Subject: Fwd: MoveOn inviting Sec. Clinton to participate in our forum
From: David Halperin <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 16:47:23 -0400

Hi John and Jennifer,

Thanks for all you are doing.  I now strongly support Sec. Clinton for
president.  She won my vote over the past month or so. Let me know if you
ever need anything.

I'm writing because Anna Galland, the head of MoveOn, asked if I could
bring to your attention their request to have Sec. Clinton participate in
their online forum - see below.  I am not affiliated with MoveOn, but in my
unsolicited opinion, weighing the risks and benefits, she should do it,
even if they ended up endorsing Sanders (which they say is not decided).
Glad to tell you why I think that if you would like.

Best,

David

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From: Anna Galland <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 2:24 PM
Subject: MoveOn inviting Sec. Clinton to participate in our forum
To: David Halperin <[email-masked]>

Hi David,

Thanks for the quick chat today. Here's some more background on what we're
conveying to the Hillary for America campaign. We'll connect with Amanda
Renteria tomorrow.

Would appreciate you sharing your opinion with any leadership on the
campaign about whether Sec. Clinton should accept our warm invitation. We
think the forum is good for our members' connection to all candidates,
important for their engagement in the election, and a terrific,
even-handed, no-gotchas opportunity to connect to a vital active segment of
the progressive base.

The gist of our invitation:

   - We're eager to find a time that works for Sec. Clinton to directly
   engage with and energize 8 million progressives -- alongside Sen. Sanders,
   Gov. O'Malley and Prof Lessig, all three of whom have confirmed they'll
   participate.

   - We're committed to doing this in an evenhanded way. The goal isn't to
   use it to boost any candidate. It's to give all MoveOn members a chance to
   hear directly from candidates on the issues that matter to them.

   - We're looking for 1 hour of time at Sec. Clinton's location of
   choice--around the week of 11/8. We'll fly a camera crew in, ask her 10
   MoveOn member submitted questions (some on video, some we'll read out) and
   record her responses. Her team will have topics, but not questions, ahead
   of time. We'll show responses in full for all the candidates -- not just
   snippets -- and for any questions we don't use, we'll post them in full
   online.

   - We're happy to talk through any questions the campaign has about the
   process/format and look at times/locations that work with Sec. Clinton's
   schedule.

   - This is an important step for MoveOn members to feel like the
   Democratic nominee is their champion, if they have that direct experience
   of speaking directly to them.

   - In the 2008 general election, MoveOn members pulled out all the stops
   to elect Barack Obama over John McCain.
      - We turned out over 250K volunteers directly through to the
      presidential campaign through our "MoveOn for Obama" campaign -- directly
      filling shifts for field offices all over the country.
      - Our members reported donating over $88MM, and volunteering (not
      through us but directly with the campaign) over 20K hours.
      - All told, based on our internal surveys, over 900K MoveOn members
      volunteered at least once in the 2008 General Election campaign.

   - All of which is to say -- our 8mm members are always active and a key
   constituency in the Democratic base, but especially so during a
   presidential election. We're very eager to make sure they have an
   opportunity to connect with Sec. Clinton through the primary process.

-- 
Anna Galland
Executive Director
MoveOn.org Civic Action
e: [email-masked]