Fw: Scan from a Xerox WorkCentre Pro

From:jpodesta@americanprogress.org To: john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2008-10-20 17:57 Subject: Fw: Scan from a Xerox WorkCentre Pro

----- John, Hope you are well. I am sure that I am the 1 millionth person you have heard from recently. As you may recall, I did what you are doing now for Dukakis, but my popularity only lasted about 3 weeks. I have no intention of putting the cart before the horse, but attached is a memo I thought might be helpful as you prepare plans for the communications and scheduling portion of the White House transition team. This was written, mostly by Josh, on a short-time line and in a hurry (as almost all things Clinton), however, the narrative holds up pretty well with a few exceptions, but the instructive part is the analysis of how President Clinton used his time during the first 100 days of his Administration. It is so much easier now to track and search this type of information and with much more precision. A program could be written for planning and analysis that could be very helpful to a new Administration in the first 100 days and beyond. There is a wealth of information that could be captured from the day-to-day schedule including themes, locations, media markets, names, email addresses, Congressional and Intergovernmental activities, the list is almost endless. A complimentary mapping system could be included as well. I assume the campaign is tracking his and Senator Biden's schedule, but it would be helpful to integrate this concept into the Transition and Administration. Also instructive are the comparisons to President Reagan's and President Bush's schedules during the same time period. One of the results of this memo was the directive to block out 4 hours a day for the President to have lunch, read, make unscheduled phone calls, - give him time to think during the day. I have heard Senator Obama mention this concept a couple of times and I assume either you or Rahm gave him this advice - which hopefully will be adhered to. FYI. I am not a registered lobbyist and I don't want a job. Just offering my thoughts. Take care. M.