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[65.55.169.113]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id uv2si14642508pac.41.2016.03.05.09.05.30 for <john.podesta@gmail.com> (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 05 Mar 2016 09:05:31 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of JOSH@chesapeakerealtypartners.com designates 65.55.169.113 as permitted sender) client-ip=65.55.169.113; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of JOSH@chesapeakerealtypartners.com designates 65.55.169.113 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=JOSH@chesapeakerealtypartners.com; dkim=pass header.i=@ChesapeakeRealtyPartners.onmicrosoft.com DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ChesapeakeRealtyPartners.onmicrosoft.com; s=selector1-chesapeakerealtypartners-com; h=From:To:Date:Subject:Message-ID:Content-Type:MIME-Version; bh=qow81pJun/Fp4xwo7QUsOGDIrxzP0k5b/YFXib1SFuI=; b=eotcRxP3UsyYA4kKhDEfqNT7/SzdY/6mcEXwDpuakghEWqD86hhnzxt0jQqnnsAWavdFn/vaNDjXk9AXYPitZcc0NJ6Rr2Dy67TJnawADsXHPz9Vdzd1UvUfmjNro7dk3+pxDWCoFYpcD2lRvA4399nloJxwr1lha2nMVEj21QM= Received: from BLUPR06MB1729.namprd06.prod.outlook.com (10.162.224.139) by BLUPR06MB1730.namprd06.prod.outlook.com (10.162.224.140) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.1.427.16; Sat, 5 Mar 2016 17:05:29 +0000 Received: from BLUPR06MB1729.namprd06.prod.outlook.com ([10.162.224.139]) by BLUPR06MB1729.namprd06.prod.outlook.com ([10.162.224.139]) with mapi id 15.01.0427.019; Sat, 5 Mar 2016 17:05:29 +0000 From: Josh Fidler <JOSH@chesapeakerealtypartners.com> To: "john.podesta@gmail.com" <john.podesta@gmail.com> Subject: How to neutralize Trump Thread-Topic: How to neutralize Trump Thread-Index: AQHRdwE4e/aQ37349kGopLZZTHxUYw== Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2016 17:05:29 +0000 Message-ID: <3698246F-135B-4FC5-9D8B-DE10D610DBB8@chesapeakerealtypartners.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: authentication-results: gmail.com; dkim=none (message not signed) header.d=none;gmail.com; dmarc=none action=none header.from=chesapeakerealtypartners.com; x-originating-ip: [2600:1003:b011:b641:643b:e133:ca9f:85bf] x-ms-office365-filtering-correlation-id: 45328695-be48-4d4a-b5af-08d345185b04 x-microsoft-exchange-diagnostics: 1;BLUPR06MB1730;5:vYT86pw6fFDFIMtIpc97CWI135aQBTkPf4R8i0TX2khtJDpnmkbDIDHvgXiWo1qPWmYRZY98YTatR/AAqN6rxmjdfdTeIZV2ZJmpgvX4i+H5s+BKUoDMfL4ACnr3oltjcJRuhIFtTpR1gFPBNyX7rg==;24:sr1ToFZ6VAuwgZvc40YbydTIXh5g0aKIEHI6DsmAJpTpBq1hVucRL1QBnTzEVzX7yIxO5HxfDmkl88EbmBMN4uzIKzHhQTEUzwgqYynmyns= x-microsoft-antispam: UriScan:;BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;SRVR:BLUPR06MB1730; x-microsoft-antispam-prvs: <BLUPR06MB1730A32A998D5DC2C68C8EABA7BF0@BLUPR06MB1730.namprd06.prod.outlook.com> x-exchange-antispam-report-test: UriScan:; x-exchange-antispam-report-cfa-test: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:(601004)(2401047)(5005006)(8121501046)(3002001)(10201501046);SRVR:BLUPR06MB1730;BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;SRVR:BLUPR06MB1730; x-forefront-prvs: 087223B4DA x-forefront-antispam-report: SFV:NSPM;SFS:(10019020)(6009001)(80792005)(2906002)(36756003)(77096005)(122556002)(50986999)(54356999)(83716003)(92566002)(2900100001)(5008740100001)(10400500002)(87936001)(33656002)(189998001)(82746002)(11100500001)(5002640100001)(102836003)(1096002)(1220700001)(5004730100002)(86362001)(450100001)(586003)(5003630100001)(40100003)(2501003)(81166005)(106116001)(107886002)(2351001)(3480700003)(3660700001)(229853001)(3280700002)(99286002)(110136002)(3826002)(104396002);DIR:OUT;SFP:1102;SCL:1;SRVR:BLUPR06MB1730;H:BLUPR06MB1729.namprd06.prod.outlook.com;FPR:;SPF:None;MLV:sfv;LANG:en; spamdiagnosticoutput: 1:23 spamdiagnosticmetadata: NSPM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <B0E2F030C9F7E74CAC1F4D16D682A422@ChesapeakeRealtyPartners.onmicrosoft.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: chesapeakerealtypartners.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 05 Mar 2016 17:05:29.6220 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: 5d1a28c6-b02c-4996-8d4b-63b8abd52faf X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: BLUPR06MB1730 Most analysis from right and left about Trump's success focuses on his givi= ng voice to a public sick of 'political correctness'. 'Coded messages' are= decoded in Trumps blunt manner. The establishment on both right and left = struggle to understand that they truly have lost control over the process. = Policy is largely irrelevant. Certainly a rational assessment of any likel= ihood of implementing specific initiatives is entirely irrelevant in this c= limate. Mexico will NOT pay for a wall; we will NEVER round up and deport = our neighbors; we will NOT ( I hope) torture suspected terrorists and exter= minate their families. But that's not ground on which we want to debate. I don't believe Hilary can win over Trump zealots. Let's face it that her = 'negatives' in polling are nearly as intractable as his. But there is a message and a language that she can and must use to keep him= from gaining traction with more self-perceived outsiders We must highlight= differences that are meaningful.=20 My thesis: we MUST give people a reason to believe that government can work= for them. Universal college access without debt is a good start. Increasin= g the minimum wage is another. Tax reform can be another. But we can't li= st a thousand prescriptions--that feels false. Too much 'inside baseball'. What both the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements share--and many in= the middle whom we might not have included before this cycle--is an abidin= g disillusionment, a lack of individual authority or personal efficacy, a w= eighty despair and a hopelessness that party politics fails to address. The= Tea Party points at government overreach--and its favoritism for unworthy = minorities--while OWS and the hard left blames big business and crony capit= alism. They have more in common than people acknowledge! We can combat bo= th with a common language. The recent pivot in campaign rhetoric to love and kindness is positive. But= we have to ACTIVATE that emotional connection. Make GOVERNMENT human, not= just our candidate. That's an important part of what the Millennials are s= eeking--a call to action, a mission-driven moment. You don't do that with = legislation, but with values. What values does Hilary stand for? That's h= ow many will judge her. And the proof is that's how she's being judged by many who haven't gotten o= n the bandwagon. She is seen as cold and calculating; self-interested and = self-aggrandizing; above the law. We who know her, know how warm she is, ho= w effective she is at translating complex (and conflicting) social and poli= tical perspectives into a law, treaty or win/win position and how much of a= difference-maker she is in every endeavor. Sorry to go on so long. You know it comes from our fervent wish to see Hila= ry succeed. I hope there's something in here that sparks a thought. PS--curious whether anyone reached out to Valerie Alexander about independe= nt filmmaking in support of Hilary? Sent from my iPhone=