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[65.55.116.14]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n7si5656912oet.41.2015.12.21.05.54.45 for <john.podesta@gmail.com> (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 21 Dec 2015 05:54:45 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of brentbbi@webtv.net designates 65.55.116.14 as permitted sender) client-ip=65.55.116.14; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of brentbbi@webtv.net designates 65.55.116.14 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=brentbbi@webtv.net Received: from na01-bl2-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([65.55.116.9]) by BLU004-OMC1S3.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.23008); Mon, 21 Dec 2015 05:54:22 -0800 Received: from CY1PR17MB0204.namprd17.prod.outlook.com (10.163.51.146) by CY1PR17MB0203.namprd17.prod.outlook.com (10.163.51.145) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.1.361.13; Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:54:21 +0000 Received: from CY1PR17MB0204.namprd17.prod.outlook.com ([10.163.51.146]) by CY1PR17MB0204.namprd17.prod.outlook.com ([10.163.51.146]) with mapi id 15.01.0361.006; Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:54:21 +0000 From: Brent Budowsky <brentbbi@webtv.net> To: "john.podesta@gmail.com" <john.podesta@gmail.com>, "roy.spence@gsdm.com" <roy.spence@gsdm.com> Subject: HRC, Obama and ISIS Thread-Topic: HRC, Obama and ISIS Thread-Index: AQHRO/cX+IsiJaAU+EOUAPZ4RPHwkQ== Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:54:21 +0000 Message-ID: <CY1PR17MB0204ECD14C54929BFA22900ADFE40@CY1PR17MB0204.namprd17.prod.outlook.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: authentication-results: gmail.com; dkim=none (message not signed) header.d=none;gmail.com; dmarc=none action=none header.from=webtv.net; x-ms-exchange-messagesentrepresentingtype: 1 x-tmn: [BWRlkd0T2T7fHLYaxy/sYvBLwUrmr4EV] x-microsoft-exchange-diagnostics: 1;CY1PR17MB0203;23:KvIDbpQeTc/LnwqTCdMkmc0N4UAvcNqD0ue4Cl0pcSZIHnSaYtj4CZoomR9scMG3tfQmlw4IUl3C6n7JliC49GwXa4jg+s6SJ03OEGbostcfmvp4g96uD4On5cUhRDy3r9W0CWr0mQ1ZCvHSYP+peRN603o5ienyFNd3RluegFvlfzvhwJEEshIv0g9GgNFJ0jGHE5Ly9TojegItE8qnng==;5:nlTTgOoXs6CZvjtDkqoi5t5z+8o0Y3VU2YeMN7UQ07+f5Nb8dSfa9D/vvEBGXUnEGHce2G4dUcupfC9Ete9K9GoHz6zR7ufUt3WXYT/AmXAaB94wFxAnR1R4E8uVuNe5ep2lpSPkivEHM8tDhCJxrA==;24:RCbnUuM7v4Ivn8X2s12gPK4yStX+X5WrcyDgo5asOe8ymGk3jZrNfh/tv+ht6JoBT0Y8FT49gbIp67g1ehzsX2ItQABMA73L635zBSV0F5E= x-microsoft-antispam: UriScan:;BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;SRVR:CY1PR17MB0203; x-exchange-antispam-report-cfa-test: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:(432015012)(82015046);SRVR:CY1PR17MB0203;BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;SRVR:CY1PR17MB0203; x-forefront-prvs: 079756C6B9 x-forefront-antispam-report: SFV:NSPM;SFS:(7070004)(98900002);DIR:OUT;SFP:1901;SCL:1;SRVR:CY1PR17MB0203;H:CY1PR17MB0204.namprd17.prod.outlook.com;FPR:;SPF:None;LANG:en; spamdiagnosticoutput: 1:23 spamdiagnosticmetadata: NSPM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <6919136AE97FAC418E10E89095AB20A3@sct-15-1-318-15-msonline-outlook-9143d.templateTenant> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: sct-15-1-318-15-msonline-outlook-9143d.templateTenant X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 21 Dec 2015 13:54:21.5971 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: 84df9e7f-e9f6-40af-b435-aaaaaaaaaaaa X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: CY1PR17MB0203 Return-Path: brentbbi@webtv.net X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Dec 2015 13:54:22.0703 (UTC) FILETIME=[18A73FF0:01D13BF7] Walk back and escape from her statement that "finally we are where we need = to be" against ISIS. We are not where we need to be, we are far from it, = most voters do not believe it, and when the next terror attack comes in Ame= rica--- which it certainly will----she will be branded in hot iron with tha= t statement. Does she really want to co-own the Obama-Clinton ISIS strategy? She will never state what I believe we need to do---at least 20,000 ground = troops with 3,000 American and at least 10,000 from Sunni Muslim nations--- because she is consumed with keeping Obama's goodwill and afraid of liberal= backlash. But at the least she should not be branding and infecting herself with Obam= a's policy towards Syria and ISIS by offering such high and direct praise f= or it. If she believes there will not be any more terror attacks between n= ow and November 2016 it is the right strategy. If I am right, and there w= ill be more terror attacks in America before the election, this strategy co= uld be a death ray to her candidacy in a general election. She can praise Obama without such extravagant overstatement and such direct= endorsement of his policy by falsely stating we are where we need to be. S= he can praise him but every time she does she should immediately follow it = with positive reminders of the success of the Bill Clinton presidency. Ev= ery time she mentions Obama positively, follow it by mentioning Bill Clinto= n a bit more positively. And when possible mention JFK as well. She does = NOT want to run for Obama's third term on ISIS and Syria to continue the Ob= ama-Clinton policy against ISIS. She appears locked into a tactical approach which is a Democratic version o= f the Richard Nixon strategy in the 1960's and 1970's----move left before t= he primaries before the nomination and then move right before the general e= lection after the nomination. This approach no longer works in the current= media and political era where brands, images and perceptions become locked= in forever much earlier in the process than the old era where news moved s= low and three television networks were the source of 90% of the news. I suspect her negative trust ratings are locked in through election day. I= f there is a Trump ISIS video the campaign release it. If not, her untrust= worthy numbers will remain further locked at high levels. These trust prob= lems are self-induced and keep occurring. =20 The best single move to elect her would be a massive voter registration and= organization drive. Expand the electorate so more voters will vote so her= low trust ratings generally will have less pro rated impact, and the numbe= r of higher trust voters will be newly registered. Most of the consultants= will oppose this because they do not get paid for registering voters to el= ect candidates, they get paid for other things such as television ads wheth= er those ads are effective or not. It is no coincidence that this year Trump runs no ads, while Jeb and Hillar= y run the most ads with little effect. Voter registration by contrast crea= tes real voters and changes---and improves---the playing field itself. The= re is no ad on earth that will increase her trust ratings or the enthusiasm= of her voters the way a mega-registration project will increase her suppor= t on election day. As for ISIS, the mathematically worst place for her to be is co-owner of th= e Obama-Clinton policy. Obama could destroy her candidacy the same way Dem= ocrats lost control of the House, the Senate, governorships and state legis= latures during her presidency. Things happen for a reason, and either change the reason or we will end up = with the same outcome. =20 Brent