Fwd: Correct The Record Saturday May 10, 2014 Roundup

From:robbymook@gmail.com To: john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2014-05-10 15:40 Subject: Fwd: Correct The Record Saturday May 10, 2014 Roundup

I flagged for Tina and Cheryl as well but it's a little troubling that Goldman Sachs was selected for the foundation event Begin forwarded message: > From: Burns Strider <burns.strider@americanbridge.org> > Date: May 10, 2014 at 1:13:35 PM EDT > To: CTRFriendsFamily <CTRFriendsFamily@americanbridge.org> > Subject: Correct The Record Saturday May 10, 2014 Roundup > > > Correct The Record Saturday May 10, 2014 Roundup: > > > > > > Tweets: > > > > > > Pres. Bill Clinton @billclinton: Couldn't be prouder of @ChelseaClinton today. Congrats on your doctorate. pic.twitter.com/M4PiBFqUej[5/10/14, 9:42 a.m. EDT] > > > > > > > > > > Headlines: > > > > > > The Hill blog: Ballot Box: “Biden takes shot at Clintons in SC” > > > > “Biden, a potential 2016 candidate, said the unraveling of middle-class financial security began in ‘the later years of the Clinton administration,’ not under George W. Bush.” > > > > > > AP: “Chelsea Clinton to Receive Doctorate from Oxford” > > > > “Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are in Oxford, England, this weekend to attend the graduation ceremonies of their daughter, Chelsea.” > > > > > > New York Times: “Clintons to Meet With Foundation’s Big Donors Next Month” > > > > “The most generous donors to the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation will convene on June 6 at the Goldman Sachs headquarters in Lower Manhattan for a daylong event to discuss the family’s philanthropy with the Clintons themselves.” > > > > > > Politico: “Hillary Clinton's no good, very bad week” > > > > “Clinton allies like Media Matters founder David Brock have slammed Republicans for resurrecting the ghosts of the past to do the potential candidate harm now. It’s a perspective a number of Clinton backers have offered.” > > > > > > Talking Points Memo: “Rand Paul: Benghazi Has 'Precluded' Hillary From Being President” > > > > “Correct The Record, the pro-Hillary rapid response group, offered a response to Paul's comments.” > > > > > > Politico blog: Dylan Byers on Media: “Besieged Beverly Hills Hotel taps former Clinton aide for damage control” > > > > “The Beverly Hills Hotel, besieged by celebrity protests and City Council action over its owners’ decision to institute new laws against women and homosexuals in Brunei, has tapped a former Clinton aide to run damage control, POLITICO has learned.” > > > > > > Bloomberg News: “2016 White House Battle Opens With Early Jockeying” > > > > “President Barack Obama is openly joking about Hillary Clinton succeeding him, House Republicans are agitating over Benghazi and Monica Lewinsky’s back. In other words, 2016 is on.” > > > > > > Slate blog: The XX Factor: “Hundreds of Nigerian Girls Are Missing. Fox News Blames Hillary Clinton.” > > > > “Is it true that Hillary Clinton, in the thrall of Islamist bullies, refused to designate an obvious terrorist organization for what it was, thereby stopping the U.S. from stomping them out of existence? No.” > > > > > > AP: “New Benghazi Probe Inspires Partisan Animosity” > > > > “Pelosi said Democrats have heard from the families of two of the men killed, who asked, ‘Don't take us down this path again.’” > > > > > > CNN: “Rand Paul criticizes the Clintons, urges GOP to engage minorities” > > > > “Sen. Rand Paul sharply criticized Hillary Clinton for her handling of Benghazi, which he argued should disqualify her to serve as U.S. president, in remarks Friday to members of the Republican National Committee.” > > > > > > > > > > Articles: > > > > > > The Hill blog: Ballot Box: “Biden takes shot at Clintons in SC” > > > > By Cameron Joseph > > May 10, 2014, 10:03 a.m. EDT > > > > Vice President Joe Biden gave a closed-door speech Friday to South Carolina Democrats that included a shot at the Clintons. > > > > Biden, a potential 2016 candidate, said the unraveling of middle-class financial security began in "the later years of the Clinton administration," not under George W. Bush. > > > > One attendee told CNN he gave an "Elizabeth Warren-type speech" blasting income inequality. > > > > Biden has been moving to the left as he prepares for a possible primary against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, though many Democrats don't think he'd run against her. > > > > Multiple sources described the 30 minute speech as "populist" and high-energy, according to CNN. He did not, however, mention his own presidential ambitions. > > > > "He said we have some of the most productive workers in the world, but corporations are more concerned about their stockholders than they are about their employees," one attendee said. "He talked about how the fruits of labor go to stockholders, rather than to the people who are producing it. That the people making the money in this country are the corporations." > > > > Another attendee described it as "a stem-winding, almost revival-type speech." > > > > In recent months, the vice president has focused on revving up the liberal base on issues of income inequality. He delivered a lengthy attack on Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget