Fwd: POLITICO Playbook

From:cheryl.mills@gmail.com To: jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com, john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2015-05-28 14:38 Subject: Fwd: POLITICO Playbook

cdm Begin forwarded message: > From: Lynn Forester de Rothschild <lynn@elrothschild.com> > Date: May 28, 2015 at 12:19:43 PM EDT > To: Nick Merrill <nmerrill@hillaryclinton.com> > Cc: "Cheryl Mills (cheryl.mills@gmail.com)" <cheryl.mills@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: POLITICO Playbook > > What she is doing is good and an antidote to the poison. But we need a way to slap this down, an orthogonal angle would be most effective. We can't let ourselves be swift-boated on honesty and integrity. > Xoxo > Lynn (Please excuse typos...Sent from my iPhone) > > On May 28, 2015, at 4:35 PM, Nick Merrill <nmerrill@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: > >> The short answer is yes. But remember that just like overall approvals she's dragged down by a distrust of politicians in general, so that's some of it. And while everyone is attuned to and actively combatting this, her simply being out there more and more will be the best antidote to a lot of this. >> >> On May 28, 2015, at 9:44 AM, Lynn Forester de Rothschild <lynn@elrothschild.com> wrote: >> >>> Morning, >>> I am sure you are working on this, but clearly, the opposition is trying to undercut Hillary’s reputation for honesty (the number one characteristic people look for in a President according to most polls)…..and also to benefit from an attack on wealth that Dems did the most to start……I am sure we need to fight back against both of these attacks. >>> Xoxo >>> Lynn >>> >>> By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; mallen@politico.com), and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; dlippman@politico.com) >>> >>> >>> >>> QUINNIPIAC POLL, out at 6 a.m., "Rubio, Paul are only Republicans even close to Clinton": "In a general election, ... Clinton gets 46 percent of American voters to 42 percent for Paul and 45 percent of voters to 41 percent for Rubio." Clinton leads Christie 46-37 ... Huckabee 47-40 ... Jeb 47-37 ... Walker 46-38 ... Cruz 48-37 ... Trump 50-32. >>> >>> --"[V]oters say 53-39 percent that Clinton is NOT honest and trustworthy, but say 60-37 ... that she has strong leadership qualities. Voters are divided 48-47 ... over whether Clinton cares about their needs and problems." >>> >>> --RNC's new chart - "'Dead Broke' Clintons vs. Everyday Americans": "Check out the chart below to see how many households in each state it would take to equal the 'Dead Broke' Clintons." http://bit.ly/1Avg8iE