Re: DRAFT launch statement for progressive media

From:john.podesta@gmail.com To: tom@zzranch.com Date: 2008-02-20 23:37 Subject: Re: DRAFT launch statement for progressive media

where does this stand? On 2/19/08, Tom Matzzie <tom@zzranch.com> wrote: > > EPI and Gene Sperling. I don't want to get into the inter-Party > warfare on some issues like trade. Most important thing is we need > people who are already committed to doing work like this. We'll move > any really hard stuff through another vehicle. This is just to give > the day-to-day pushback some legitimacy. > > On Feb 19, 2008 5:57 PM, Susan McCue <susan@messageinc.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I hear u. btw, would def have rand beers with nat'l security/iraq being > a > > key focus. who's the economic expert? > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: Begala, Paul [mailto:pbegala@hatcreekent.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 5:37 PM > > To: susan@messageinc.com; tom@zzranch.com; john.podesta@gmail.com > > > > > > Cc: sgreenberg@gqrr.com; agreenberg@gqrr.com; > > tara@campaigntodefendamerica.org > > Subject: Re: DRAFT launch statement for progressive media > > > > > > > > > > > > President of DLC. Unlikely to be helpful. Very likely to undercut us if > > things get hairy. I love Harold, but let's not put him in a position in > > which he might be taking heat. > > > > ----- > > From: Susan McCue <susan@messageinc.com> > > To: Begala, Paul; tom@zzranch.com <tom@zzranch.com>; > john.podesta@gmail.com > > <john.podesta@gmail.com> > > Cc: sgreenberg@gqrr.com <sgreenberg@gqrr.com>; agreenberg@gqrr.com > > <agreenberg@gqrr.com>; tara@campaigntodefendamerica.org > > <tara@campaigntodefendamerica.org> > > Sent: Tue Feb 19 17:31:30 2008 > > Subject: RE: DRAFT launch statement for progressive media > > > > Tom - can u run the statement by Mark Elias in addition to > sandler? How > > about Harold Ford Jr? > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: Begala, Paul [mailto:pbegala@hatcreekent.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 3:09 PM > > To: tom@zzranch.com; john.podesta@gmail.com; Susan@messageinc.com > > Cc: sgreenberg@gqrr.com; agreenberg@gqrr.com; > > tara@campaigntodefendamerica.org > > Subject: Re: DRAFT launch statement for progressive media > > > > > > > > Statement looks good - so long as the lawyers approve. > > > > I would reach out to Obama supporters. Let me nominate Jamal Simmons. > He's > > young (to me) Af-Am and way smart. He worked in the Clinton White House > and > > now does commentary with me on CNN. > > > > Other prominent African-Americans should be courted, like Donna > Brazile. > > > > How 'bout Dee Dee Myers? Not African-American, but rumored to be a > woman. > > Knows the media as well as anyone. > > > > Hispanics, anyone? Can we ask Maria Echaveste but not Chris > Edley? (I'm > > kinda pissed at Chris for telling the NY Times that the Clinton Admin > had a > > mixed record on civil rights. Funny, he didn't say that when he was in > the > > Clinton Admin). > > > > I will keep thinking. > > > > > > > > > > ----- > > From: tmatzzie@gmail.com <tmatzzie@gmail.com> > > To: john.podesta@gmail.com <john.podesta@gmail.com>; susan > > <Susan@messageinc.com>; Begala, Paul > > Cc: Stan Greenberg <sgreenberg@gqrr.com>; Anna Greenberg > > <agreenberg@gqrr.com>; Tara McGuinness <tara@campaigntodefendamerica.org > > > > Sent: Tue Feb 19 12:36:51 2008 > > Subject: DRAFT launch statement for progressive media > > > > could go with a short or long list of founders. it might be better to > > do it with 10-12 people instead of 50. feedback needed. > > > > > > DRAFT launch statement > > PROGRESSIVE MEDIA > > > > Progressive Media will serve as a communications and messaging nerve > > center for the progressive movement. We will create a robust echo > > chamber with messaging that spans from independent groups, to > > progressive partisans, to grassroots organizers, to the netroots. We > > will align messaging across broadcast and cable TV, radio, print, > > Internet, single-issue and advocacy organizations, progressive media, > > surrogates and new media. Through Progressive Media, during the 2008 > > election campaign we will focus on showing the public where John > > McCain stands on key issues facing America and the world. We seek to > > become a part of the permanent progressive infrastructure to last > > beyond the 2008 election. Breaking through the clutter of the modern > > media environment with a progressive message requires repetition of > > common themes from different sources organized by a central > > apparatus--that is the organizing task of Progressive Media. > > > > Founders List (sample--need people outside the campaigns) > > > > Tom Matzzie > > > > Paul Begala > > > > Susan McCue > > > > Stan Greenberg > > > > John Podesta > > > > Anna Greenberg > > > > Wes Boyd > > > > Brad Woodhouse > > > > Eli Pariser > > > > David Brock > > > > Jon Soltz > > > > Rand Beers? > > > > Arianna Huffington? > > > > Will Robinson? > > > > David Bennehaum? > > > > Rand Beers? > > > > Larry Mishel? > > > > Robert Borosage? > > > > Union folks? > > > > enviro folks? > > > > who else? bloggers? >