at George Washington University in late April. > > > > But his rare rebuke of the Clintons' economic policies, which some liberals view as too friendly to Wall Street, indicates how he'd possibly approach a 2016 campaign if he and Clinton square off in a primary. > > > > > > > > > > AP: “Chelsea Clinton to Receive Doctorate from Oxford” > > > > By Ken Thomas > > May 9, 2014, 6:23 p.m. EDT > > > > Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are in Oxford, England, this weekend to attend the graduation ceremonies of their daughter, Chelsea. > > > > Chelsea Clinton will receive her doctorate degree in international relations on Saturday from the prestigious British university. Her father was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford from 1968 to 1970. > > > > The graduation ceremony comes as her mother is considering a potential 2016 presidential campaign. > > > > The 34-year-old Clinton is reaching a number of milestones this year. In addition to her doctorate, Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, are expecting their first child in the fall. And she has taken a more public role at her family's Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, where she serves as vice chairwoman. > > > > If her mother runs for president, the younger Clinton could be an asset in connecting with younger voters and members of her generation. > > > > A longtime advocate for public health, Clinton has played an active role in developing policies at the foundation to address childhood obesity, HIV and AIDS, and childhood diarrhea around the globe. > > > > During an appearance at the annual South by Southwest festival in March, Clinton noted that more than 750,000 children die around the world every year because of severe dehydration due to diarrhea, an issue her family's foundation hopes to address. > > > > "We have to do whatever we can to ensure that no child dies of diarrhea," she said. > > > > Clinton's dissertation examines international global governance structures with a focus on global health. At the foundation, she has worked closely with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation and the Clinton Health Matters Initiative. > > > > The younger Clinton, a special correspondent for NBC News, is a graduate of Stanford University and holds master's degrees from Oxford and Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. > > > > During an appearance on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in April, the former president noted that once his daughter receives her doctorate, she will have four degrees. > > > > "She'll have as many as her parents do — combined," Bill Clinton said. "When she was younger, the way all kids are, she thought she knew more than I did about everything. But alas, in my dotage, it turned out to be true!" > > > > > > > > > > New York Times: “Clintons to Meet With Foundation’s Big Donors Next Month” > > > > By Amy Chozick > > May 9, 2014 > > > > The most generous donors to the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation will convene on June 6 at the Goldman Sachs headquarters in Lower Manhattan for a daylong event to discuss the family’s philanthropy with the Clintons themselves. > > > > The event, which is held annually, will include a morning talk and lunch with the Clintons and their daughter, who as vice chairwoman of the foundation her father started has taken on a leadership role. Later, Mr. Clinton and his daughter will join donors for dinner at Birreria, the chef Mario Batali’s rooftop restaurant in the Flatiron district of Manhattan. > > > > “Our annual briefing assembles the foundation’s program leadership and major supporters to reflect on our progress and to consider strategies and priorities for the year ahead,” Dennis Cheng, the Clinton Foundation’s chief development officer, wrote in an email to donors. > > > > Ms. Clinton and her parents have held fund-raisers throughout the country in the past year to build up the foundation’s endowment. In addition to the scheduled events, Ms. Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, are expected to join her father in a high-stakes poker game to raise money for the family’s philanthropic organization, whose wide-ranging work includes projects in America’s inner cities as well as in African villages. > > > > The typically low-key donor briefing is likely to attract more attention this year as Mrs. Clinton contemplates a run for president in 2016. Many of the foundation’s major supporters are also the Clintons’ most devoted political donors. Mr. Cheng, who is overseeing the event, served as a finance director for Mrs. Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2008. > > > > Steve Bing, a Hollywood producer; the media mogul Haim Saban; and the hedge fund billionaire Marc Lasry have given generously to the Clintons’ political campaigns and their philanthropic causes. The foundation also receives millions of dollars in support from overseas donors who are barred from contributing to United States political campaigns, including Frank Giustra, a Canadian businessman, and Victor Pinchuk, a Ukrainian steel magnate. > > > > The Clinton Foundation has used the Goldman Sachs auditorium for the event before, but the location underscores that Mrs. Clinton is undeterred by criticism from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party that she is too close to the financial industry. > > > > In his new book, “Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises,” Timothy F. Geithner, the former Treasury secretary, describes a conversation with Mr. Clinton about how Mr. Geithner could improve his standing with economic populists. > > > > “You could take Lloyd Blankfein into a dark alley,” Mr. Clinton said, referring to the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, “and slit his throat, and it would satisfy them for about two days. Then the blood lust would rise again.” > > > > > > > > > > Politico: “Hillary Clinton's no good, very bad week” > > > > By Maggie Haberman > > May 10, 2014, 7:04 a.m. EDT > > > > Hillary Clinton isn’t a candidate for president, at least not yet. But this week felt like she was very much in the 2016 grind. > > > > One day, she was weighing in on gun control, Obamacare and social inequality. The next she was taking heat over Benghazi and facing questions about whether as Secretary of State she went too easy on the group behind the kidnap of Nigerian girls. > > > > Then there was Monica Lewinsky, reviving the scandals of 1998. > > > > It was arguably the roughest week Clinton has had since she left the State Department early last year, highlighting the tensions between the past and the future that will inevitably come to a head if she runs. > > > > Lynne Cheney, the wife of the former vice president, picked up the Lewinsky story quickly, telling Fox News host Bill O’Reilly: “I really wonder if this isn’t an effort on the Clintons’ part to get that story out of the way.” It was a sentiment some other hosts on the network echoed. > > > > Lewinsky resurfaced with a Vanity Fair essay she penned about her difficult last decade, detailing her inability to find a job and her feelings about what she insisted was a “consensual” relationship with former President Bill Clinton. She faulted Hillary Clinton for engaging in a “blame-the-woman” mentality by dubbing her a “narcissistic loony toon” to the former first lady’s late confidant, Diane Blair. > > > > Clinton and her aides have not commented on the essay, which resulted in a flood of news coverage of a scandal that took place in 1998, providing who didn’t live through it with a crash course. Clinton supporters approached the topic gingerly in private conversations, and wouldn’t go near it for the record. > > > > For Republicans who’ve been invoking the Lewinsky scandal as a character question about the Clintons ahead of the presidential race, the essay was a welcome development. For the Clintons, it most certainly wasn’t. There’s nothing new to say about the Lewinsky scandal itself; the newness for Clinton’s critics is in trying to tether it to her presidential aspirations. > > > > As pictures of Lewinsky posing for Vanity Fair went viral, Republicans were busy ramping up a select committee to investigate Benghazi. The House panel, created in an almost straight party-line vote, ensures the controversy surrounding the 2012 attack will continue as Clinton’s new book about her tenure as Secretary of State hits book stores next month. > > > > The issue generates heat among the Republican base, although it’s not clear that the general public is engaged on it. House Democrats have been split over whether they should participate in an exercise that their leadership has already dismissed as a partisan farce. But they’re also worried about giving Republicans running room if they stay away. > > > > Clinton officials say there’s been no formal interaction with House Democrats about what their strategy should be; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has appeared to be adamant about having some of her members have sway over the panel’s scope of activities. > > > > The head of the committee has not said whether he will try to subpoena Clinton. Democrats expect blowback on Republicans for what they say is a gross overreach, and anticipate their base rallying around Clinton. But for Clinton, occupying the familiar space of partisan icon is at odds with the post-partisan message she’s been projecting in her recent speeches. > > > > Clinton addressed the Benghazi committee briefly at an event in New York City on Wednesday, sounding somewhat dismissive as she said she felt everything had been answered from her end already. > > > > “That’s their choice and I do not believe there is any reason for it to continue in this way, but they get to call the shots in Congress,” Clinton said of Republicans who called for the hearing. > > > > As if all that weren’t enough, Clinton found herself on the receiving end of questions about the kidnap of 300 Nigerian girls. The Daily Beast reported that Clinton’s State Department declined entreaties from congressional Republicans and others to label Boko Haram, the group responsible for the kidnappings, a terrorist organization. Secretary of State John Kerry gave the group that designation last year. > > > > Outside of Benghazi, which has dominated discussion of Clinton’s State Department tenure, the Boko Haram issue is the first prominent example of her record being scrutinized in the heightened