Fwd: Hello and Advice

From:podesta@podesta.com To: john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2015-02-13 01:20 Subject: Fwd: Hello and Advice

Stay 100 miles awAy from her Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: Hi, Tony: I am sure that your schedule is so demanding that you may not have had a moment to peruse my email below. Just wondering if you might have any thoughts for me or be able to do a quick phone call to share your advice with me during the next few days - maybe over the weekend? If so, I can be reached on my cell 203.556.6314. Thanks! Chris ----- Hi, Tony: I hope all is well and that you've had a good weekend! I am sure that this is a very busy season for you with Congress back in session. Tony, I am trying to strategize about somethning very important to me and wondered if you might share your advice with me. You are very savvy politically and know the Washington and political scene extremely well. To make a long story short, about 1.5 years ago I was in DC to appear on a Georgetown University Panel on Obama's Second Term Legacy. I spoke with your brother, John, then about my passionate interest in electing Hillary Clinton as our 45th - and first woman - President and in pursung a staff position with Hillary's presidential campaign if she decides to run in 2016. John was kind enough to connect me with Craig Smith who has been serving as a senior advisor at Ready for Hillary. I have been in touch with Craig on a regular basis during the last 1.5 years. A year or so ago, Craig mentioned the possibility of my taking an organizing position in a key primary state back then. But, I was unable to then leave my law practice for the very low salary R for H was then offering. Last November, I went out to Little Rock for the 10th anniversary celebration of Bill Clinton's Presidential Center. It was a great opportunity to connect with friends from Washington and from Hillary's 2008 campaign in which I was heavily involved, to reconnect with Bill and Hillary, and to nostalgically celebrate the accomplishments of the Clinton Admininstration in which I played a small part. That led to an interview with Burns Strider at Correct the Record in December in Washington. The meeting with Burns went very well and he offered to share my interest in Hillary's campaign with Capricia Marshall (who I had met in Little Rock) and Minyon Moore, both of whom he said were working to put together a proposed campaign structure and staffing should Hillary run. Burns called me a couple of weeks ago, told me that he had sung my praises with Capricia and Minyon and encouraged me to follow up with them about my interest. I have done so and spoken with both Capricia and Minyon who asked me to send them my bio/resume which I have done today. Minyon also mentioned that John would be leaving the WH next week and probably serving as Hillary's Campaign Chairman or in another similar position and urged me to contact John and remind him of my interest. I will forward my email to Minyon to you now so you will know what I have conveyed to her. I have also attached my bio and resume here - as I did in my emails to Minyon and Capricia. Tony, I'm not sure what is the best strategy forward as I am sure there are 100's of political staffers who want to land a position in Hillary's campaign. I know that my experience in seven presidential campaigns, including Hillary's most recent presidential campaign, and my proximity here in Connecticut to her prospective campaign headquarters in New York would enable me to hit the ground running for her campaign. I'd be grateful for any advice and thoughts you have for me on what I can and should do next to enhance my chances of landing a position in Hillary's campaign - assuming she plans to run. Thanks, Tony. I am very grateful for your friendship and your advice. Can't believe it's been 45 years - since I was 19 years old and our paths crossed in Joe Duffey's campaign! Time flies. . . . Let me know if you are ever up this way. With all the snow we've been getting, waiting til spring is probably the best!! :-):-) Best, Chris Christine M. Niedermeier Principal and Attorney Christine M. Niedermeier Associates, LLC 61 Unquowa Road Fairfield, CT 06824 Tel. 203.255.4455 Cell 203.556.6314 Fax 203.255.7799 On-Air TV Political Analyst Creator and Author, www.StraightScoopPolitics.com<http://www.straightscooppolitics.com/>