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Re: Thursday Night Debate

From:re47@hillaryclinton.com To: cbaker@hillaryclinton.com CC: john.podesta@gmail.com, ron.klain@revolution.com, karen.l.dunn@gmail.com, jsullivan@hillaryclinton.com Date: 2016-02-02 20:31 Subject: Re: Thursday Night Debate

Were Bernie's people on the call? On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Charlie Baker <cbaker@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: > NBC is building set .. We just did a format call ( more later) > > On Feb 2, 2016, at 11:34 AM, John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> wrote: > > One intangible factor--she wants this debate. We don't need to pay a > king's ransom for it, but we should try to get it and not reverse on what > constitutes best outcome. > > On Tuesday, February 2, 2016, Charlie Baker <cbaker@hillaryclinton.com> > wrote: > >> If Bernie makes this complicated I think we reserve the room the debate >> was going to happen in and do a town meeting there ( and invite Bernie to >> join us) >> >> On Feb 2, 2016, at 11:07 AM, Robby Mook <re47@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: >> >> I'm on the phone with Jake. We both agree she should continue to state >> as a matter of fact that the debate is going to happen and she's looking >> forward to it. We should not concede a bunch of things we don't want in a >> negotiation to make it happen, but we certainly shouldn't back away now. >> >> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Ron Klain <ron.klain@revolution.com> >> wrote: >> >>> John just told me that it was unhelpful to reignite this debate, so I >>> apologize. But I do think that we should not give away things we care >>> about to make the debate happen. If it doesn’t happen, so be it. >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Karen Dunn [mailto:karen.l.dunn@gmail.com] >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 02, 2016 11:03 AM >>> *To:* Charlie Baker >>> *Cc:* Ron Klain; re47@hillaryclinton.com; John Podesta ( >>> john.podesta@gmail.com); Jake Sullivan >>> *Subject:* Re: Thursday Night Debate >>> >>> >>> >>> I continue to believe losing the rest is not such a loss since a) we >>> will probably have to slap on more debates later anyway and b) Bernie has >>> driven almost everything except the NH choice and if we no longer really >>> want that, there is no reason to give in to all his many demands. In other >>> words, I agree with Charlie and the question remains - how badly do we >>> want/need thurs. >>> >>> >>> On Feb 2, 2016, at 10:59 AM, Charlie Baker <cbaker@hillaryclinton.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I expect him to hold out. Issue is if we cancel might lose the rest.. My >>> own view is at least adebate a month would still happen if Bernie stays in >>> and we want them >>> >>> >>> On Feb 2, 2016, at 10:56 AM, Ron Klain <ron.klain@revolution.com> wrote: >>> >>> Is this locked, or is Sanders still holding out? If he is holding out, >>> should we try to blow it up? I know that HRC really wanted this debate on >>> Thursday night, but we have a town hall on Wednesday to get out our >>> message, and I still hate the idea of debating on Thursday and then losing >>> on Tuesday – and would prefer our first one-on-one with Bernie to come >>> AFTER we lose in NH, and are on a path to comeback. >>> >>> >>