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Delivered-To: john.podesta@gmail.com Received: by 10.35.44.12 with SMTP id w12cs388598pyj; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:15:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.140.177.15 with SMTP id z15mr5172538rve.110.1198898155011; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:15:55 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <rmckay@mckayfund.org> Received: from webmail6.dreamhost.com (dreamhostlb1.dreamhost.com [208.97.187.133]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id l32si2240824rvb.2.2007.12.28.19.15.54; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:15:55 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 208.97.187.133 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of rmckay@mckayfund.org) client-ip=208.97.187.133; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com: 208.97.187.133 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of rmckay@mckayfund.org) smtp.mail=rmckay@mckayfund.org Received: from www.webmail.mckayfund.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by webmail6.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39F6E772C0; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:15:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from 70.181.82.48 (SquirrelMail authenticated user rmckay@mckayfund.org) by www.webmail.mckayfund.org with HTTP; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:15:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <53484.70.181.82.48.1198898154.squirrel@www.webmail.mckayfund.org> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:15:54 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: FFA From: rmckay@mckayfund.org To: tom@zzranch.com CC: "Vachon, Michael" <michael.vachon@soros.com>, anna.burger@seiu.org, "john.podesta@gmail.com" <john.podesta@gmail.com>, rmckay@mckayfund.org, mpbonner@bonnergrp.com, avisher@democracyalliance.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.10a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >I am scheduled to speak with him tomoorow....doesn't sound like there is much else to cover. (I want to keep the distinction between DA and FFA clear for him.) I know he wants to discuss fundraising and budgets. I think we are best served by steering people away from the $200 million number. MV- for future reference you can send 527 media requests to Amy Dacey. Hamburger called my home recently. I will call him back and give him > nothing of substance on background just so he feels like I'm not > evading him. > > Media vs field isn't what is drawing attention. "527" is a tarnished > brand smartly attacked by the Right Wing since they use c4's, LLC's > and c6's as their vehicles which operate almost invisibly. > > The Republicans are trying to sniff out what is going on and frame > their attackers before the attacks start. (Like Obama is right now.) > > We are still staying silent on the work. There is no advantage to > discussing strategy one way or another in the media. However we should > fill the vacuum once the primaries subside. I think Hamburger has > enough to write on for now. > > > > On Dec 28, 2007 5:18 PM, Vachon, Michael <Michael.Vachon@soros.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> We should talk about how to respond to press on FFA. LA Times doing >> story. I >> spoke to Tom Hamburger off the record. Talked about Soros. Punted on DA >> and >> FFA per se. Explained background of GS involvement in 2004. Talked about >> AV. >> About getting folks to votes. Said GS wld be a big donor but not as big >> as >> 04. He was focused on Tom. And regulatory issues. Thinks donors shld be >> worried because of FEC rulings on ACT etc. I think we should refocus him >> on >> field/AV side of this. Away from Tom and c(4) . Talk about the civic >> virtue >> of getting people to vote. With Iowa, we shld be aware, lots of negative >> press generally on 527s. He was trying to write for this weekend. Don't >> know >> if he will. I am also trying to downplay Soros role. Donor, but not in >> the >> operational soup. Who is the official spokesperson for FFA? I am on >> vacation >> in EST zone. Available to discuss when needed. >> -------------------------- >> Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld >> >