10-26-16 Wikileaks new emails (FYI)

I can't recall where we landed exactly on trade. Is she going to say she supports it? Regardless of her position, signing a letter feels like poking the bear with labor to me.

OK--This one is just fun. The book was never written. Now everybody will have all the information they need to write it!

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On May 28, 2015, at 5:48 PM,

Eilperin, Juliet > wrote:

Dear John,

I sent you an email several weeks ago but you might have missed it, so I thought it would make sense to just email you once more, and cc Jen.

Long story short, I have been discussing the idea of writing a third book with my agent and my editor at Knopf/Pantheon. In the course of those discussions, I have tentatively settled on the idea of a book that would look at the role you have played in the Democratic Party over the course of the last few decades.

This would allow me to examine pivotal moments in two presidencies and one presidential campaign, as well as key ideas (including what does it mean to be a progressive and key environmental decisions).

As I’m writing up my proposal, it would be helpful to know whether you’d be willing to cooperate with such a book. I would imagine you would have reservations about a book that would be akin to a biography, but that’s not really what this would be.

I’m aiming to write a book that helps explain how Washington works, by examining how someone behind the scenes has helped moved the levers of government and operated the machinery of campaigns.

And of course, if the book doesn’t garner a good advance I won’t write it, because I’ve got plenty of other things on my plate. But I think it could be an interesting project, and it would be great to know to what extent you’d be open to talking to me about this. I know both of you are very busy, but just drop me a line when you get a chance. I will be traveling in Canada from Friday to Tuesday, but will be reachable all of the usual ways.

Best, Juliet Juliet Eilperin

White House Bureau Chief

Washington Post juliet.eilperin@washpost.com (O) 202-334-7774 (C) 202-302-3663 @eilperin

Hadn’t seen this exchange reported previously. Here they are trying to fill spots in Obama’s administraion in 2008. White men need not apply. Asians maybe.

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/25956

From:john.podesta@gmail.com
To: fromanm@citi.com, James.Rubin@bcpartners.com
Date: 2008-11-08 17:09
Subject: Re: Susan Collins

That sucks. Can you call Larry and see what minorities he would put in top tier? Could be an asian. I know this isn’t Larry’s taste, but better if a woman.

———Original Message———
From: Mike Froman
To: john.podesta@gmail.com
To: James.Rubin@bcpartners.com
Sent: Nov 8, 2008 1:59 PM
Subject: Susan Collins

Said no. She was terribly flattered, etc., but she’s one year into a 5-year commitment as dean at Univ of Michigan, just moved her family back from DC to Michigan and regrets that this is the wrong time to take on something like this.

I didn’t let her say no during the first call, but after consulting with her husband and thinking about it, she called back. She, of course, would like to be helpful from where she is, etc.

John, I don’t how you want to go back to him on things like this. I don’t think there is another candidate of color who folks would be comfortable putting up as Chair, though either Ceci or Peter (as a stretch) could be a Member.

Thoughts?

“the brown and women pundits can same the times”

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/31954

From:ntanden@gmail.com
To: john.podesta@gmail.com
Date: 2015-07-09 02:22
Subject: Howard’s advice

when bloomberg was having problems w the times he called Arthur
schulzburger and asked for coffee. He made the case that they were
treating him like a billionaire dilettante instead of Third term mayor. It
changed the coverage moderately but also aired the issues in the newsroom
so people were more conscious of it. But Arthur is a pretty big wuss so
he’s not going to do a lot more than that.

Hillary would have to be the one to call.

He also thinks the brown and women pundits can shame the times and
others on social media. So cultivating Joan Walsh, Yglesias, Allen, perry
bacon, Greg Sargent, to defend her is helpful. They can be emboldened. Fwiw
- I pushed pir to do this a yr ago.

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