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2015-09-27

By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; <a href="mailto:mallen@politico.com">mallen@politico.com</a>) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; <a href="mailto:dlippman@politico.com">dlippman@politico.com</a>)Good Sunday morning. RUBIO RISING in NBC/WSJ poll of Republican primary voters, out at 9 a.m.: Trump 21% ... Carson 20% ... Rubio, Fiorina 11% ... Jeb 7% ... Kasich 6% ... Cruz 5%.Per NBC: “No other Republican gets more than 3 percent. ... [Among Dems,] Clinton has lost ground to Bernie ... leads him by just seven points with Joe Biden in the race, and 15 points without the vice president. That’s down from Clinton’s 34-point lead over Sanders in July and her whopping 60-point lead in June.”SUNDAY BEST -- HILLARY CLINTON to Chuck Todd, taping “Meet the Press” live on-set at 8:10 a.m., re the personal email address: “I did it for convenience and it turned out not to be that at all. ... [F]rom my perspective, we have a very thorough review process that we conducted.”--On the discrepancy in when she began using the account: “There was a transition period. You know, I wasn’t that focused on my email account, to be clear here.”--On the server at her Chappaqua house: “[I]t was already there. It had been there for years. It is the system that my husband's personal office used when he got out of the White House. And so it was sitting there in the basement. It was not any trouble at all. ... I added my account to it -- it apparently took a little time to do that. ... I can’t control the technical aspects of it. I’m not by any means a technical expert. I relied on people who were.”--On the notion that she was trying to make her emails harder to get through congressional subpoenas and Freedom of Information requests: “It’s totally ridiculous. That never crossed my mind.”--On the unfolding story: “It IS like a drip-drip-drip. And that's why I said, there's only so much that I can control.”--On what was turned over: “All I can tell you is that when my attorneys conducted this exhaustive process, I did not participate. ... I didn’t look at them. ... I wanted them to be as clear in their process as possible. I didn’t want to be looking over their shoulder. If they thought it was work-related, it would go to the State Department. ... “So when that process finished, you know, my attorney said, ‘Well, what do you want us to do with all these personal emails?’ I said, ‘Well, I don’t need to keep them. I don’t need them or want them.’ So they then talked to the IT server, the technical people who were responsible for maintaining them and said, ‘You know, we don’t need them anymore.’ That’s the limit of my knowledge. And I know I was a little sarcastic in one exchange with the press. ... For which I, you know: ‘I’m sorry, guys.’ But, you know, I'm not a technical expert. I just said, ‘I don’t need them.’ Whatever happened to them happened to them. And I’m, you know, very sure that my attorneys did the most meticulous job that could’ve been done.” More <a href="http://politi.co/1NUOYWb">http://politi.co/1NUOYWb</a> BOEHNER is doing his “Face the Nation” interview, originally scheduled to be taped Friday at the Capitol, live on-set at 10:30 a.m.INSIDE THE CAMPAIGNS – Tampa Bay Times, bottom of p. 1A, “Bush’s campaign built for long haul: His candidacy has reached a critical juncture, but staffers have a plan to grind out a victory,” by Political Editor Adam Smith in Miami: “Back at ‘the Pit,’ as his team calls its dreary, fifth-floor campaign headquarters with a sweeping and equally dreary view of rooftops in Miami-Dade’s Little Managua area, advisers seem keenly aware that, perception-wise, their candidate has reached a critical juncture. ... “[H]is foothold in states voting in February: A dozen paid staffers and two offices in Iowa. ... A dozen paid staffers in New Hampshire, with two offices and the likelihood of two or three more soon. ... Eight paid staffers in South Carolina and, soon, three offices up and running. ... At least seven paid staffers organizing in Nevada, where as few as 40,000 Republicans could turn out for the caucuses. ... “Five or six months from now, analysts may look back at this point in the Republican primary and see that Bush was already doomed. His campaign money and organizational muscle may be insufficient to overcome the GOP’s antagonism toward nominating a third Bush and another establishment-backed moderate. ... “After growing fast early on, the campaign cut