political atmosphere that now surrounds her. > > > > During Clinton’s time at State, “The FBI, the CIA, and the Justice Department really wanted Boko Haram designated, they wanted the authorities that would provide to go after them, and they voiced that repeatedly to elected officials,” the Beast quoted a former senior U.S. official familiar with the discussion as saying. > > > > Republicans have widely circulated the original Daily Beast story. The actual details of why the Clinton-run Department declined to affix the group with terrorist status are complicated – her former Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, was reportedly concerned about elevating the group among extremist outfits, and potentially giving the Nigerian government latitude to go after them in an inhumane way. > > > > But those explanations won’t end up being spliced into a 30-second political ad. And the story gives Republicans another chance to stoke doubts about her leadership at State. > > > > It’s the question of Lewinsky that remains the most personally painful and politically unclear for Clinton. Potential GOP presidential hopeful Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has been openly critical of Bill Clinton over the scandal, at a moment when Republicans are trying to counteract the Democrats’ edge with female voters. > > > > Clinton allies like Media Matters founder David Brock have slammed Republicans for resurrecting the ghosts of the past to do the potential candidate harm now. It’s a perspective a number of Clinton backers have offered. > > > > Next week, Hillary Clinton will rejoin the political force next week in earnest by hosting a fundraiser for her son-in-law’s mother, Marjorie Margolies, a Pennsylvania congressional candidate. > > > > But as she takes clear steps toward her political future, the echoes of the old days are making the most noise right now. > > > > > > > > > > Talking Points Memo: “Rand Paul: Benghazi Has 'Precluded' Hillary From Being President” > > > > By Dylan Scott > > May 9, 2014, 3:37 p.m. EDT > > > > Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) took another shot at Hillary Clinton over Benghazi on Friday, saying she had "precluded herself" from being President because of how she handled the attack and its aftermath. > > > > Paul made the remarks at the Republican National Committee's spring meeting in Memphis, Tenn. > > > > "The thing is, this is about judgment," Paul said. "And we're talking about, should we as a country have a commander-in-chief who didn't provide adequate security in Libya, didn't send reinforcements and then gave us nothing but spin?" > > > > "My opinion is that Hillary Clinton has precluded herself from ever being considered for that position," he concluded to loud cheers from the crowd. > > > > Paul has already said the House select committee on Benghazi should "absolutely" subpoena Clinton. > > > > Correct The Record, the pro-Hillary rapid response group, offered a response to Paul's comments. > > > > “Rand Paul should be ashamed of playing partisan politics with this tragedy. Secretary Clinton took immediate action to prevent this from happening again,” Adrienne Watson, its deputy communications director, said in a statement to TPM. "This is no secret; it’s public record. Is Rand Paul so focused on partisan gamesmanship he’s lost sight of the facts, or is he willfully playing politics with a tragedy?" > > > > > > > > > > Politico blog: Dylan Byers on Media: “Besieged Beverly Hills Hotel taps former Clinton aide for damage control” > > > > By Dylan Byers > > May 9, 2014, 9:44 p.m. EDT > > > > The Beverly Hills Hotel, besieged by celebrity protests and City Council action over its owners’ decision to institute new laws against women and homosexuals in Brunei, has tapped a former Clinton aide to run damage control, POLITICO has learned. > > > > Mark Fabiani, who became infamous for his aggressive, rapid-response strategy during the Clinton administration, was hired this week to oversee crisis management. His business partner Chris Lehane, another former Clinton aide, is not involved with the project. > > > > Both Fabiani and Lehane declined to comment. > > > > The Beverly Hills Hotel has been the target of high-profile protests by members of its celebrity clientele ever since its owner, the Sultan of Brunei, imposed regulations based on Islamic law penalizing homosexuality and adultery. Punishment for such acts can be as severe as death by stoning. > > > > Celebrities such as Jay Leno and Ellen DeGeneres have called for a boycott of the high-end hotel. Earlier this week, the Beverly Hills City Council approved a resolution urging the sultan to give up ownership of the hotel. > > > > Fabiani and Lehane were once dubbed the “masters of disaster” for their aggressive approach to press relations during the Clinton administration. They are also credited with drafting the “right-wing conspiracy” memo that then-First Lady Hillary Clinton referenced in a 1998 interview. > > > > Fabiani and Lehane launched the California-based crisis management firm Fabiani & Lehane in the early 2000s after working on Al Gore’s failed presidential bid. Fabiani also has his own LLC, through which he is representing the Beverly Hills Hotel. > > > > > > > > >