MOCs Call Briefing

From:mfisher@hillaryclinton.com To: john.podesta@gmail.com CC: slatham@hillaryclinton.com Date: 2016-03-16 18:12 Subject: MOCs Call Briefing

Below and attached. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Attached and copied below here. We're planning to run the call from Dennis's office, so he can see callers. Please let us know if you have any questions - thanks! ###### *MEMORANDUM FOR **JOHN PODESTA* Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Time: 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm Dial-In: (619) 309-1058 PIN Code: 410863 RE: Conference Call with Endorsed Democratic MoCs and their Chiefs *I. PURPOSE * YOU are calling into a conference call with endorsed Democratic Members of Congress ─ and for some Members who are unable to join, their chiefs of staff ─ to thank them for their work to help secure the primary for Hillary, and to describe the strategy ahead. Dennis Cheng will also join this call to encourage Members to support the campaign’s fundraising efforts through direct contributions, fundraising, surrogate activity and email list swaps. He will also highlight the efforts of Members who have gone above and beyond in their efforts to support HFA’s fundraising. The purpose of this Members of Congress call is to: · Thank Members who have been working on the campaign’s behalf · Describe the strategy ahead · Educate Members as to how they can support the campaign’s fundraising · Ask Members to raise for the campaign, and thank those who have *Note: After the call was scheduled, we learned that several endorsed female Members are unable to join because of Women’s History Month programming at the White House this afternoon.* *II. PARTICIPANTS* ● YOU ● More than 200 endorsed U.S. Senators and Representatives were invited ● As of 3:30 p.m. today (Wednesday) approximately 70 invitees had RSVPed *Staff* ● Maura Keefe, Director of Congressional Affairs ● Jared Mueller, Political Chief of Staff *III. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS* 5:00 pm - Maura Keefe welcomes everyone to the call - Maura introduces YOU o YOU deliver remarks (2-3 minutes) o YOU introduce Dennis Cheng - Dennis Cheng delivers brief remarks (3-5 minutes) - YOU and Dennis Cheng takes questions from Members of Congress, facilitated by Maura Keefe and Jared Mueller - YOU thank Members of Congress and disconnects - Call ends 1 – Table of RSVPed Members of Congress and Chiefs 2 – YOUR Talking Points 3 – Dennis Cheng’s Talking Points *TABLE OF CURRENT RSVPs* *Senators* Sen. Barbara Boxer Sen. Bob Casey Sen. Debbie Stabenow Sen. Gary Peters *Representatives* Rep. Al Green Rep. Alcee Hastings Rep. Ann Kuster Rep. Cedric Richmond Rep. Charlie Rangel Rep. Dan Kildee Rep. Danny Davis Rep. Doris Matsui Rep. Ed Perlmutter Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson Rep. Elizabeth Esty Rep. Gerry Connolly Rep. Gregory W. Meeks Rep. Gwen Moore Rep. Jackie Speier Rep. Jared Polis Rep. Jim Cooper Rep. Joe Crowley Rep. Julia Brownley Rep. Lloyd Doggett Rep. Lois Frankel Rep. Marcia Fudge Rep. Mike Thompson Rep. Nita Lowey Rep. Rick Larsen Rep. Sandy Levin Rep. Steve Cohen Rep. Steve Israel Rep. Suzan DelBene Rep. Suzanne Bonamici Rep. Tim Ryan *Chiefs of Staff* Andrew Schreyer Andy Flick Ann O'Hanlon Ben Goldstein-Smith Bianca Ortiz Wertheim Bill Murat Bob Schwalbach Cara Pavlock Clinton Britt David Hallock Hannah Aiken Jeff Lowenstein Jennifer Van der Heide Joel Elliott Jon Pyatt Jonathan Davidson JP Dowd Kim Rudolph Kirk McPike Laura Schiller Laurie Rubiner Lisa Levine Marc Cevasco Maria Winters DiMarco Martin Radosevich Mike Henry Sean McCluskie Seth Nadeau Twaun Samuel *JOHN PODESTA* *SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS FOR CALL WITH* *MEMBERS OF CONGRESS* ● Thank you all for joining us today. We are incredibly grateful for the support you have given to this campaign. Your support was crucial to Hillary’s victories yesterday, going five for five in a series of large, diverse, and very different states. ● A special thank you goes to the many of you who have traveled to states to knock on doors, attend canvass kick-offs and talk to voters. ● Last night’s decisive results were an affirmation that voters believe Hillary is the candidate who can bring Americans together. ● In an election season a time when other candidates are telling voters everything that is wrong in America and pushing a political strategy to win an election by dividing the country, Democrats voting last night supported the candidate who has a vision to move the country forward and real plans to get us there. ● The broad coalition of Democrats supporting Hillary has given her a nearly insurmountable lead in pledged delegates. We are confident that for the first time in our nation’s history, the Democratic Party will nominate a woman as their presidential nominee. ● Both campaigns agreed that the measure of success for yesterday’s pivotal contests was delegates. Sen. Sanders went all out in these five states—pouring more than $8 million on TV in the last five days alone, outspending our campaign in four of the five states. ● He also made a decision to run an increasingly negative campaign — even naming Hillary in an ad —something he pledged he would never do. It’s pretty clear this negative strategy backfired. ● After Sen. Sanders’ sustained attempts to distort Hillary’s position on trade policies in Michigan, she made certain to set the record straight in the lead up to last night’s races. ● Voters—particularly in the critical battleground state of Ohio—overwhelmingly rewarded her for her commitment to defend American workers in trade deals and for being the only candidate with a clear plan to revitalize manufacturing in the country. ● That’s why exit polls showed that Hillary was the decisive choice for voters most concerned about the economy and jobs (60%-39%) and she won voters concerned about the negative impact of trade deals (55%-45%). ● The bottom-line results from last night: our pledged delegate lead grew by more than 40 percent, to a lead of more than 300, leaving Sen. Sanders overwhelmingly behind in the nomination contest – and without a clear path to catching up. ● Hillary’s pledged delegate lead of more than 300 is nearly twice as large as any lead then-Senator Obama had in 2008. ● Our campaign is not only leading in pledged delegates, which Sen. Sanders’ campaign agrees is the only currency that matters to winning the nomination, but also we are heartened that we have received substantially more votes than Sen. Sanders in the primary. ● Our campaign has already received 8.4 million votes, 2.5 million more votes than Sen. Sanders has received. Voters are demonstrating their support and enthusiasm for Hillary at the ballot box at significantly higher levels than any other candidate on either side. And she continues to win with a broad and diverse coalition, which will be critical to winning in November. Looking at three key battleground states last night, Hillary won: ○ Latinos in Florida 72-28 ○ African-Americans in N.C. 81-17, and in Ohio 68-30 ○ Women in Florida 68-30, and in Ohio 61-38 ○ Union households in Ohio 54-46 ○ White voters in Florida 52-44; and in Ohio 53-47. ● There were nearly 700 pledged delegates at stake last night. As a result of Hillary Clinton’s decisive double-digit victories in Florida, North Carolina and Ohio, we anticipate netting more than 90 pledged delegates last night. ● Looking ahead to the rest of March, Sen. Sanders is poised to have a stretch of very favorable states vote. These include five caucuses next week, which he is likely to win, and the primary in Arizona, in which he has invested more than $1.5 million in ads. ● Our campaign will continue to compete in every state and will work to amass as many pledged delegates as possible everywhere. In fact, we already have staff on the ground in every state that votes through the end of April. ● But our pledged delegate lead is so significant that even a string of victories by Sen. Sanders over the next few weeks would have little impact on Hillary’s position in the race. ● A look at how Hillary has built up her significant lead in pledged delegates explains why: Hillary won 9 states by an average of 43 points. In these 9 states, she netted nearly 350 pledged delegates. To erase her lead, Sen. Sanders would effectively have to replicate this impressive task: he would need to win states by very large margins, including winning large states by large margins. ● Beyond the challenge of winning states by overwhelming margins, Sen. Sanders’ task is made more difficult by how few opportunities he has to make up the large gap we’ve built. 