expenses and some salaries but declined to be specific. When a reporter visited last week, fewer than a dozen people worked quietly in what looked more like a vast storage area for unused desks, tables and bookshelves than a bustling presidential campaign headquarters.” <a href="http://bit.ly/1OZFV75">http://bit.ly/1OZFV75</a>JEB to CHRIS WALLACE on “Fox News Sunday,” taped Friday at a Bush field office in Miami: “Look, it IS a marathon and we just started advertising. ... I’m confident I can win New Hampshire for sure. I'm going to work really hard at it.”WALLACE: “I was sitting right across from you in the Fox debate. And as Donald Trump was talking, I could see you sometimes shaking your head like, ‘I can’t believe I'm losing to this guy.’ ... [D]o you think in some way, Trump ... is making you a better candidate, because he’s making you fight harder?”BUSH: ... “I’m running a hard campaign, running with heart. And we're making great progress. These polls really don't matter. ... [T]hey don’t filter out the people that aren’t going to vote.”WALLACE: “You’ve also evolved when it comes to [talking about] your family.”BUSH: “It isn’t a change. It’s not a contradiction to say that I’m my own man. I have a record, a record of accomplishment. ... I’ve got to go tell that story. And I’m proud of being George H.W. Bush’s son and I’m certainly proud of my brother. ...“There are parts of my brother’s tenure and my dad's tenure that I'm extraordinarily proud of. And foreign policy would be part of that. The problem today is we have a president who doesn't believe America’s presence and leadership in the world is working. That's what I'm posting up against.” More <a href="http://politi.co/1KMLzUJ">http://politi.co/1KMLzUJ</a>**A message from the American Bankers Association: Banks are working tirelessly to roll out EMV chip cards to safeguard your financial data against counterfeit fraud. But that’s not all – they’re also investing in cutting-edge solutions designed to protect transactions wherever they take place, including online and with a mobile device. Learn more at <a href="https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/295410302;122356896;d">letsinnovatenotmandate.com</a> **SHOT -- L.A. Times A1, at fold, “Clinton’s fickle money machine: Big California donors await reassurance her campaign is on track,” by Evan Halper and Melanie Mason (online: “Clinton's big donors in California have found all sorts of reasons to be nervous”): “The worrying calmed down some after the [Sept. 16] ‘Tonight Show’ appearance, where Clinton showed her easygoing, relatable and ultimately reassuring side that voters so rarely get to see. ... But by the time Clinton was preparing this week to roll back into California for her next fundraising swing, jitters set in anew. ...“Not enough glitterati are hosting her during this three-day blitz through Los Angeles and the Bay Area. There is an event hosted by Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Co-Chairman Rob Friedman, but beyond that, one campaign check bundler said, ‘it is the absolute B team.’ ... One Hollywood-based advisor to top donors, whose A-list clients turned down requests to host Clinton next week, said it wasn’t a matter of waning support. The clients were feeling that the star-studded events should be more spaced out.” <a href="http://lat.ms/1Vj5Bvc">http://lat.ms/1Vj5Bvc</a>CHASER -- WashPost, bottom of A2, “Clinton on a blitz to surpass fundraising by Sanders,” by Anne Gearan and Matea Gold (online: “Clinton on blitz to post big fundraising number next week; holds party at home of ‘Barbarians at the Gate’ financier”: “[O]n a conference call Friday with ... top fundraisers, ... Robby Mook said the finance operation is hitting all its goals, including for both low-dollar online contributions and $2,700 max-out donations.” <a href="http://wapo.st/1MRD1lp">http://wapo.st/1MRD1lp</a> NEVER MIND – “Clinton camp: Clinton did not sign form on Abedin job change,” by Josh Gerstein: “Clinton’s chief of staff [Cheryl Mills]-- and not Clinton herself -- signed a State Department form that helped another Clinton aide change to a job status that allowed broader private-sector employment, a Clinton campaign official said late Saturday. ... [Clinton told Andrea Mitchell on Sept. 4] that she was ‘not directly involved’ in converting Abedin’s role.” <a href="http://politi.co/1Fsbh4d">http://politi.co/1Fsbh4d</a>HAPPENING TONIGHT! BLOOD MOON: The Supermoon Lunar Eclipse happens for the first time since 1982; the next one is in 