Subject: RE: DRAFT: Caucus Night Remarks
From: David Binder <[email-masked]>
To: Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>, Robby Mook <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>, Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>, Huma Abedin <[email-masked]>, Mandy Grunwald <[email-masked]>, Joel Benenson <[email-masked]>, John Anzalone <[email-masked]>, Jim <[email-masked]>, Kristina Schake <[email-masked]>, Matt Paul <[email-masked]>
Cc: Megan Rooney <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:05:03 -0800

My opinion:  if we win, let’s drop the elbows, be 100% gracious, take on the Republicans but drop the digs at Bernie.   Don’t want to risk irritating his voters with lines like “half-baked plans” and the second sentence “ideas that sound good on paper but will never come true.”    Suggest to keep focus on the reason we are running – to get things done to help families, which the rest of the speech does very well.  Would not give the Bernie voters anything to get bent out of shape over.

From: Dan Schwerin [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 8:47 PM
To: Robby Mook <[email-masked]>; John Podesta <[email-masked]>; Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>; Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>; Huma Abedin <[email-masked]>; Mandy Grunwald <[email-masked]>; Joel Benenson <[email-masked]>; John Anzalone <[email-masked]>; David Binder <[email-masked]>; Jim <[email-masked]>; Kristina Schake <[email-masked]>; Matt Paul <[email-masked]>
Cc: Megan Rooney <[email-masked]>
Subject: DRAFT: Caucus Night Remarks

Team, I'm sharing a draft of a potential victory speech for Monday night.  A version for a negative outcome will follow soon.  Thanks to Mandy and John for talking it through with me.

One big question is how sharp the contrast should be, if at all, in this setting.  You'll see a few elbows in here, but could easily be dialed back if needed.

Would welcome any thoughts.
Thanks
Dan