Subject: RE: Stories for tomorrow 4.24
From: David Binder <[email-masked]>
To: Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Jim Margolis <[email-masked]>, Joel Benenson <[email-masked]>, Mandy Grunwald <[email-masked]>, John Anzalone <[email-masked]>, Robby Mook <[email-masked]>, Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>, Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 18:33:34 -0700

One thing I think we need to push, that was effective in our groups, is to remind people of the wonderful things that the Clinton Foundation has done around the globe.  In the midst of all this incoming stuff, can we remind the world what has been accomplished?  In addition to confronting the accusations, do we also have an opportunity to insert the message below that was an effective response in our vulnerability research:

Hillary Clinton’s opponents are trying to start a controversy where none exists.   The Clinton Foundation is a totally non-political charity whose work saves and improves lives at home and around the world.  Because of charitable contributions to the Foundation and its programs, 8 million people have benefited from lifesaving HIV/AIDS medications, 6,000 American schools are providing kids with healthy food choices in an effort to fight childhood obesity; 28,000 African farmers have improved their crops; and 248 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions are being reduced in cities worldwide.  The Clinton Global Initiative brings together people from business, labor, government, and the non-profit world to solve problems without politics or gridlock.  Republican opponents want to confuse voters about the Clinton Foundation and its donors because all this good work is proof that what Hillary cares about most is helping hard-working people and families build better lives.

From: Jennifer Palmieri [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 8:56 PM
To: John Podesta; Jim Margolis; Joel Benenson; Mandy Grunwald; John Anzalone; David Binder; Robby Mook; Jake Sullivan; Dan Schwerin
Subject: Fwd: Stories for tomorrow 4.24

For our eight am call tomorrow

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Date: April 23, 2015 at 8:53:05 PM EDT
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Subject: Stories for tomorrow 4.24
Stories for tomorrow:

-       Washington Post - Ros, Hamburger - Giustra profile

-       New York Times, weekender - Tony Rodham

-       ABC Brian Ross- Giustra, Canadian

-       Ruth Marcus- no quid pro quo, but this is a problem for the Clintons, typical, they blur lines all the time

-       WSJ- Cheryl holding up FOIAs for political reasons (next week)

-       Bloomberg- tbd story, has Giustra on the record (tbd time)

-       Bloomberg- Laureate

-       NY Daily News- did we tell the NY Times whether or not HRC was briefed

Story Lines:

1. Nervous Dems
2. Playing by their own rules, fatigue
3. WJC isolated/wealth, foundation as a continuing drag on the campaign