Update: Planned Parenthood

Amy Taylor just called me back. After consulting with their lawyers and discussing further internally they are now NOT comfortable moving forward with the event on Monday.  Cecile is testifying before Congress on Tuesday and will be highlighting how their health work is not related to their political activity.  She is even highlighting an affiliate in CA (though not the one HRC would visit). They are still very enthusiastic about the concept but do not feel like this is the right time for this event.  Looks like we are back to the drawing board for Monday morning. Given the short time line I think we will need to stick with something in the small meeting / OTR family of events.  Is there value in reconsidering a tech related meeting or are there ideas in the healthcare space that would be feasible to pull off in this timeframe?

On Thursday, September 24, 2015, Alex Hornbrook <ahornbrook@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:

Just spoke with Amy.  She is just consulting their lawyers to make sure we know all the rules but is on board with the kind of event we are envisioning. 

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Huma Abedin <ha16@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:

excellent

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Sara Latham <slatham@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:

yep - that's what I pulled Alex from your office about

John spoke to Cecile, she was thrilled with the idea

he didn't promise we'd do, said we were thinking about it, had time on monday

probably only an hour / described the roundtable etc and asked for contact so our advance

team etc could figure it out 

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Huma Abedin <ha16@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:

they say yes?

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:29 PM, John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> wrote:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Cecile Richards" <cecile.richards@ppfa.org>
Date: Sep 24, 2015 5:21 PM
Subject: Amy Taylor
To: "John Podesta" <John.podesta@gmail.com>
Cc:

This is the person at Planned Parenthood Action Fund to reach out to.

Amy Taylor just called me back. After consulting with their lawyers and discussing further internally they are now NOT comfortable moving forward with the event on Monday.  Cecile is testifying before Congress on Tuesday and will be highlighting how their health work is not related to their political activity.  She is even highlighting an affiliate in CA (though not the one HRC would visit). They are still very enthusiastic about the concept but do not feel like this is the right time for this event.  Looks like we are back to the drawing board for Monday morning. Given the short time line I think we will need to stick with something in the small meeting / OTR family of events.  Is there value in reconsidering a tech related meeting or are there ideas in the healthcare space that would be feasible to pull off in this timeframe?

On Thursday, September 24, 2015, Alex Hornbrook <ahornbrook@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:

Just spoke with Amy.  She is just consulting their lawyers to make sure we know all the rules but is on board with the kind of event we are envisioning. 

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Huma Abedin <ha16@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:

excellent

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Sara Latham <slatham@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:

yep - that's what I pulled Alex from your office about

John spoke to Cecile, she was thrilled with the idea

he didn't promise we'd do, said we were thinking about it, had time on monday

probably only an hour / described the roundtable etc and asked for contact so our advance

team etc could figure it out 

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Huma Abedin <ha16@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:

they say yes?

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:29 PM, John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> wrote:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Cecile Richards" <cecile.richards@ppfa.org>
Date: Sep 24, 2015 5:21 PM
Subject: Amy Taylor
To: "John Podesta" <John.podesta@gmail.com>
Cc:

This is the person at Planned Parenthood Action Fund to reach out to.

Adding Jake on health care ideas.  But I think it will be hard to do on this timeframe.  We could do a Telemundo or other Hispanic outlet interview on health care. 

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 24, 2015, at 7:59 PM, Alex Hornbrook <ahornbrook@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:

Amy Taylor just called me back. After consulting with their lawyers and discussing further internally they are now NOT comfortable moving forward with the event on Monday.  Cecile is testifying before Congress on Tuesday and will be highlighting how their health work is not related to their political activity.  She is even highlighting an affiliate in CA (though not the one HRC would visit). They are still very enthusiastic about the concept but do not feel like this is the right time for this event.  Looks like we are back to the drawing board for Monday morning. Given the short time line I think we will need to stick with something in the small meeting / OTR family of events.  Is there value in reconsidering a tech related meeting or are there ideas in the healthcare space that would be feasible to pull off in this timeframe?

On Thursday, September 24, 2015, Alex Hornbrook <ahornbrook@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:

Just spoke with Amy.  She is just consulting their lawyers to make sure we know all the rules but is on board with the kind of event we are envisioning. 

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Huma Abedin <ha16@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:

excellent

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Sara Latham <slatham@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:

yep - that's what I pulled Alex from your office about

John spoke to Cecile, she was thrilled with the idea

he didn't promise we'd do, said we were thinking about it, had time on monday

probably only an hour / described the roundtable etc and asked for contact so our advance

team etc could figure it out 

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Huma Abedin <ha16@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:

they say yes?

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:29 PM, John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> wrote:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Cecile Richards" <cecile.richards@ppfa.org>
Date: Sep 24, 2015 5:21 PM
Subject: Amy Taylor
To: "John Podesta" <John.podesta@gmail.com>
Cc:

This is the person at Planned Parenthood Action Fund to reach out to.

Yes. That's better. 
Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 24, 2015, at 8:29 PM, Jennifer Palmieri <jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:

Adding Jake on health care ideas.  But I think it will be hard to do on this timeframe.  We could do a Telemundo or other Hispanic outlet interview on health care. 

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 24, 2015, at 7:59 PM, Alex Hornbrook <ahornbrook@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:

Amy Taylor just called me back. After consulting with their lawyers and discussing further internally they are now NOT comfortable moving forward with the event on Monday.  Cecile is testifying before Congress on Tuesday and will be highlighting how their health work is not related to their political activity.  She is even highlighting an affiliate in CA (though not the one HRC would visit). They are still very enthusiastic about the concept but do not feel like this is the right time for this event.  Looks like we are back to the drawing board for Monday morning. Given the short time line I think we will need to stick with something in the small meeting / OTR family of events.  Is there value in reconsidering a tech related meeting or are there ideas in the healthcare space that would be feasible to pull off in this timeframe?

On Thursday, September 24, 2015, Alex Hornbrook <ahornbrook@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:

Just spoke with Amy.  She is just consulting their lawyers to make sure we know all the rules but is on board with the kind of event we are envisioning. 

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Huma Abedin <ha16@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:

excellent

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Sara Latham <slatham@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:

yep - that's what I pulled Alex from your office about

John spoke to Cecile, she was thrilled with the idea

he didn't promise we'd do, said we were thinking about it, had time on monday

probably only an hour / described the roundtable etc and asked for contact so our advance

team etc could figure it out 

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Huma Abedin <ha16@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:

they say yes?

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:29 PM, John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> wrote:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Cecile Richards" <cecile.richards@ppfa.org>
Date: Sep 24, 2015 5:21 PM
Subject: Amy Taylor
To: "John Podesta" <John.podesta@gmail.com>
Cc:

This is the person at Planned Parenthood Action Fund to reach out to.