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A little inside baseball on the emails:

From:john.podesta@gmail.com To: ntanden@gmail.com br.
Date: 2015-08-22 11:24 Subject: Re: Emails - my thoughts

Jen and I are in the same place. Trying to figure out how to get her there and best way to execute.

On Saturday, August 22, 2015, Neera Tanden wrote: > >

I know this email thing isn't on the level. I'm fully aware of that. But > her inability to just do a national interview and communicate genuine > feelings of remorse and regret is now, I fear, becoming a character problem > (more so than honesty). > > People hate her arrogant, like her down. It's a sexist context, but I > think it's the truth. I see no downside in her actually just saying, look, > I'm sorry. I think it will take so much air out of this. > > She always sees herself bending to "their" will when she hands over > information, etc. But the way she has to bend here is in the remorse. Not > the "if I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't do it." A real feeling > of - this decision I made created a mess and I'm sorry I did that. > >

No one thinks she doesn't have the judgment to be president - she's not > reaffirming a negative characteristic in saying sorry. She needs to do > that - I see no way of moving on until October otherwise. > > Anyway, that's my advice.