POLITICO Playbook: JILL WAVERS; V.P. keeps dabbling – COLBERT goes easy on Jeb
Good Wednesday morning. STORY OF THE DAY - Politico's The Agenda, "NFL lobbyists go on offense: With [Commissioner Roger] Goodell getting uncomfortable headlines, the league's team heads to Capitol Hill for a series of closed-door meetings," by Darren Samuelsohn: "Cynthia Hogan, the league's top lobbyist and a former senior attorney to Vice President Biden, told POLITICO the NFL would brief the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Senate Commerce Committee on player safety and pro football's new efforts to pay for research into head injuries. ...
"While the NFL appeals the Brady decision, the league's 32 team owners are expected to discuss how they might seek to limit Goodell's future role in discipline. Hogan acknowledged there could be a change coming. 'I think that any time you've had as much litigation as the league has had, you know, it's an obvious time to take a look at things,' Hogan said. 'I'm sure the commissioner will put something in progress there. It makes sense to do it.' One thing the NFL wants to protect in Washington: Its antitrust exemption." https://politi.co/1MaGjQa
By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; [email protected]) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; [email protected])
THE CONVERSATION - "Jill's dilemma ... Biden's decision whether to run for president may rest more on his wife than anyone else," by Isaac Dovere: "A month ago, ... Biden was sitting in his office in the West Wing, talking to an old friend who'd come to visit. 'Jill wants me to run,' he said. ... Some days, she's the vice president's rock; some days she's in even worse shape. ...
"She's been a no, but she's also spent 40 years in love with a man who's dreamed about being president every day they've been together. She knows how much this means to him." https://politi.co/1g8UkPY
7 DAYS TO DEBATE -- "CNN moves prime-time GOP debate to 8 p.m. [from 9 p.m.]," by Alex Isenstadt and Hadas Gold: "The earlier debate with candidates who polled at least 1 percent in three national polls will start at 6 p.m. EST, ending at 7:45 p.m. ... [C]andidates will not give opening and closing statements though they will have a 15- to 20-second window to introduce themselves. Candidates will also have one minute to respond to questions and 30-second rebuttals, if their name is invoked by another candidate." https://politi.co/1Qnp9Oa
JEB's FIRST TV AD, "I've Delivered," running on Boston TV, WMUR, N.H. cable and targeted digital today through Sept. 29: "If you want more D.C. politicians or more self-promoters, you've got options. I'm offering something different: leadership, ideas and a proven conservative record. As governor, I cut taxes, cut spending, balanced budgets and Florida led the nation in job creation." YouTube https://bit.ly/1IVRdBN
--JEB TAX PLAN at top of WSJ p. A17 (op-ed), "My Tax Overhaul to Unleash 4% Growth -- Three income-tax rates: 10%, 25% and 28%, plus a 20% corporate rate and immediate expensing on new investment." https://on.wsj.com/1Oy3phh
ABOUT LAST NIGHT -- "Bush and Colbert: The joke is on ... Trump," by Eli Stokols: "In spending much of his opening monologue and his interview with Bush gently mocking Trump, Colbert ensured that Bush - yet again - was again cast in the shadow of the blustery billionaire ... But he also spared Bush ... from much of his typical mockery. During the awkward seven-minute segment, he mostly asked straightforward questions.