2033. The partial eclipse begins at 9:07 p.m., totality begins at 10:11 and ends at 11:23. <a href="http://usat.ly/1KLTguv">http://usat.ly/1KLTguv</a>THEY LOVE HER! NYT’s #1 Most Emailed last night, and this morning’s #2 Most Emailed, #2 Most Viewed, #2 Most Tweeted and #3 Most Shared on Facebook: STEVE RATTNER, “Carly Fiorina Really Was That Bad”: “a short, disastrous stint atop one of America’s iconic technology companies.” <a href="http://nyti.ms/1Vj4gVe">http://nyti.ms/1Vj4gVe</a> --Surpassed in NYT rankings by the Blood Moon and a story about a Fareed Zakaria CNN interview with Bill Clinton that’s the Drudge banner, “BITCHIN BILL.” Runs on p. 23 today, “Bill Clinton Portrays Email Issue as Inflated, Blaming G.O.P. and Press.” <a href="http://nyti.ms/1OZDqBO">http://nyti.ms/1OZDqBO</a>AFTER BOEHNER – “Roskam says he has support for meeting to discuss GOP's future,” by Jake Sherman: “Illinois Rep. Peter Roskam says he's secured enough signatures to hold a special Republican meeting to discuss the future of the party. Roskam ... says 50 people have signed.” <a href="http://politi.co/1iCQX5y">http://politi.co/1iCQX5y</a>--N.Y. Times, bottom of p. 1, “The Post-Boehner Congress and Washington’s Sense of Dread,” by Jonathan Weisman and Mike Shear: “Some in Congress and the White House hold out hope that Mr. Boehner’s departure and the election of a new speaker will break the fever among conservatives, who have been plotting his downfall for over a year, and grant his replacement a grace period. ... Uncompromising conservatives on and off Capitol Hill are demanding the elevation of one of their own to confront the president at every turn. ...“Presidential aides have begun to take stock of a changed political landscape that could include some last-minute deal-making with Mr. Boehner before he heads back to Ohio. There could be a longer-term budget agreement that also deals with raising the nation’s debt ceiling, and possibly even a major infrastructure bill, long talked about and long stalled.” <a href="http://nyti.ms/1KGAkwc">http://nyti.ms/1KGAkwc</a>--NYT Quotation of the Day -- TOM DAVIS, a retired Republican House member from Virginia: “If Boehner had stayed through December, you’d feel better about this. Now you’ve really emboldened the right. They feel at least they have a head on the mantel.” CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE (CGI) preview – Opening plenary session, today in NYC: “Expect [President Clinton] to expand on CGI’s theme of ‘The Future of Impact,’ which explores what we’ve learned from achievements of CGI members over the past 10 years, how to apply those lessons to future of philanthropy. ... [W]ill look at what CGI members can do to continue to address the Syrian refugee crisis, support the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, improve the girls’ education, power developing economies, improve infrastructure, combat climate change, build more resilient health systems and address food security ... “[O]ver the past 10 years, CGI members answered President Clinton’s call to turn ideas into action by launching CGI Commitments – new, specific measurable plans ... CGI members have made more than 3200 commitments that have already improved the lives of over 430 million people in more than 180 countries.” Agenda <a href="http://bit.ly/1O2qOdX">http://bit.ly/1O2qOdX</a> REMEMBERING DOUG KENDALL: The “progressive litigator, author, activist, non-profit entrepreneur ... and founding president of Constitutional Accountability Center since June 2008, passed away [Saturday] from complications of colon cancer. He was 51.” <a href="http://bit.ly/1FAxYDc">http://bit.ly/1FAxYDc</a> OUT AND ABOUT: Bush alum Katie Levinson Burke celebrated her 40th birthday on the shores of the Long Island Sound on Saturday at the Roton Point Beach Club. Courtesy of hubby David Burke, guests enjoyed a taco food truck, mechanical bull, cigar/bourbon lounge and country band that headlined “Islands in the Steam.”--SPOTTED: Josh Ginsberg, Adam Levine, Matt David, Blain Rethmeier, Larry Kudlow, Rep. Taylor Griffin, Healy Baumgardner, Amy Treanor, Nina Bradley Clarke, and Jessica Couri.