Re: Correct The Record Tuesday April 15, 2014 Morning Roundup

From:robbymook@gmail.com To: cheryl.mills@gmail.com CC: john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2014-04-15 10:58 Subject: Re: Correct The Record Tuesday April 15, 2014 Morning Roundup

The basis for the legal headache is this: RFH is publicly saying they are building grassroots lists and infrastructure for HRC. The problem of course is that these lists can't be transferred at all, since that would be coordination and/or an illegal in kind donation. If someone is hired by RFH today and then is hired by the campaign (which is what these staff believe will happen) there is a compliance risk that they will take lists with them. If someone has been organizing volunteers for the PAC and then starts calling those same people for the campaign I worry you open the campaign up to a complaint--and one you cant make about any of the current GOP candidates because they don't have super PAC draft movements. I don't know who has been or can talk to the super PAC and obviously it can't and should not be people around HRC but although we might claim in theory that this has nothing to do with her, activists on the ground see this as her legitimate campaign in waiting so what the pac does will definitely be her problem. I know for a fact that activists and staff they have already engaged or hired fully expect to be part of the campaign. They are promoting that idea--they have to in order to raise money and built legitimacy. That's why what they do in DC is fine but when they start messing in states--especially hiring staff--they are setting things up a campaign will be forced to tear down. I recognize that's not what the law says but that will be the reality. That's certainly the reality in the press too. I don't know who can or does talk to these folks (I don't) but flagging in care anything can be done. > On Apr 15, 2014, at 10:44 PM, Cheryl Mills <cheryl.mills@gmail.com> wrote: > > Robby > > see my notes in text though > > >> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 8:19 AM, <robbymook@gmail.com> wrote: >> I don't want to overreact, nor do I want to create more drama but RFH hiring local staff in states could create real legal and political headaches down the line for a campaign. [I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR BASIS FOR LEGAL HEADACHES] These people are clearly going to expect to be hired by the campaign and it's going to force the campaign to either create positions FOR people (which we expressly said should not happen in the road map doc) or start pissing off local people who were promised jobs or thought they'd be working with these staff. [WHAT IS BASIS FOR ASSUMPTION THEY WANT OR MUST COME ON ANY CAMPAIGN CREATED - THERE IS NOTHING TO STOP THEM FROM DOING WHAT THEY DO INDEPENDENTLY IF THEY CHOSE AND A CAMPAIGN WOULD NOT BE IN A POSITION TO ALTER THAT AS THEY ARE INDEPENDENT] It has the potential to create some big up front complications to an already difficult process. >> Not to mention there could be big compliance issues with these staff bringing lists of activists etc (the whole premise of RFH is flawed in this respect). [I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS] >> My two cents: if any one is in a position to tell Craig to put the breaks on this, they should.[LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING LATER TODAY] >> >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Burns Strider <burns.strider@americanbridge.org> >>> Date: April 15, 2014 at 10:07:13 PM GMT+10 >>> To: CTRFriendsFamily <CTRFriendsFamily@americanbridge.org> >>> Subject: Correct The Record Tuesday April 15, 2014 Morning Roundup >>> >>> WMUR (Manchester, NH; local ABC affiliate): “Ready for Hillary PAC hires staffer with deep NH experience” >>> >>> >>> >>> “WMUR Political Scoop has confirmed that Sean Downey will be working in some capacity in organizing the Northeast for the Super PAC.” >>> >