"Bush ... played it straight , sticking to his standard ... pitch about the country 'being close to being the greatest time to be alive' if only for stronger leadership in the White House. He drew laughs when Colbert asked about the exclamation point in his 'Jeb!' logo. 'It connotes excitement,' Bush said." BOOM! With pic of Jeb and Stephen https://politi.co/1VMS8xD
--VIDEO: Colbert's first monologue https://bit.ly/1JUgnEU ... "Jeb! Bonus! Clip!" https://bit.ly/1LWMeWi ... The new Ed Sullivan Theater https://bit.ly/1KDuD8v ... "All You Can Trump Buffet" https://bit.ly/1XK2WP8 ... Full episodehttps://bit.ly/1LjwWrS
--"Hillary Clinton to Visit Jimmy Fallon on 'Tonight Show'" on Sept. 16, day of GOP debate https://bit.ly/1Ljnsg5
--"U.S. to shift 50 staff to boost office handling Clinton emails," by Reuters' Arshad Mohammed: "The move illustrates the huge administrative burden caused by Clinton's decision to use a private email address for official communications as secretary of state." https://reut.rs/1KDnTaH
TWEETS DU JOUR -- ??@davidaxelrod: "Today's ?@nytimes story on HRC read more like The Onion: Her detailed plan to show more authenticity and spontaneity. ?#Justdoit!" ... @blakehounshell: "I will be spontaneous beginning at 9 a.m. RT ?@GlennThrush: I'm feeling especially spontaneous and unscripted this morning. How about u guys?"
HOWARD DEAN to Greg Sargent: "I suspect Hillary is going to win this." Greg: "You're saying that one can't dismiss the possibility that Sanders pulls off an upset?" Dr. Dean: "No, I wouldn't dismiss any possibility. The voters end up making up their minds, not those of us who are pundits for a living." https://wapo.st/1icAXHE
WAS THAT SO HARD? N.Y. Times Quotation of the Day - Hillary Clinton [to ABC's David Muir] in her first direct apology for her use of a private email server while secretary of State: "That was a mistake. I'm sorry about that. I take responsibility." Video https://abcn.ws/1Np5lLX
CLINTON CAMPAIGN BLAST EMAIL with subject line, "My email": "Mike -- I wanted you to hear this directly from me: Yes, I should have used two email addresses ... Not doing so was a mistake. I'm sorry about it, and I take full responsibility. ... I know this is a complex story. I could have -- and should have -- done a better job answering questions earlier. I'm grateful for your support, and I'm not taking anything for granted. ... If you want to read more, including my emails themselves, please go here: www.hillaryclinton.com/emails Thank you, Hillary."
--Politico's Annie Karni and Gabe Debenedetti: "Clinton's inability to sometimes see her own actions the way they translate to others dates back to her earliest days in politics, when she was First Lady of Arkansas beginning in 1979." https://politi.co/1Np5L4W
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DAVID GREGORY talks to GABE SHERMAN of New York mag about the former NBC star's "How's Your Faith?: An Unlikely Spiritual Journey," out next Tue. from Simon & Schuster. Gabe: "[Y]ou write ... you didn't want to tell your kids that you were fired from 'Meet the Press' because that would imply you did something wrong. For the record, were you fired?" David: "No. I wouldn't reduce it to that. I made it clear to [NBC] that I was becoming too much the story and that for the good of the show they had to shore me up. If that wasn't going to be the case, then I needed to move on." ...
Gabe: "If you could interview one Old Testament figure who would it be?" David: "Moses comes to mind. There's so much drama, so much leadership."
Gabe: "Your wife [Beth Wilkinson] is Methodist. What is like for you going to church?" David: "I really enjoy it. ... I find myself very drawn to experience of church. I love to be in a surrounding that's so welcoming. People come shake your hand. That's not always the case in most synagogues I've been in. I also find more of an emphasis on how to live and grow as a person. And I have to say, I'm very inspired by Jesus."
Gabe: "Do you struggle with salvation?" David: "It's a really important question. I haven't resolved it and it's not something I think about a lot." https://nym.ag/1Q0vmyI ... Amazon preorder: $14.02 https://amzn.to/1OcgU8b
MEDIAWATCH - ELISABETH BUMILLER named NYT D.C. bureau chief - In email to staff, Executive Editor Dean Baquet cites her "commanding knowledge and spirit": "Carolyn Ryan and Elisabeth Bumiller ... will take on appointments that will enrich our coverage of the most compelling national political campaign in ages ... Carolyn, who has split her time between ... political editor and Washington bureau chief, will now focus all of her attention on the campaign. Her appointment as a senior editor for politics is a testament to the remarkable job she has done running coverage as the campaign evolved into the story of more than 20 candidates, and billions of dollars.
