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To: JohnM who wrote (288590)	1/19/2016 9:47:48 AM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 540741

Mike Allen on the Dem campaign. A long fight. ------------------------------------ AND ON THE OTHER SIDE ... N.Y. Times 1-col. lead, "CLINTON GETS SET FOR A LONG SLOG AGAINST SANDERS: SPRAWLING GAME PLAN -- Campaign Believes Path to July Convention Could Be Costly": "The campaign boasted last June ... that it had at least one paid staff member in all 50 states. But the effort did not last, and the staff members were soon let go or reassigned. (Mrs. Clinton's campaign manager, Robby Mook, said they had been hired as temporary workers to sign up volunteers at the start of the campaign, an effort he said had paid off organizationally.) The focus on Iowa ... has been so intense that even organizers in New Hampshire ... have complained to the campaign's leadership that they feel neglected. "On a call with supporters last week, Mrs. Clinton's aides laid out a scenario in which the race against Mr. Sanders stretched through April, [which] would require about $50 million for a national ground operation and other expenses. ... Sanders has campaign workers ... in all 11 of the states that vote on Super Tuesday. Mrs. Clinton does not, and is relying on union volunteers and members of supportive organizations such as Planned Parenthood to help her. ... The 2016 calendar is still fluid, with primary and caucus dates uncertain in more than a dozen states. ... "Asked about the discrepancy between the campaigns and whether Mrs. Clinton's team planned to put staff in all of the Super Tuesday states, Marlon Marshall, her director of state campaigns and political engagement, declined to comment specifically, and instead repeated this line three times: 'We've had folks in states for a while.' ... Even if Mrs. Clinton wins in Iowa, where she maintains a slight lead in most polls, Mr. Sanders could receive an outpouring of small donations if the outcome is close that would help him compete in subsequent states. ... "Sanders's campaign has ... been crunching the delegate math. It says he can outperform Mrs. Clinton with white voters and voters under 45, who favor Mr. Sanders two to one, and pick up delegates in states that have caucuses rather than primaries. His campaign is optimistic in states like Colorado, Minnesota and Wyoming - which hold caucuses, a system that favors the party's most liberal voters." nyti.ms --NYT Quotation of the Day -- ROBBY MOOK, Clinton's campaign manager, on the primary battle with Sanders lasting through May or June: "It's not just a question of the first two states, or the first four states. We're going to keep going into the map as long as it takes." DICK DURBIN on DAVID AXELROD's podcast, "The Axe Files," from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics: "Bernie is going to have his troops show up [in Iowa]. ... [H]e could end up winning that and maybe even ... New Hampshire." bit.ly