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Re: Axelrod

she doesn't have inevitabiliy language - the media does On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 9:04 AM, Huma Abedin <huma@hrcoffice.com> wrote: > We can have a longer conversation about Axelrod. I downloaded to Robby. > We shouldn't be under any illusions that he will start saying only > positive things. > He's not looking for a job in 2016, he sees himself in a different role > now and feels he needs to say what he thinks (lots of obama people have > said they don't like ready for hillary or her inevitability language) > otherwise he won't be credible. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Cheryl Mills <cheryl.mills@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 7, 2015 8:58:33 PM > *To:* Huma Abedin > *Cc:* Philippe Reines; John Podesta; Robby Mook; Nick Merrill; Huma > Abedin; Dan Schwerin; Jake Sullivan > *Subject:* Re: Axelrod > > what is odd is that - she did more than reach out to him when she left - > she went a did a fundraiser for his charitable enterprise. > > then he still said/tweeted less than kind things. > > so the notion that it is coming somehow related to her not having spoken > to him strike me a hollow in light of some of his comments given her > generosity to him as one of her first appearances. > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Huma Abedin <huma@hrcoffice.com> wrote: > >> Just wanted to follow-up on this original note. >> >> As you may have seen, Ax tweeted this a short while ago: >..Smart of >> @HillaryClinton to be counseling with @benensonj. He was brilliant, >> essential player in @BarackObama wins! >> >> He called me last night to give us a heads up that O'Malley and Webb have >> both asked to speak at his institute. We got into a conversation about his >> public comments. He assured me that he is 100 percent supportive of HRC and >> that she will be the nominee and understands that we might be frustrated >> with what he has said. I sense that he is disappointed that we have talked >> to everyone else in Obama world except for him and I assured him that HRC >> would be in touch soon. I think we are now in a good place with him but she >> needs to call him and I conveyed that to her. Will try to get it done this >> week. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Philippe Reines [mailto:pir@hrcoffice.com] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 17, 2014 10:35 PM >> *To:* CDM; John Podesta; Robby Mook; Nick Merrill; Huma Abedin; Dan >> Schwerin; Jake Sullivan >> *Subject:* Axelrod >> >> >> >> We had discussed the utility of reaching out to David Axelrod, but Is he >> on HRC's - or anyone's -- call sheet? I hate to reward bad behavior, but >> this seems like one headache we could easily neutralize. >> >> >> >> *Axelrod on Hillary: 'Ready for What?'* >> >> By Peter Sullivan >> >> December 16, 2014 >> >> *The Hill* >> >> >> >> David Axelrod, a former adviser to President Obama, said Tuesday that >> Hillary Clinton needs to establish a rationale for her presidential >> candidacy, saying when he hears "Ready for Hillary," he thinks, "Ready for >> what?" >> >> >> >> "What happened in 2008 was that Hillary's candidacy got out in front of >> any rationale for it, and the danger is that that's happening again," >> Axelrod, who was a top adviser to Barack Obama's come-from-behind win over >> Clinton in 2008, said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." >> >> "You hear Ready for Hillary; it's like, 'Ready for what?' " >> >> >> >> Axelrod said Clinton could be using the time before she announces her >> candidacy to decide the answer to that question. >> >> >> >> "Now Hillary's task is to define what it is that she's running for and >> running about," Axelrod said. "And what would the future look like under >> another President Clinton, and I suspect that's what she's taking her time >> working through now, but she has to answer that question." >> >> >> >> Liberal groups have been pushing forward with an effort to convince Sen. >> Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to challenge Clinton from the left on economic >> issues. >> >> >> >> MoveOn.org, one of the groups, announced Monday that it has passed >> 100,000 signatures on its "Run Warren Run" petition. Warren insists she is >> not running but always phrases the denial in the present tense, which some >> see as leaving the door open. >> >> >> >> Asked if there is an opening for Warren, Axelrod said, "I suppose there >> is." >> >> >> >> "My suspicion is that what she's doing is trying to influence how Hillary >> frames her candidacy and the issues she focuses on," Axelrod said. "I think >> Elizabeth is very sincere about her concerns about what's happening in the >> American economy, and Hillary hasn't yet said what exactly her program will >> be, what she's running on. I think Elizabeth knows she's got maximum >> leverage by still being in the conversation." >> >> >> >> Many of Axelrod's fellow Obama campaign alumni are now working for >> Clinton's campaign-in-waiting in some capacity. Jim Messina, Obama's 2012 >> campaign manager, for example, signed on as co-chairman of the pro-Clinton >> super-PAC Priorities USA. >> >> >> >> Two more top campaign aides, Mitch Stewart and Jeremy Bird, have joined >> Ready for Hillary. >> >> >> > >