"The complexity of the race is matched only by the complexity of covering it in the mobile age. ... Now, as we add more reporters and resources, it is inescapable that running this hyper-competitive story has become a full-time job. ...
"Elisabeth, who has covered the White House, the Pentagon, and virtually every important story in Washington, will become The Times's Washington bureau chief. Elisabeth has already proven her leadership over months as Washington editor ... Elisabeth comes to the job with broad experience working overseas, writing books and covering the life of Washington as a Post style writer."
--L.A. Times A1, below fold, "After one year, Beutner is ousted as Times publisher," by Christopher Goffard and Stuart Pfeifer: "The Chicago Tribune reported ... that company leaders were unhappy with some of Beutner's staffing moves, including the hiring of Nicco Mele as deputy publisher overseeing digital initiatives, and Johanna Maska as vice president of marketing and communications. Mele ... served as an advisor to ... Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign. Maska [was White House director of press advance] under President Obama." https://lat.ms/1Qnu1mk
--"Sun-Times' [Natasha] Korecki joins Politico," by Robert Feder: "Korecki will serve as a Chicago-based senior political reporter and will be responsible for compiling the daily Politico Playbook on Illinois politics, starting in late September. ... Korecki took on the political beat at the Sun-Times in 2012 after eight years as federal courts reporter. She attracted a national following covering the trials of two former governors (Rod Blagojevich and George Ryan), Tony Rezko, Conrad Black, and white supremacist Matthew Hale." https://bit.ly/1NhpQs9
-- ERICA WERNER promoted to AP's congressional correspondent, replacing the recently retired Dave Espo - D.C. Bureau Chief Sally Buzbee's forthcoming email to the bureau: "Erica has distinguished herself with ... strong source reporting, political smarts, deep understanding of policy issues and clear, authoritative writing. ... Erica joined the AP in Los Angeles in 2000 after two years at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. She came to Washington three years later after covering California ... Erica is a 1995 graduate of Harvard University, where she studied Romance languages and literature."
--"Judy Woodruff to Moderate NAM 2016 Presidential Candidates Forum on Manufacturing [on Nov. 2]": "During this bipartisan forum [in Pella, Iowa], Woodruff and manufacturers in the audience will offer presidential candidates in the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses an opportunity to directly address chief concerns, topics and policies most pertinent to manufacturers and the manufacturing economy."
SNEAK PEEK - Just for Playbookers, a look at the Prologue of NYT national-security reporter Scott Shane's "Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone," out next Tue. from Tim Duggan Books (new imprint at Crown, within Penguin Random House): American-born imam Anwar al-Awlaki's death by drone strike in Yemen in 2011 "secured him a place in history: at least since the Civil War, he was the first American citizen to be hunted down and deliberately killed by his own government, on the basis of secret intelligence and without criminal charges or a chance to defend himself in court. Many Americans welcomed his demise, but its extraordinary circumstances, and the unsettling precedent it set, sparked a debate about law and principles that would go on for years. ...
"How did a president and former professor of constitutional law, who ran against the excesses of George W. Bush's counterterrorism programs and vowed to forge a new relationship with the Muslim world, come to embrace so aggressively the targeted killing of suspected terrorists, sometimes with the emphasis on 'suspected'? And what was the role of the technology that would link Obama and Awlaki [--] the armed drone, which was created to meet the challenge of terrorism, killed some very dangerous people, got oversold and overused, and further poisoned relations with Muslims worldwide?" Excerpt, in NYT Mag https://nyti.ms/1LjvpSD Forthcoming NYT Book Review, "Two Men and a Drone," by Paul Pillar, former deputy chief of CIA counterterrorist center https://nyti.ms/1JSlvaxAmazon pre-order: $15.40 https://amzn.to/1EO1KUU
DRIVING THE NON-APPLE DAY - "Trump-Cruz cozy relationship on display ahead of Iran rally," by AP's Steve Peoples in D.C. and Bill Barrow in Atlanta: "At Cruz's invitation, Trump will appear with the Texas senator at a [1 p.m.] event organized by tea party leaders and pro-Israel groups protesting the [Iran deal] ... As his Republican competitors turn against Trump, Cruz has offered only praise. The strategy could pay dividends for Cruz" if Trump tanks. https://yhoo.it/1EO0Yau
SHOT -- National Review's Rich Lowry and Eliana Johnson, "Scott Walker: What Went Wrong? And how he can make it right": "Political observers had long worried about whether he had the charisma to succeed ... Now, there are doubts about his substance. At times, the candidate and his operation have appeared accident-prone and politically immature." https://bit.ly/1QnpO1P
--WashPost, top of A4, "Walker faces questions about his viability: In N.H., struggling candidate says any race has its 'ups and downs,'" by Jenna Johnson (online: "Walker's new mission: Convincing voters he is still viable") https://wapo.st/1IXVwwo
CHASER - Walker launches "Day One" website: "Ahead of his Thursday speech at Eureka College, ... Walker ... is releasing a new website to highlight the reforms he would begin implementing on the first day of his presidency. The plan will be updated each week throughout the campaign as Walker introduces new day one reforms designed to shake up the status quo in Washington, just as he has done in Wisconsin." https://sw.gop/dayone
BEYOND THE BELTWAY - NYT A1, below fold, "After Runoff, Emanuel Keeps Facing Battles," by Monica Davey in Chicago: "'The problem we've had is for decades when it came to fiscal issues we didn't confront them,' Mr. Emanuel said in an interview. ... '[W]e have some strengths. We're going to double down and really invest in those - from our education to our transportation to our pro-business strategy. And we will not kick the can, but face up to the challenges and finally address them and fix them.'" https://nyti.ms/1iwgltU
BUSINESS BURST -- Chicago Tribune banner, "United CEO exits amid probes: Airline links departures of Smisek, 2 others to N.Y.-area investigation," by Gregory Karp: "The ouster comes at a time when United is making record profits but is still struggling with its flights being on time and complaints about its customer service. ... Former Port Authority Chairman David Samson's activities have been the subject of document requests from the U.S. attorney's office in New Jersey." https://trib.in/1UACh8n
--DEPT. OF BURYING THE LEDE: United press release, "United Airlines Names Oscar Munoz Chief Executive Officer" https://bit.ly/1NhppOE
--FIRST LOOK - Forthcoming DNC memo, "During the Bridgegate anniversary, the fallout continues with United CEO resignation": "United CEO Jeff Smisek's resignation is just another domino to fall ... The Bridgegate trial hasn't even started." https://bit.ly/1O0oAeF
STAT OF THE DAY -- "U.N. says 850,000 to cross [Mediterranean] sea to Europe in 2015 and 2016" https://yhoo.it/1g8LtxN
COMING TOMORROW: THE POLITICO 50, the second annual list of thinkers, doers and visionaries who are transforming American politics in 2015. From POLITICO Magazine Editor Garrett Graff: "Each of the people on this list represents the core of what makes America's democracy so fascinating to watch: Politics in America is never static. Viewpoints and alliances are ever changing. Conventional wisdom can seem antiquated in a hurry."
