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Delivered-To: john.podesta@gmail.com Received: by 10.142.49.14 with SMTP id w14cs536977wfw; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:41:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.90.83.2 with SMTP id g2mr7803180agb.72.1226450492617; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:41:32 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <FShakir@americanprogress.org> Received: from mailfe2.americanprogresscenter.org (mail.americanprogress.org [76.74.8.244]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id o61si3028535hsc.7.2008.11.11.16.41.32; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:41:32 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of FShakir@americanprogress.org designates 76.74.8.244 as permitted sender) client-ip=76.74.8.244; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of FShakir@americanprogress.org designates 76.74.8.244 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=FShakir@americanprogress.org Received: from CAPMAILBOX.americanprogresscenter.org ([172.16.10.18]) by mailfe2.americanprogresscenter.org ([172.16.10.24]) with mapi; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:41:31 -0500 From: Faiz Shakir <FShakir@americanprogress.org> To: Daniella Leger <dleger@americanprogress.org>, "'john.podesta@gmail.com'" <john.podesta@gmail.com> CC: Jennifer Palmieri <JPalmieri@americanprogress.org> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:40:26 -0500 Subject: RE: Washington's It Guy: John Podesta Thread-Topic: Washington's It Guy: John Podesta Thread-Index: AclESAo39wmlaSVQT8aY6TMWg30ICQAFzcbW Message-ID: <A28459BA2B4D5D49BED0238513058A7F012415D1A1C6@CAPMAILBOX.americanprogresscenter.org> References: <A28459BA2B4D5D49BED0238513058A7F012415CD96DB@CAPMAILBOX.americanprogresscenter.org> In-Reply-To: <A28459BA2B4D5D49BED0238513058A7F012415CD96DB@CAPMAILBOX.americanprogresscenter.org> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 this description makes it sound like John just woke up from a very long nig= ht... "But here the former Clinton White House chief was yesterday, in gray flann= el suit, his white dress shirt unbuttoned to reveal the white undershirt be= neath." ________________________________________ From: Daniella Leger Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 4:54 PM To: 'john.podesta@gmail.com' Cc: Jennifer Palmieri; Faiz Shakir Subject: Washington's It Guy: John Podesta naturally. Washington's It Guy: John Podesta You know Obamania has reached a new level when even John Podesta is a rock = star. Some of the best reporters in the business lined up for more than an hour o= n 6th Street NW this afternoon for a chance to hear Podesta, the Obama tran= sition chief, give an operational update. When the transition team announce= d the press briefing last night, it promptly received 207 RSVPs -- far more= than the 84 chairs that could fit into the conference room in the governme= nt offices serving as transition headquarters. Secret Service agents and transition officials served as bouncers, consulti= ng their lists as reporters begged their way in: "I RSVP'd! Last night!" Ab= out 100 people back in the line was no less a personality than Karen Tumult= y, a veteran political writer for Time magazine. Inside, the lucky holders = of White House "hard passes" -- the first to be admitted -- threw jackets o= ver chairs to save seats for their colleagues outside. Ryan Lizza of the Ne= w Yorker had to sit on a step in the back of the room. CNN's Ed Henry was b= uried in the fifth row. The event was delayed 20 minutes until all the Pode= sta groupies could get through security. The Washington Post alone sent six= reporters. Until last week, the concept of somebody waiting in line to see Podesta wou= ld have provoked a chuckle to those who know the founder of the Center for = American Progress, a liberal think tank. Though a wry and clever conversati= onalist, his act until now would not have been mistaken for a rock star. But here the former Clinton White House chief was yesterday, in gray flanne= l suit, his white dress shirt unbuttoned to reveal the white undershirt ben= eath. The questions were shouted from every corner of the packed room. And,= for nearly three quarters of an hour, Podesta regaled his adoring fans wit= h endless variations of his theme song: "We're taking a look at a variety o= f options, and when we have something to say about it we'll let you know." http://voices.washingtonpost.com/roughsketch/2008/11/washingtons_it_guy_joh= n_podest.html Daniella Gibbs L=E9ger Vice President for Communications Center for American Progress p: 202-741-6258 m: 202-431-0512 Dleger@americanprogress.org<mailto:Dleger@americanprogress.org> <mailto:r@a= mericanprogress.org> www.americanprogress.org<http://www.americanprogress.org/>