WikiLeaks: Clinton Team Recommended Using Emily’s List to Coordinate Ads With Super PAC

WikiLeaks: Clinton Team Recommended Using Emily’s List to Coordinate Ads With Super PAC

by Charlie Spiering 12 Oct 2016

http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/10/12/wikileaks-clinton-team-recommended-using-emilys-list-coordinate-ads-super-pac/                                                                        

The Clinton campaign explored using the pro-choice advocacy group EMILY’s List to coordinate messaging strategy with Priorities USA, the Hillary aligned Super PAC, according to a leaked email from the campaign.

The campaign was trying to save up to $4 million dollars by getting Priorities USA to run an ad campaign that it wanted.

After conferring with the Clinton campaign’s lawyer Marc Elias, Oren Shur, the Director of Paid Media, sent an email to John Podesta, Huma Abedin, Robby Mook and several other Clinton campaign officials with a plan in August 2015. (The message was included in the John Podesta emails released by Wikileaks.)

To get the message and Clinton footage to Priorities USA, they would use EMILY’s List to film video of Hillary Clinton and send “smoke signals.”

“It gets us many of the benefits without some of the risks,” wrote Shur. While he recommends the “smoke signals” strategy, it is one of two options — the first being “coordinated issue advocacy ads with Priorities.”

EMILY’s List, he explained, would publicly post suggested themes and portions of the video to send a message to Super PACs. It is unclear whether the campaign implemented their strategy or whether EMILY’s List agreed to serving as a third party surrogate for the campaign.

But the Clinton campaign had already advanced the idea to the level of a conference call with senior staff.

“Ultimately, these determinations are up to EL (Emily’s List), but there is no restriction on HFA’s ability to make suggestions or recommendations,” he wrote.

Read the strategy memo below:

Hi everyone –

In advance of today’s call with HRC, following several discussions we had today with Marc, we wanted to send a quick update on where our recommendations stand:

The decision before us is whether to (1) pursue coordinated issue advocacy ads with Priorities (where we’d be breaking new ground) or (2) send public smoke signals in a more traditional way to the Priorities IE. We’re recommending option 2, as it gets us many of the benefits without some of the risks. Assuming the Priorities IE picks up the signals and airs the ads, it would save the campaign anywhere from $2-4M (depending on how long they’re on air for).

To execute the strategy, we recommend the following:

Ø We work with the hard side of Emily’s List, as they have both a coordinated and IE side

Ø Emily’s List coordinated side would need to shoot its own footage with its own consultants, but our consultants can be involved. Under this plan, EL would do a shoot with HRC asap – done by EL consultants, but with ours there too. (We may also invite EL crew to a town hall.) Ø EL would then post portions of the video to a designated page on its public website – and would include on that page suggested themes/media market targets to its website. Ultimately, these determinations are up to EL, but there is no restriction on HFA’s ability to make suggestions or recommendations. This page would serve as a signal to Priorities, other IE’s and other allied organizations.

Ø The key to making this plan work is getting a shoot on the schedule asap. We would also get HFA footage from the shoot, which we also very much need.

EMILY’s List

Susie Tompkins Buell was a contributor for EMILY’s List, a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, is the founder of the Susie Tompkins Buell Foundation, a fundraiser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, a director at Media Matters for America, and an advisory board member for the Edible Schoolyard.

Note: Susie Tompkins Buell Foundation was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the Center for American Progress, and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a co-chair, national finance council for the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary), was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a Catalist investor, a supporter for the Center for American Progress, and Nancy Pelosi was his invited to his 2013 wedding reception.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Media Matters for America, the Center for American Progress, the People for the American Way, and the Sundance Institute.

EMILY's List is a Catalist client.

Sidney Blumenthal was a consultant for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, is a consultant for the Media Matters for America, and Hillary Rodham Clinton’s friend & confidant.

Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary) supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Priorities USA Action is supporting the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

William A. Burton is a co-founder for the Priorities USA Action, and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

John D. Podesta is the founder of the Center for American Progress, the campaign chairman for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, and was a temporary CEO for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Priorities USA Action is supporting the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Greg Speed is a board member for the Priorities USA Action, and the president of America Votes.

EMILY's List is a national partner with America Votes.

NARAL Pro-Choice America is a national partner with America Votes.

Planned Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America Votes.

Cecile Richards was the founder & president for America Votes, a deputy chief of staff for Nancy Pelosi, is the president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Glover Park Group is the lobby firm for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Elizabeth Engel is a managing director at the Glover Park Group, and a lobbyist for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Howard Wolfson was a partner at the Glover Park Group, a contributor for Fox News, and is married to Terri McCullough.

Media Matters for America monitors Fox News.

Terri McCullough is married to Howard Wolfson, Nancy Pelosi’s chief of staff, and was a program director for the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue.

Anna Deavere Smith is the founder of the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue, and an advisory board member for the Edible Schoolyard.

Susie Tompkins Buell is an advisory board member for the Edible Schoolyard, the founder of the Susie Tompkins Buell Foundation, a fundraiser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, a director at Media Matters for America, was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and a contributor for EMILY’s List.

Susie Tompkins Buell Foundation was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Barbra Streisand Foundation was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Margery Tabankin is the treasurer for the Barbra Streisand Foundation, and a director at the People for the American Way.

People for the American Way is a national partner with America Votes.

EMILY's List is a national partner with America Votes.

Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is a national partner with America Votes, a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns, and named for James Scott Brady.

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence is named for James Scott Brady, and a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Maria Cuomo Cole is a trustee at the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, and married to Kenneth D. Cole.

Kenneth D. Cole is married to Maria Cuomo Cole, and a trustee at the Sundance Institute.

Robert Redford is the founder & president for the Sundance Institute, and an advisory board member for the Edible Schoolyard.

Susie Tompkins Buell is an advisory board member for the Edible Schoolyard, the founder of the Susie Tompkins Buell Foundation, a fundraiser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, a director at Media Matters for America, was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and a contributor for EMILY’s List.

Nancy Pelosi was an invited to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception, Cecile Richards’s was her deputy chief of staff, and Terri McCullough is her chief of staff.

Cecile Richards was Nancy Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff, the founder & president for America Votes, a deputy chief of staff for Nancy Pelosi, a grant overseer for the Turner Foundation, is the president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Ted Turner is the chairman for the Turner Foundation, and a member of the Kappa Sigma.

Robert Redford is a member of the Kappa Sigma, an advisory board member for the Edible Schoolyard, and the founder & president for the Sundance Institute.

Susie Tompkins Buell is an advisory board member for the Edible Schoolyard, the founder of the Susie Tompkins Buell Foundation, a fundraiser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, a director at Media Matters for America, was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and a contributor for EMILY’s List.

Ellen Moran was an executive director for EMILY’s List, and the coordinator for the AFL-CIO campaign against Walmart.

AFL-CIO was the sponsor for the AFL-CIO campaign against Walmart, is a Catalist client, and a national partner with America Votes.

Kirk Adams was an organizing director for the AFL-CIO, is a board of managers member for Catalist, and married to Cecile Richards.

Cecile Richards is married to Kirk Adams, the president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, was Nancy Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff, a deputy chief of staff for Nancy Pelosi, a grant overseer for the Turner Foundation, and the founder & president for America Votes.

AFL-CIO is a national partner with America Votes.

Planned Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America Votes.

NARAL Pro-Choice America is a national partner with America Votes.

EMILY's List is a national partner with America Votes.