LIST DU JOUR - "LinkedIn unveils the Next Wave: A list of 150 professionals, 35 and under, who are changing the way we do business": "The Next Wave list focuses on professionals working in the economy's most vital industries such as enterprise and consumer technology, entertainment, healthcare, energy, finance, retail and fashion, among others. The individuals on the list are a combination of established names in business as well as key players who are under the radar." https://bit.ly/1Lh9VFP
--The media list includes: Katherine Lehr of Politico, Joe Weisenthal of Bloomberg News, Dylan Matthews of Vox, MC Wellons of CNBC, and Sydney Ember of The New York Times. https://bit.ly/1XFC6Yz
HOT VIDEO - "Watch President Obama Feast on Salmon in 'Running Wild With Bear Grylls' Clip" https://bit.ly/1KDnt4b
HAPPENING TODAY - At 1 p.m. "on Yahoo News Live ... Katie Couric will interview legendary tennis star Billie Jean King about this year's U.S. Open, the impact of her own career on the sport of tennis and strides women continue to make in professional sports." www.yahoo.com/katiecouric
TRAILER OF THE DAY - "Sandra Bullock ... First 'Our Brand is Crisis' Trailer," about American political consultants working overseas: https://yhoo.it/1OxA8Db
REMEMBERING ANDY KOHUT - Pew release: "[W]e grieve the loss of our founder, mentor and bedrock, Andrew Kohut, who led Pew Research Center from 2004 until 2012 and previously led Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. He passed away [Tuesday] morning [at 73]. ... Andy's force of will was incomparable, and he went into tackling his leukemia with the same drive, attention to detail and optimism that he brought to everything else." https://pewrsr.ch/1L0FHuZ
OBAMA ALUMNI -- "Peter Orszag to re-join Economic Studies at Brookings" as a nonresident senior fellow" -- Release https://brook.gs/1ETQZQK
FIRST LOOK - The University of Chicago's Institute of Politics' five new fellows for the Fall quarter: "Tom Dart, the Sheriff of Cook County, the second most populous county in the United States and home of the nation's largest single site jail ... Matthew Dowd ... former chief strategist for George W. Bush's 2004 presidential campaign ... Husain Haqqani, former Pakistan ambassador to the United States ... Reihan Salam, executive editor of National Review ... Jessica Yellin, former chief White House correspondent for CNN." https://bit.ly/1LjoyIS
TRANSITIONS - FIRST LOOKS - Stephanie Martz to Monument Policy Group: "Martz served most recently as Senior Counsel and Special Assistant to the President in the Office of White House Counsel ... [and b]efore that ... chief counsel to Senator Chuck Schumer." https://bit.ly/1Q0qzNx
--Jocelyn Moore to Glover Park Group: "She formerly served as Staff Director at the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care." https://bit.ly/1FxfaiF
--Ann Marie Habershaw to Bully Pulpit Interactive as COO, per Andrew Bleeker's forthcoming email to staff: "Not only has she been a COO four times before - including at three of our clients (Obama for America, DNC, DCCC), but she has been a COO in the private sector as well."
--Jill Cashen to West End Strategy Team: "[A]fter nearly 17 years with the UFCW, I am making a career shift and have resigned effective September 11, 2015. It has been a great honor to work with you to amplify workers' voices in organizing campaigns, bargaining fights and in the fight for a better future."
SPORTS BLINK - "NFL teams creating mini-theme parks to get fans off sofas," by AP's Barry Wilner: "Little kids bounce around on inflatables. Teenagers rock to a local band. Huge screens showing sports from around the country, and celebrities signing autographs. ... [It's] MetLife Stadium before an NFL game. Many hardcore NFL fans prefer watching at home ... The league is trying to bring more people to stadiums by turning games into all-day events." https://yhoo.it/1UACetc
--Boston Globe 5-col. lead, "Patriots portrayed anew as cheaters" - Ben Volin "On Football" column (top of page, next to news story): "Everyone else across the country seems to love a good 'Patriots are cheaters' story, but the back-to-back revelations by ESPN and Sports Illustrated ... detail allegations of rulebreaking that deserve attention by fans and the [NFL] ... On ESPN Radio, Goodell denied that there was a connection between [2008] Spygate and Deflategate. But the connection is obvious." https://bit.ly/1UGbfXX
--ESPN The Magazine's Transactions Issue, "From Spygate to Deflategate: Inside what split the NFL and New England Patriots apart," by Don Van Natta Jr. and Seth Wickersham: "It was, one owner says, time for 'a makeup call.'" https://es.pn/1Q0tJAQ
--Sports Illustrated, teased on cover, "Why Suspicions Still Run Deep about the Pats," by Greg Bishop, Michael Rosenberg and Thayer Evans: "At various times over the last decade, at least 19 NFL franchises took precautions against the Patriots that they didn't take against any other opponent." https://on.si.com/1iwi2Yq
WEEKEND WEDDINGS - Sue Davis to Adam Aigner-Treworgy -- Pool report: Davis -- congressional correspondent for USA Today, who starts the same gig later this month for NPR -- married Aigner-Treworgy, CBS News' White House producer for "CBS This Morning," on Saturday on a perfect Maine day at The Gardens at Friend's Corner in Gorham, Maine, outside of Portland, in the backyard of the garden home of Linda Faatz, the groom's aunt. The officiant was Hannah Treworgy, Adam's older sister. ... After a happy hour with a bluegrass band and a taco dinner buffet, guests danced into the night in between toasts that, among other things, highlighted the bride's Philadelphia-bred sense of loyalty to friends and family, and her sensibility when it comes to always preferring air conditioning when driving." Pic https://bit.ly/1g8LRw4
SPOTTED: Marguerite Kelly, Brody and Lauren Mullins, Evan and Connie Perez, Sara Murray and Garrett Haake, Ben and Beth Pershing, Paul Kane, Jack Deschauer and Charlotte Sellmyer, Sena Fitzmaurice, John Bresnahan, Paul Kane, Sasha Issenberg, Emily Heil and Eric Hoover, Rachel Cothran and guest.
--AP's Jill Colvin to Politico's Jeremy Herb, on Sunday at a family-focused wedding in Brooklyn, at Giando on the Water. Herb, a Politico defense reporter, met Colvin, a national political reporter for the AP covering 2016, at Columbia J-School in 2008.
SPOTTED: AP Washington bureau's Jack Gillum, Time Magazine editors Mathew Katz and Julie Shapiro, Reuters managing editor Leela De Kretser, Business Insider's Colin Campbell, N.Y. Observer's Jillian Jorgensen, DNAinfo managing editor Mike Ventura, Sen. Al Franken's deputy chief of staff Ed Shelleby and Rep. Loretta Sanchez's deputy chief of staff Eduardo Lerma.
Pics: Their wedding program, a fake newspaper "The Daily Vow," with a big photo of the couple: https://bit.ly/1K8sdwG The bride https://bit.ly/1iwn7zI The couple dancing https://bit.ly/1NoZG8t
ENGAGED -- Joshua Henne and Jeanette Hoffman , over Labor Day weekend at Villa 17 at Round Hill Resort (where JFK and Jackie honeymooned and also where he practiced/edited his inaugural address) in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Democrat Henne is president of political comms and consulting firm White Horse Strategies, and Republican Hoffman, the former executive director and comms director of the New Jersey Republican State Committee, is a lobbyist, political commentator and SVP at Capital Impact Group in Trenton. Pic https://bit.ly/1JSdxhB
BIRTHDAYS: Kelly Schwartz (hat tip: Roy, Hudson, Landon) ... CAP's Neera Tanden ... Jonathan Cohn ... Eric Draper ... Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) is 52 ... Laura Cash (h/t Claude Marx) ... Yahoo News' Matt Bai is 47 ... Aimee Steel of Holland & Knight ... CAP's Glen Fukushima ... Michael Greenwald, U.S. Treasury attaché to Qatar and Kuwait ... Quincey Grieve (h/t Tim) ... Emily Daly, daughter of Brendan ... former Rep. Glenn Nye ... Diego Sanchez, director of Hispanic initiatives for Wise Public Affairs, is 23 (h/t Ali Legros) ... Chris Cooks ... former Rep. Buck McKeon ... Andrew Morin ...
... Sophie Kurz-Cosgrove ... Michael Harper, a McCain 2008 alum now an associate at Jones Day ... Wendy Oscarson Kirchner ... Cherie Harder, president of The Trinity Forum ... Jeff Weintraub ... Fernando Ochoa ... Steve Raikin ... Karen Fawcett ... actress Sylvia Miles is 81 ... Joe Theismann is 66 ... John McFee (The Doobie Brothers) is 65 ... Tom Wopat is 64 ... Angela Cartwright is 63 ... Hugh Grant is 55 ... Adam Sandler is 49 ... country singer-songwriter Hunter Hayes is 24 (h/ts AP)
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