Re: Huck

From:tara.mcguinness@gmail.com To: tom@zzranch.com CC: pbegala@hatcreekent.com, benjamin@hildebrandtewes.com, Susan.McCue@one.org, sgreenberg@gqrr.com, ic2008@gqrr.com, john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2008-01-10 13:35 Subject: Re: Huck

Here is his new working-family type ad he is rolling out in MI today - http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Blogs.View&Blog_id=1131 On Jan 10, 2008 10:31 AM, Tom Matzzie <tom@zzranch.com> wrote: > This sounds like the plan to operationalize, Ben. > > I saw the poll this AM on MSNBC during a Huckabee segment. I'm not sure > whose it was--I agree we have different data but it sounds like we have > space to dig on Huck. > > > ----- > From: "Begala, Paul" <pbegala@hatcreekent.com> > > Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:23:24 > To:<benjamin@hildebrandtewes.com>,<Susan.McCue@one.org>,<tom@zzranch.com > >,<tara.mcguinness@gmail.com> > Cc:<sgreenberg@gqrr.com>,<ic2008@gqrr.com>,<john.podesta@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Huck > > > Any re-focusing on Huck should be on extremism. If I read the GQR memo > right, that's what moves folks. We need to know more about what he said and > did as a pastor, and perhaps more likely, what he did as the head of the > Southern Baptists in Arkansas. Did they pass nutty resolutiions on issues? > Did they oppose the teaching of, say, gravity and photosynthesis as well as > evolution? > > Let's do a deep dive on "Teaching Kids to Kill", the book he wrote after > a school shooting in AR. And he also wrote a book about fatherhood, or his > father...some Daddy book. > > I suspect we have just begun to scratch the surface of his bat-shit crazy > positions. > > ----- > From: Benjamin Jones <benjamin@hildebrandtewes.com> > To: 'Susan McCue' <Susan.McCue@one.org>; tom@zzranch.com <tom@zzranch.com>; > tara.mcguinness@gmail.com <tara.mcguinness@gmail.com>; Begala, Paul > Cc: sgreenberg@gqrr.com <sgreenberg@gqrr.com>; ic2008@gqrr.com < > ic2008@gqrr.com>; john.podesta@gmail.com <john.podesta@gmail.com> > Sent: Thu Jan 10 10:17:16 2008 > Subject: RE: Huck > > Research wise… we are at a point with all of the candidates that I don't > think we have to "divert" as much as "re-focus" if that makes sense. Now > that the documents are in a better, more thorough place across the board we > can shift some energy to Huck (especially with all the Romney stuff we have > compiled in the last 7 days). I will layer Huck back into our research > rotation (sounds kind of official) after we are locked down for the McCain > poll on Sunday. > > > > > > From: Susan McCue [mailto:Susan.McCue@one.org <mailto:Susan.McCue@one.org> > ] > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:07 AM > To: tom@zzranch.com; tara.mcguinness@gmail.com; > benjamin@hildebrandtewes.com; pbegala@hatcreekent.com; Susan McCue > Cc: sgreenberg@gqrr.com; ic2008@gqrr.com; john.podesta@gmail.com > Subject: Re: Huck > > > > Had similar thought but wasn't sure if clouded by wishful thinking. > > ----- > From: Tom Matzzie <tom@zzranch.com> > To: Tara McGuinness <tara.mcguinness@gmail.com>; Benjamin Jones < > benjamin@hildebrandtewes.com>; Paul Begala <pbegala@hatcreekent.com>; > Susan McCue > Cc: Stan Greenberg <sgreenberg@gqrr.com>; ic2008 <ic2008@gqrr.com>; > john.podesta@gmail.com <john.podesta@gmail.com> > Sent: Thu Jan 10 09:17:30 2008 > Subject: Huck > > I saw a Michigan poll with Huckabee up this morning. I want to divert > some of our research resources from Romney back to Huckabee. Big focus still > on McCain. Let me know if you've got feedback. > > Thanks > > >