Fwd: Hi it's Huma

From:john.podesta@gmail.com To: dcheng@hillaryclinton.com Date: 2015-07-19 09:23 Subject: Fwd: Hi it's Huma

---------- Forwarded message ---------- I like the early 4 State program. Juice them up a little bit. On Saturday, July 18, 2015, Mitchell W. Berger <MBerger@bergersingerman.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','MBerger@bergersingerman.com');>> wrote: > Huma , > > > > Following up on our conversation , some observations and suggestions. > > > > The observations are anecdotal , if you agree with them you can either > accept them or data test them through research. > > > > When President Clinton ran for office in 1992 an new generation of > “bundlers” emerged. They had been just below the surface > > Learning the business in the 1988 campaign(Terry McCauliffe and David > Jones with Gephardt ;Peter knight , Ken Jarin ,Alan Kessler, Gordon Giffin > ,Vance Opperman ,Elizabeth Bagley, Pam Eakes, yours truly and others with > Gore, Michael Adler with Biden, Bob Farmer and Marvin Rosen with Dukakis, > )and in 92 fully emerged to put a new generation of leadership into > office. David Wilhelm , Rahm Emmanuel, George Stephanopoulos, Michael > Whouley ., Paul Carey ,Regina Montoya , emerged in the 92 campaign along > with a new infusion of time line younger fundraisers like Jorge Perez, > Chris Korge, Paul Cejas Clay Constantine, Alan Solomont, Jack Rosen, > Arthur Schechter… > > > > There are others who came along Carol Penske., Beth Doesertz ,to name a > few.. > > > > Kerry recruited a few new ones like Alex Heckler but essentially it was > still the same group…Lew Solomon was always an outlier > > This group and others took rotating leadership roles in various important > campaigns until 2008 .. > > > > Then a new group of bundlers emerged in their late 30’s and early 40’s > people like Matthew Barzun, Frank Sanchez, Henry Munoz, Paula Boggs, Kurt > Wagar, Suzie LeVine ,Andrew Weinstein along with them a new group of > political talent emerged many of whom are currently employed by you. These > types of individuals were not well represented on Thursday. > > > > It seems to me that many more of your 100 plus bundlers must emerge from > the 35 to 45 group. Ideally they should not be legacies but individuals who > are making their way up the latter to leadership in their communities and > wish to promote large amount of time and resources to this effort because > they believe that the effort will insure a better future for their > families, businesses , communities and country will be well served by their > effort here. They also wish to network with like -minded entrepreneurial > emerging professionals and business leaders. It is their networks, > employees , business associates, that are the back bones of communities day > in and day out. The 55 plus crowd has money yes, but the 35 plus crowd > makes or breaks campaigns. They bring money , marbles and chalk…the whole > package. > > This group also needs to understand sending a group email is not the type > of networking needed to bundle large sums of money , unless the rules of > fundraising for bundlers have completely changed during the last decade. > > > > These platitudes aside , > > > > And you may have already given some thought to this and if you have , > please forgive the redundancy. > > If my observations present a concern -what can be done to attract the 35 > plus bundler to this campaign > > > > Some suggestions. Have your political staff who used to work for Obama > identify the young Obama bundlers who did not perform or underperformed to > date, set time aside from the candidate and campaign leadership to meet > with them and talk to them separately. You might do a series of dinners > with them in New Hampshire , Iowa, South Carolina, and Nevada in which > they are invited to bring 10 k a piece. Theoretically , they would be asked > to come to a primary /caucus state to engage taking less of the candidates > time while giving them a unique experience to > > Meet the local staff on the ground and talk to HRC in a primary ,or caucus > setting; this should be done by specific word of mouth invitation and > emphasize it is for those who bundled large sums in the past but have not > yet fully participated in the 2016 campaign .Preferably everyone in the > room would be under 45 who has come to meet HRC and by coming they show > they would like to be persuaded to be more engaged. By keeping the meetings > word of mouth it will add to the exclusivity and importance of them. > > > > Identify the new performers and promote them .Have your staff Identify the > next generation of fundraisers those who have raised in the 27k range and > are 35 to 45 years old .Have them mentored by your established fundraisers. > Arrange small dinners for them with your established fundraisers so Ideas > can be exchanged on how the established fundraisers can teach the 35 to 45 > year olds to access their emerging networks. > > > > Over the next three months try to set aside time for the underperforming > Obama bundlers and the emerging 35 year olds (preferably non legacies) with > HRC as she travels to their communities. Either around an event or separate > OTR’s .Make sure when this happens it is with this group exclusively. > > > > Obviously the top line narrative of the campaign cannot be experience > alone to attract this group. Since the beginning of time, This group has > always been a disruptive group … It is my gut feeling that the uniqueness > of the possibility of having first woman president resonates much more > with the 55 plus set than the 35 plus set > > And this group always thinks youth and enthusiasm is more valuable than > age and experience. Clinton 92 ,Obama 08.Reagan,the exception as I > understand it did attract a youthful group of financial backers(It’s > morning in America…),although I am not intimate with the particulars of the > Reagan campaign having worked for Carter. > > > > I end where I began, while not a precise statistical indicator, an > anecdotal indicator to me in a Presidential campaign(Carter Staff 1975) is > where the young entrepreneurial money is going. I believe there are ways to > promote the campaign to be more accessible to this money which will have > intangible political benefits. > > > > For what it’s worth… > > > > Of course it goes without saying , but should still be said 47 million is > a phenomenal start. Congratulations to all. These observations are made to > be disregarded if considered as critical or unhelpful or to be accepted to > the extent they are found to be helpful as part of a team effort. > > > > Thank you all for your great effort on behalf of the country and my family > and me. > > Mitchell > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Huma Abedin [mailto:ha16@hillaryclinton.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, July 16, 2015 10:34 PM > *To:* Mitchell W. Berger > *Subject:* Re: Hi it's Huma > > > > really appreciate it > > take what you say seriously > > thanks for coming today > > > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 9:23 PM, Mitchell W. Berger < > MBerger@bergersingerman.com> wrote: > > Thx will send thoughts over weekend. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 16, 2015, at 8:55 PM, Huma Abedin <ha16@hillaryclinton.com> > wrote: > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > >