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MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.25.200.195 with HTTP; Wed, 1 Jul 2015 23:14:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.25.200.195 with HTTP; Wed, 1 Jul 2015 23:14:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <CAEMn5Q=4bcPm_7QBdW_WtvxNdQ_xDS7KppJwcrNwOLqzdzySWg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEMn5Q=4bcPm_7QBdW_WtvxNdQ_xDS7KppJwcrNwOLqzdzySWg@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 02:14:48 -0400 Delivered-To: john.podesta@gmail.com Message-ID: <CAE6FiQ8c3sK=9F9bOG1ohxcNi9TAQmVAkb0qaMO0B1ywmGSpew@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: FOR APPROVAL: Quote for Politico on Huma? From: John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> To: Milia Fisher <mfisher@hillaryclinton.com> CC: Nick Merrill <nmerrill@hillaryclinton.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c36e2c488d7b0519de5bf4 --001a11c36e2c488d7b0519de5bf4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Change bright to "wicked smart" and after humilty add "and strategic sense" and i'm fine. On Jul 2, 2015 1:18 AM, "Milia Fisher" <mfisher@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: > Hi John- > > Tomorrow morning (likely today when you read this) Politico will run a > profile on Huma. See details below from Nick. At the last minute tonight > they asked if we could provide a quote from you on the record. Would you be > willing to offer one? Comms thinks it might lend an air of community to the > piece. > > Here's a suggestion from Nick: > > I was there at the White House when Huma was a young intern, and now > she's an integral part of the team. She's as multi-faceted as she is > bright, and when you combine that with her humility, you couldn't ask > for a better colleague. > > Copying him here so there's no delay in case we decide to send something > over. Please let us know what you think. > > Thanks much, > Milia > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Nick Merrill <nmerrill@hillaryclinton.com> > Date: Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 12:37 AM > Subject: Huma > To: Milia Fisher <mfisher@hillaryclinton.com> > > > Hi- > > As I mentioned on the phone, Politico has been working on a profile on > Huma that we are being what I'd call partially cooperative with. > Annie Karni came to us about it, said she was writing, so after > consulting with Jen and Huma we decided to point Annie to some folks > and sit Annie down with Huma off the record. We think there is some > value in demystifying her a bit in general, and Politico isn't a bad > place to do it. > > Huma and I saw Annie for coffee yesterday, and the story runs > tomorrow. They sped it up in light of all the email stuff making her > sort of omnipresent today. > > Annie came to us this evening and asked if John would be willing to > weigh in, which I think would be good in the spirit of showing team > unity. > > The piece will be about Huma's evolution from body person to senior > staffer, so if he's up for it, maybe John could say something about > her being a multi-faceted team player. > > Like: > I was there at the White House when Huma was a young intern, and now > she's an integral part of the team. She's as multi-faceted as she is > bright, and when you combine that with her humility, you couldn't ask > for a better colleague. > > Feel free to tweak that, put it in John's voice, or blow it up. > > And thanks for sending this along. > > Nick > > > > -- > Milia Fisher > Special Assistant to the Chair > Hillary for America > mfisher@hillaryclinton.com > o: 646.854.1198 c: 858.395.1741 > --001a11c36e2c488d7b0519de5bf4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p dir=3D"ltr">Change bright to "wicked smart" and after humilty = add "and strategic sense" and i'm fine.</p> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Jul 2, 2015 1:18 AM, "Milia Fisher"= <<a href=3D"mailto:mfisher@hillaryclinton.com">mfisher@hillaryclinton.c= om</a>> wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote"= style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><d= iv dir=3D"ltr">Hi John-<div><br></div><div>Tomorrow morning (likely today w= hen you read this) Politico will run a profile on Huma. See details below f= rom Nick. At the last minute tonight they asked if we could provide a quote= from you on the record. Would you be willing to offer one? Comms thinks it= might lend an air of community to the piece.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><di= v>Here's a suggestion from Nick:</div><div><br></div><div>I was there a= t the White House when Huma was a young intern, and now</div>she's an i= ntegral part of the team. She's as multi-faceted as she is<br>bright, a= nd when you combine that with her humility, you couldn't ask<br>for a b= etter colleague.<div><br></div><div>Copying him here so there's no dela= y in case we decide to send something over. Please let us know what you thi= nk.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks much,<br>Milia<br><div><br></div>= <div><div class=3D"gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>= From: <b class=3D"gmail_sendername">Nick Merrill</b> <span dir=3D"ltr"><= <a href=3D"mailto:nmerrill@hillaryclinton.com" target=3D"_blank">nmerrill@h= illaryclinton.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 12:37 AM<br>S= ubject: Huma<br>To: Milia Fisher <<a href=3D"mailto:mfisher@hillaryclint= on.com" target=3D"_blank">mfisher@hillaryclinton.com</a>><br><br><br>Hi-= <br> <br> As I mentioned on the phone, Politico has been working on a profile on<br> Huma that we are being what I'd call partially cooperative with.<br> Annie Karni came to us about it, said she was writing, so after<br> consulting with Jen and Huma we decided to point Annie to some folks<br> and sit Annie down with Huma off the record.=C2=A0 We think there is some<b= r> value in demystifying her a bit in general, and Politico isn't a bad<br= > place to do it.<br> <br> Huma and I saw Annie for coffee yesterday, and the story runs<br> tomorrow.=C2=A0 They sped it up in light of all the email stuff making her<= br> sort of omnipresent today.<br> <br> Annie came to us this evening and asked if John would be willing to<br> weigh in, which I think would be good in the spirit of showing team<br> unity.<br> <br> The piece will be about Huma's evolution from body person to senior<br> staffer, so if he's up for it, maybe John could say something about<br> her being a multi-faceted team player.<br> <br> Like:<br> I was there at the White House when Huma was a young intern, and now<br> she's an integral part of the team.=C2=A0 She's as multi-faceted as= she is<br> bright, and when you combine that with her humility, you couldn't ask<b= r> for a better colleague.<br> <br> Feel free to tweak that, put it in John's voice, or blow it up.<br> <br> And thanks for sending this along.<br> <span><font color=3D"#888888"><br> Nick<br> </font></span></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div d= ir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">Milia Fisher<div>Spe= cial Assistant to the Chair</div><div>Hillary for America</div><div><a href= =3D"mailto:mfisher@hillaryclinton.com" target=3D"_blank">mfisher@hillarycli= nton.com</a>=C2=A0</div><div>o: <a href=3D"tel:646.854.1198" value=3D"+1646= 8541198" target=3D"_blank">646.854.1198</a> c: <a href=3D"tel:858.395.1741"= value=3D"+18583951741" target=3D"_blank">858.395.1741</a></div></div></div= ></div></div></div></div> </div></div></div> </blockquote></div> --001a11c36e2c488d7b0519de5bf4--