45% of the remaining pledged delegates are in just three states: CA, NY and PA. ● In fact, Sen. Sanders’ challenge is so significant that even winning CA, NY and PA by 20 points (60% - 40%) would still leave him more than 120 pledged delegates behind Hillary. For context, Sanders’ nine wins to date have netted him 82 delegates. Therefore, to overcome our overwhelming pledged delegate lead: Sen. Sanders needs to win CA, NY, and PA by 20 points AND rack up a string of victories that net more delegates than what he’s netted to date. ● Hillary’s lead is formidable among pledged delegates. When you take into account superdelegates, it’s hard to see how Sen. Sanders makes the math work. Victories in key battleground states like Florida, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia will only reaffirm that Hillary Clinton is the best choice to help Democrats win in November and tackle the challenges facing this country. ● Now, as reported in Politico this morning, Sen. Sanders’ campaign has changed their tune on the role of superdelegates and is waging an aggressive effort to sway them to their side in a bid to win the nomination. This seems like the tactics of a campaign that has all but given up on winning the nomination through pledged delegates. ● Thank you again for joining us today. I’m very happy to turn the call over to Hillary’s Finance Director, Dennis Cheng. ● Dennis will share more information on how you can support the campaign’s fundraising efforts, which I know many of you are already doing. *Dennis Cheng – Talking Points, MOC Update Call, 3/16/16* · Thank you so much for the support you have shown Hillary over the past year. o *105 MOCs have contributed or raised for this campaign* – 45% of total Democratic Members. § Senate: 29 (10 raised + 19 contributed) Senators have contributed/raised – Almost 66% of all Democratic Senators § House: 76 (30 raised + 46 contributed) House Members have contributed/raised – Almost 40% of all Democratic House Members · Stats through February 29: o Total Raised: $160 Million + o Primary Dollars Raised: $157 Million + o # of Donors: 950,000+ o # of Donations: 2 Million + o Average Gift: $79 o % Contributions $250 or Less: 97% o % Women/Men: 64% / 36% · February 2016 Stats: o Total Raised in February: $30 Million o Total Cash on Hand: $31 Million o Average Gift: $50 · With the primary contest now in full swing and the quarterly FEC filing deadline quickly approaching on March 31, I wanted to take a moment to update you on how Members can be most helpful now. · We are laser-focused on raising the right kind of resources – contributions for the primary election. Primary dollars are the most valuable way to financially support the campaign since they are the only type of dollars the campaign can spend until the Democratic Convention in July 2016. · With that in mind, here are the most important ways to make an impact now: o *Make a Contribution –* Members can contribute directly to the campaign in the following ways: § *Leadership PACs* can contribute $5,000 per election ($5k primary / $5k general) · *39 Members have maxed out from their Leadership PAC* to the primary – *Almost* 17*% of total Democratic Members;* · An additional 16 Members have contributed at least $1,000 from their Leadership PACs § *Candidate Committee**s* can contribute $2,000 per election ($2k primary / $2k general) · *35 Members have maxed out from their candidate committee* to the primary – *About 15% of total Democratic Members* § *Individuals* can contribute personally up to $2,700 per election ($2.7k primary / $2.7k general) o *Raise Primary Contributions – *The most impactful way to help the campaign is by committing to raise additional primary contributions now. § *27 Members have joined our Finance Committee* by raising $27,000 or more – *11.4% of total Democratic members* § *Hillblazers* - I’d like to give a special thanks to the 13 Members who have raised $100,000+ for the campaign – *5.5% of total Democratic members* · *Representatives*: o Judy Chu o Joaquin Castro o Don Beyer o Jim Cooper o Grace Meng o John Delaney o Jim Himes o Jared Polis o Lois Frankel o Sheila Jackson-Lee o Henry Cuellar o Joe Crowley · *Senator*: o Tim Kaine o *Build our List – *Help grow our email and direct marketing lists by: § Participating in an *email swap* and/or sending a *fundraising email* on behalf of Hillary for America to your campaign’s email list § Exchanging *direct mail lists* to help us reach more people and grow our list o *Become a Surrogate *– Sign up to be a campaign surrogate at finance events in your districts and across the country. One of the most effective ways to get started is by sharing your upcoming travel with our staff – the campaign can build events around your schedule. · Thanks again for your tremendous support and for all you have been doing for Hillary. *For more information on how you can help, please contact our Hillary for America finance team at * *financehq@hillaryclinton.com* <financehq@hillaryclinton.com>*.* · We look forward to working with you as Hillary earns every vote and seeks to secure the nomination and win in November! -- Milia Fisher Special Assistant to the Chair Hillary for America mfisher@hillaryclinton.com c: 858.395.1741