Download raw source

Delivered-To: john.podesta@gmail.com Received: by 10.101.70.11 with SMTP id x11cs162046ank; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:52:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.84.3 with SMTP id h3mr4308148wfb.113.1201027968607; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:52:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.143.37.4 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:52:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <87906ab90801221052p62dd44a3v1486a37a99612e6e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:52:48 -0500 From: "Tom Matzzie" <tom@zzranch.com> Reply-To: tom@zzranch.com Sender: tmatzzie@gmail.com To: "Anna Greenberg" <agreenberg@gqrr.com> Subject: Re: "Iraq Recession" CC: "Begala, Paul" <pbegala@hatcreekent.com>, susan <susan@messageinc.com>, "John Podesta" <john.podesta@gmail.com>, "Tara McGuinness" <tara.mcguinness@gmail.com>, "Stan Greenberg" <sgreenberg@gqrr.com> In-Reply-To: <A596446760EC454295A8ADEC2961A62A025575BA@EVS1.GQRR.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_14444_18675144.1201027968603" References: <87906ab90801221031j5d11ea2arf9821a4377ed1f09@mail.gmail.com> <A596446760EC454295A8ADEC2961A62A025575BA@EVS1.GQRR.local> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 60b25c4aa94e170b ------=_Part_14444_18675144.1201027968603 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Yes, definitely test unless we're going to miss a framing moment for the recession. I don't see anybody giving any meaning or definition to the economic turmoil we're seeing. On Jan 22, 2008 1:36 PM, Anna Greenberg <agreenberg@gqrr.com> wrote: > I think we should test it, though I do think public awareness of the role > the subprime crisis is playing in our current economic situation is probably > high. In other words, while people are unhappy about the money being spent > in Iraq, I'm not sure they will be believe it has a role in the recession. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* tmatzzie@gmail.com [mailto:tmatzzie@gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *Tom > Matzzie > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:31 PM > *To:* Begala, Paul; susan; John Podesta; Tara McGuinness; Stan Greenberg; > Anna Greenberg > *Subject:* "Iraq Recession" > > > > Hey Guys, Wes Boyd sent me a note with the idea of tagging the recession > with the label "Iraq Recession" since it is an easy way to connect the > recession to Bush failures. Thoughts? I guess we could do "Bush Recession" > but that might seem too partisan. And, by saying "Iraq Recession" we get to > talk about all the money Bush is spending in Iraq--a key irritant to the > public. > ------=_Part_14444_18675144.1201027968603 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Yes, definitely test unless we're going to miss a framing moment for the recession. I don't see anybody giving any meaning or definition to the economic turmoil we're seeing.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 22, 2008 1:36 PM, Anna Greenberg < <a href="mailto:agreenberg@gqrr.com">agreenberg@gqrr.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"> <div> <p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I think we should test it, though I do think public awareness of the role the subprime crisis is playing in our current economic situation is probably high. In other words, while people are unhappy about the money being spent in Iraq, I'm not sure they will be believe it has a role in the recession.</span></font></p> <p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p> <div> <div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </span></font></div> <p><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> <a href="mailto:tmatzzie@gmail.com" target="_blank">tmatzzie@gmail.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:tmatzzie@gmail.com" target="_blank">tmatzzie@gmail.com</a>] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Tom Matzzie <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:31 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Begala, Paul; susan; John Podesta; Tara McGuinness; Stan Greenberg; Anna Greenberg<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> "Iraq Recession"</span></font></p> </div><div class="Ih2E3d"> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hey Guys, Wes Boyd sent me a note with the idea of tagging the recession with the label "Iraq Recession" since it is an easy way to connect the recession to Bush failures. Thoughts? I guess we could do "Bush Recession" but that might seem too partisan. And, by saying "Iraq Recession" we get to talk about all the money Bush is spending in Iraq--a key irritant to the public. </span></font></p> </div></div> </div> </blockquote></div><br> ------=_Part_14444_18675144.1201027968603--