Re: John and Roy

From:john.podesta@gmail.com To: bdeblasio.nyc@gmail.com Date: 2016-03-18 17:02 Subject: Re: John and Roy

I think it's a good idea but think that our team will see it as a resource diversion. I don't really see it that way. On Friday, March 18, 2016, Bill de Blasio <bdeblasio.nyc@gmail.com> wrote: > > What do you think? > > ------------------------------ > *From: * "Bill de Blasio" <bdeblasio.nyc@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','bdeblasio.nyc@gmail.com');>> > *Date: *Thu, 17 Mar 2016 17:42:26 +0000 > *To: *John Podesta<john.podesta@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','john.podesta@gmail.com');>> > *ReplyTo: * bdeblasio.nyc@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','bdeblasio.nyc@gmail.com');> > *Subject: *Re: Fwd: John and Roy > > > On first blush, I think it has A LOT of merit. It would give Bernie > followers a way to connect that would then be a good gateway to getting > them more comfortable with Hillary. We need to keep continuity with them. > And the money will be left on the table otherwise. This really could help > Hillary get a Dem Senate and help create the progressive counter-weight > she'll need to move much of her program. I stand ready to help build this. > > ------------------------------ > *From: * John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','john.podesta@gmail.com');>> > *Date: *Thu, 17 Mar 2016 11:09:01 -0400 > *To: *Bill de Blasio<deblasio@att.blackberry.net > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','deblasio@att.blackberry.net');>> > *Subject: *Fwd: John and Roy > > What do you think of the People's PAC idea described below? Think it would > work? I am sure our team would view it as competition and try to strangle > it, but I think it might have merit. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Brent Budowsky* <brentbbi@webtv.net > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','brentbbi@webtv.net');>> > Date: Thursday, March 17, 2016 > Subject: John and Roy > To: "john.podesta@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','john.podesta@gmail.com');>" < > john.podesta@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','john.podesta@gmail.com');>>, " > roy.spence@gsdm.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','roy.spence@gsdm.com');>" > <roy.spence@gsdm.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','roy.spence@gsdm.com');> > > > > > Please think about this and feel free to share it. My column in The Hill > today was about how Bernie and Hillary need to unite to defeat Trump was > highlighted in bold at the center of the front page of the paper today. > > It is no secret that I support Hillary without profound enthusiasm and > have spent months praising Bernie with huge enthusiasm. I have a ton of > credibility with Bernie, his senior staff and above all his grassroots and > small donor base, who consider me the mainstream columnist who has given > Bernie the most fair shake in the media. > > Now, I am beginning to cash in the chips by setting the stage carefully > and tactfully for Bernie's people to gravitate to Hillary by convention > time. Most but not all of them will support Hillary, some will stay home, > I worry about the younger people especially who do not view politics as we > do. > > The next thing I am doing to suggest is an idea I slipped into the column > today to get Bernie people thinking---for him to create a People's PAC to > amass small donors to support liberal Democrats for the House and Senate in > November. > > Bernie's small donor base has revolutionary potential. $42 million in > February alone. Their natural tendency after the primaries will be to > largely disperse. Some, but not a huge number, will give to Hillary. > > The next thing I intend to propose is that Bernie, Elizabeth Warren and > Bill de Blasio announce before the convention the People's PAC, raise a > huge amount of money from small donors using the convention as a launching > pad, to support liberal Dems in the House and Senate (and Hillary). > > The convention itself would be an ideal launching pad combining old and > new media, television and social media, for fundraising and organizing. A > reasonable goal would be to raise from small donors $100 million to $200 > million which could help elect some very key liberals to the House and > Senate. That's a lot of dough to influence 8 key Senate races and 35 swing > House races and would make a material difference in who controls Congress. > The project would help fuse together the Clinton and Sanders people, and > Democrats in the presidential and Congressional campaigns using the > convention as an organizing and motivating vehicle. > > One of the reasons I made it a point to praise Podesta in my column today > as a genuine progressive is not only that I believe it is true, but that I > wanted to put my credibility as a progressive behind John's credibility. > The Sanders insiders know this already, and I assume some of these > conversations are privately going on now, but the Sanders grassroots know > me well by now, since I was writing about Bernie long before others in the > media would give Bernie the time of day. > > What I want to do is keep the Sanders grassroots and small donor movements > in place and behind liberals running for Congress, rather than fading > away. Simply being the party that is not Trump alone is not nearly > enough--we need to create a sense as conservatives have done that this is a > movement for change which the People's PAC would help motivate and quantify > with real money that can help us win Congress, without which a Democratic > presidency will be a formula for frustration. > > If Republicans nominate Trump, we have a strong chance of regaining the > Senate and winning enough House seats to be within reach of a working > majority and long shot chance of control. > > > http://thehill.com/opinion/brent-budowsky/273308-budowsky-hillary-bernie-must-unite-to-beat-trump > > > Sent from my iPad >