Re: CNBC: How's Hillary doing? Wish we could tell you

From:john.podesta@gmail.com To: John.Harwood@nbcuni.com Date: 2015-05-29 19:26 Subject: Re: CNBC: How's Hillary doing? Wish we could tell you

Don't be so thin skinned. On May 29, 2015 5:07 PM, "Harwood, John (NBCUniversal)" < John.Harwood@nbcuni.com> wrote: > if you are not joking and actually have a problem with that little > piece, pls call me. 202 669 0751 > > John Harwood > CNBC/NYT > 202 669 0751 > > On May 29, 2015, at 4:53 PM, John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> wrote: > > Won't waste your time again. > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "John Podesta" <jpodesta@hillaryclinton.com> > Date: May 29, 2015 4:49 PM > Subject: Fwd: CNBC: How's Hillary doing? Wish we could tell you > To: "John Podesta" <john.podesta@gmail.com> > Cc: > > FYI > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Brian Fallon <bfallon@hillaryclinton.com> > Date: Fri, May 29, 2015 at 3:47 PM > Subject: Fwd: CNBC: How's Hillary doing? Wish we could tell you > To: Jennifer Palmieri <jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com>, John Podesta < > jpodesta@hillaryclinton.com> > > > fyi > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Brad Pollock <bpollock@hillaryclinton.com> > Date: Fri, May 29, 2015 at 12:00 PM > Subject: CNBC: How's Hillary doing? Wish we could tell you > To: Clips <clips@hillaryclinton.com> > > > *How's Hillary doing? Wish we could tell you* > > > > CNBC.com > > By John Harwood > > 29 Mins Ago > > http://www.cnbc.com/id/102717374 > > > > I've been inside Hillary Clinton's national campaign headquarters in > Brooklyn. > > > > I've talked with "senior officials" about her bid for the White House. > They sat in these chairs. > > > > Wish I could tell you more. But they said very little. > > > > Notice that I typed very little and not "very little," because under the > ground rules of Thursday's briefing reporters were not allowed to quote > their words directly. > > > > You're not missing much. > > > > The former secretary of state plans to kick off the heavy-rhetoric stage > of her campaign on June 13. I can't say where or what time because the > senior officials wouldn't say. > > > > She plans to lay out some policy proposals after that. Can't say which > ones. > > > > She'll take questions from reporters. Can't say how often. > > > > She'll start having rallies. Not too many, because the election's a long > way away. But some. > > > > She might take a summer vacation, which means reporters covering her can, > too. Don't know when, but one senior official observed that summer > vacations traditionally occur in mid-August. > > > > Her aides are organizing furiously in the early battlegrounds of the > nomination fight (Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina) because they > are competing in every state. They take the primary challenges of Bernie > Sanders, Martin O'Malley and perhaps others very seriously. > > > > They are also taking their Republican opposition very seriously—some in > the sprawling GOP field more seriously than others. Can't specify which > ones. > > > > They are raising lots and lots of money and are pleased with how much is > pouring in. But they absolutely, positively are NOT seeking to raise $2 > billion, which some journalists have reported is their goal. > > > > They are building a large digital constituency for their efforts to > communicate and mobilize voters on social media. Are they starting with the > lists from President Barack Obama's organization, and Hillary Clinton's > 2008 campaign? Can't say for sure, but they're exploring lots of lists. > > > > Her husband, Bill, and daughter, Chelsea, will play roles in her campaign. > Can't say exactly what, or when. > > > > She's feeling more in control of her campaign effort this time around, > unlike 2008 when she sometimes felt the campaign was controlling her. > > > > Controversies over her emails as secretary of state or the Clinton > Foundation have not inflicted significant political damage. That's because > voters who might support her see the controversies as politically > motivated. > > She might even be able to expand the roster of battleground states beyond > those Obama targeted. Can't say which ones. > > > > I'd show you pictures of the office and desks where campaign officials do > their jobs, but the post-briefing tour was deemed off-the-record. > > > > There will be more briefings, however. Stay tuned. > > > > > > > -- > JP > jpodesta@hillaryclinton.com > For scheduling: mfisher@hillaryclinton.com > >