Re: One more thought

From:john.podesta@gmail.com To: dmcdonough@barackobama.com Date: 2008-10-12 16:18 Subject: Re: One more thought

are you at a number I can reach you at now? On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Denis McDonough <dmcdonough@barackobama.com> wrote: > Will there be one person overseeing all nat'l security transition team? > > ----- > From: john.podesta@gmail.com <john.podesta@gmail.com> > To: Denis McDonough > Sent: Sat Oct 11 21:49:15 2008 > Subject: Re: One more thought > > Fyi. We are not using clusters as a meaningful structure. > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > ----- > From: "Denis McDonough" <dmcdonough@barackobama.com> > > Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:08:46 > To: <john.podesta@gmail.com> > Subject: RE: One more thought > > > Thanks for this. Jim is first rate. Would be valuable to get them > together. And he seems to be working tirelessly on transition stuff. In > my humble opinion, we need to empower him to press ahead on some > planning stuff and make him the cluster head of the national security > team. > > This economy is crazy. What is happening here? This has to push Bush > to the absolute bottom and earn him the moniker of worst president ever. > > > You doing all right? > > DM > > ----- > From: john.podesta@gmail.com [mailto:john.podesta@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 1:09 PM > To: Mike Froman > Cc: Denis McDonough > Subject: Re: One more thought > > Yes we should move on this. > ------ > From: Mike Froman > To: john.podesta@gmail.com > Sent: Oct 11, 2008 12:50 PM > Subject: Fw: One more thought > > > How would you like me to respond to this? I received a separate message > on Jim J. I'll forward you. > > > > > ----- > From: marklippert@yahoo.com <marklippert@yahoo.com> > To: Froman, Michael B [CAI] > Sent: Sat Oct 11 12:48:24 2008 > Subject: One more thought > > Mike - > > Denis and I were chatting and we thought that it would be good to get > Jim S in the mix for a meeting with O, for a # of reasons: > > 1) O may end up prefering Jim over the other guy, 2) we want Jim to have > a key role/big job no matter what the outcome of #1 and 3) the other guy > could say no. > > Jim was on the trip, but his ability to spend much time with O was quite > limited. Despite all of us expressing our high regard for Jim, there is > no substitute for a little face to face time w/ Jim. Another option > might be to put Jim on the plane for a leg, under the guise of him > briefing O on an issue (like McFaul did). O you can have a failry > private chat on the plane at the table. > > Thoughts? > > Mark > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > > > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile >