Subject: Preliminary Donor Calls for JP
From: Dennis Cheng <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 11:29:03 -0400

John,

Per our earlier discussion, attached is a list of first round calls for you, sorted by region. I’ve focused these calls on high-level targets - donors who don’t know HRC as well or those who have not supported her in the past. Many are early Obama donors. I’ve included relevant notes, where possible.

Given what’s dominating the headlines right now, I defer to you if you think you should start these calls now or later.

Let me know if you are comfortable with this volume of calls. If so, it would be great if you could add notes/feedback after each call, so that my team can follow up as appropriate.

I apologize in advance if any of the contact #s end up being incorrect or outdates - we’ve been doing our best to verify #s, but it’s hard to call someone without telling them why!  If/when you do come across any wrong numbers, please email me and I’ll track down a better number.

Also, let me know if you would like someone to help place or schedule the calls for you - happy to make this as easy for you as possible.

And did Marc send you the talking points to use?  From my perspective, ideally you are calling to say something like:

“I wanted to reach out to you, as I know you’ve been a strong supporter of INSERT NAME HERE (President Obama / another Democrat) in the past. As you know, Hillary is thinking through what she will do. If she decides to run, it will mean a lot to her to have your support and friendship. In the meantime, please know you can always reach me if you have any questions or thoughts.”

And if they commit to you outright, then say that you’ll ask Dennis Cheng to follow up at the right time.

I imagine that some people won’t commit right away and will want to think about it.