  Updated below and attached. Need to get
>>> this to her if we want any prayer of her doing a version of this tonight.
>>> So please send any final thoughts.
>>> Thanks
>>> Dan
>>>
>>> You know why I’m so determined?  Because of all of *you*.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I’m fighting for the teachers who lost their jobs because Governor
>>> Branstad vetoed funding for schools.  For the child care workers and home
>>> health aides I’ve met who work around the clock taking care of other
>>> people’s families – they shouldn’t need food stamps to take care of their
>>> own.  For the children in Flint drinking poisoned water because their
>>> governor doesn’t think their lives matter.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Injustices like that happen every day, big and small, all over our
>>> country.  Too often, no one in power knows or cares. Well, I do. And I’m
>>> here to do something about it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I’m fighting for Brandi, who was laid off in Des Moines six years ago.
>>> She went back to school, worked hard, got her degree.  Now she’s a
>>> supervisor in a restaurant, but still only makes $9.50 an hour.  That’s not
>>> enough, especially with kids.  Someone like Brandi who does everything
>>> right should be able to get ahead – but this economy still isn’t working
>>> for families the way it should.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I’m fighting for Larry, the worried husband I met in Waterloo last
>>> month.  His wife Brenda spends hundreds of dollars each month on medicine
>>> for arthritis and osteoporosis.  When they see hedge fund tycoons buying
>>> drug companies and raising prices by 4000 percent overnight, they just want
>>> to scream.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You shouldn’t have to scream to be heard.  You don’t need promises, you
>>> need results.  And we don’t have time for ideas that sound good on paper
>>> but will never make a difference in your life.  We need to roll up our
>>> sleeves and actually get Brandi that raise.  Stand up to the drug companies
>>> so Larry and Brenda aren’t all alone.  Make the economy work for the
>>> struggling, the striving, and the successful.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A lot of people have lost faith in our ability to solve problems in this
>>> country.  But this is America, and I know we can do this.  Here’s how:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We have to fight for more *fairness* in this country.  Stop big
>>> corporations and the super-wealthy from gaming the tax system. Start
>>> raising the minimum wage and guaranteeing equal pay for women.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But we can’t stop there.  We also need more *growth* and *opportunity.*
>>>  We have to invest in advanced manufacturing so we’re making and building
>>> things *here*, not somewhere else.  Create the clean energy jobs of the
>>> future—because it’s going to be China or Germany or us, and I want it to be
>>> us.  Make it easier to start and grow small businesses.  And for heaven’s
>>> sake, give the middle class a raise.  Because America grows when *your*
>>> paycheck grows.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We can get this done.  I know what it takes to stand up to powerful
>>> forces and win.  I know how to make real progress in people’s lives --
>>> because I’ve been doing it my whole life.  And I’m just getting warmed up.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Iowa, I’m listening you.  I’m fighting for you.  And I’m going to
>>> deliver.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Now let me tell you more about why this election matters and what I’d do
>>> as President…
>>>
>>>
>>> 515 words
>>>
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