--Union Pacific’s Sue Andres celebrated her 50th birthday last night with a fiesta-themed party at the Arlington home of Becky Anderson, founder of Alignment Government Strategies. SPOTTED: House Speaker John Boehner and Debbie Boehner; Energy & Commerce Chair Fred Upton and Amy Upton; T&I Chairman Bill Shuster, former Rep. Tom Latham, Mike and Jill Sommers, David Stewart, Brett and Ginger Loper, Bruce and Joyce Gates, Nick and Lydia Calio, AT&T’s Tim McCone, Boston Scientific’s Brenda Becker, Internet Association CEO Michael Beckerman, Barry Jackson, Italian Store owners Laura and Bob Tramonte, TEAM Andres: Gary, Betsy & Doug. SPORTS BLINK: WashPost Sports lead, “Over and out: Nats eliminated [mathematically from playoffs]: NATIONALS 2, PHILLIES 1 (12) [innings]: Harper’s heroics not enough as Mets clinch East” ... N.Y. Post cover, “BEASTS OF THE EAST! Mets wins division” ... N.Y. Post Sports back, “AS GOOD AS IT METS: Amazin’s clinch first NL East title since 2006” ... Chicago Tribune p. 1, “Joy in Wrigleyville: On Friday, a Giants loss secured Cubs’ 1st postseason berth since 2008. On Saturday, the team celebrated with the faithful.”--JOSH EARNEST PSYCHED: “It’s Missouri’s world, and we’re just living in it. Less than a week after the St. Louis Cardinals punched their postseason ticket, the Kansas City Royals became the second team from the state to clinch a postseason berth.” Royals clinch AL Central (created in 1994) for first time EVER. Royals’ first division title in 30 years: Last was AL West 1985, when Crowns won Series; got a ticket to October (and Series) last season with wild-card berth. <a href="http://yhoo.it/1O2gYss">http://yhoo.it/1O2gYss</a> --Awesome 2,500-word Nats article is bottom of N.Y. Times Sports cover, “Baseball as a Beacon of Hope: Academy in Washington Reconnects Youths To the Sport, Academics and Life,” by Bill Pennington (online: “Washington Nationals Use Baseball as a Beacon of Hope at Youth Academy”) <a href="http://nyti.ms/1GabmnR">http://nyti.ms/1GabmnR</a>OBAMAWORLD WEEKEND WEDDINGS -- Kyle Lierman, associate director of public engagement and senior policy advisor at the White House and Amanda Brown, executive director of the Women’s Business Council and Obama WH alum tied the knot in D.C. -- bringing together generations of Obama staffers from across the country and overseas for a wedding-turned-reunion. Kyle and Amanda were married on Friday in a small church ceremony in front of family and friends -- including nephews who ran down the aisle in superhero costumes. They celebrated with a large community of loved ones on Saturday at Malmaison in Georgetown, with drinks, dancing and beignets baked fresh for the occasion by WH colleague Bess Evans. #TeamBrownLierman. Pic <a href="http://bit.ly/1KXCVGB">http://bit.ly/1KXCVGB</a> --SPOTTED: Terry Lierman, Cecilia Munoz, Paulette Aniskoff, Julie Rodriguez, Joe Paulsen, Yohannes Abraham, Stephanie Valencia and Oscar Ramirez, Maggie Thompson, Margaret Olmos, James Kvaal, Rachel Racusen, Hannah Hankins, Awenate Cobbina, Sam and Lacey Brown, Katherine Gallogly, Darienne and London Rakestraw, Kristin Avery, Tony Rediger, Sally Smith and Brandon Hurlbut, Lauren Kelly, Jason Green, Tyler Lechtenberg, Alexa Kissinger, Zach Kelly, Jordan Brooks, Allison Zelman and Max Lesko, Lauren Kidwell, Bess Evans and Dan Holloway, Mike O'Neill and Stephanie Sutton, Roberto Rodriguez, Rohan Patel, Clare Gallagher, Paul Monteiro, Gabe Amo and Tara Corrigan (jetting in from London).MELISSA RYAN of Trilogy Interactive and Micheál Keane of Civis Analytics were married yesterday in the North Hall of Eastern Market at the North Hall. Ryan is an alum of Obama 2012, Feingold 2010 and EMILY’s List. Keane was one of the first staffers on the ground in Iowa for then-Senator Barack Obama in 2007 as Voter File Manager and ran the data team for the general election effort in Florida in 2008 and most recently spent three years at the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Pic <a href="http://bit.ly/1VinsSQ">http://bit.ly/1VinsSQ</a> (h/t Erin Oldfield) --SPOTTED: Tim Tagaris, Dan Wagner, Amelia Showalter, Laura Olin, Merici Vinton, Aisling Kerins, Asher Huey, Nicole Aro, Brent Blackaby, Larry Huynh, Chris Bowers, Gray Brooks, Erie Meyer, Josh Cook, Brandon Lorenz, Eric Ming, Polly Pfeiffer, Evan Sutton, Lauren Miller.KASIA ZABAWA and KEVIN MULLIGAN recently got married at St. Matthew’s in downtown Washington, with a lunch reception at the Army Navy Club, replete with filet mignon, red snapper, and carrot cake cupcakes instead of a traditional wedding cake. Zabawa is director of media affairs at the Herald Group and is a Manhattan Institute and AEI alum; Mulligan, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, is a former FA/18 fighter pilot and instructor who served as an officer for 17 years and just graduated with an MBA from Columbia Business School. The celebration included singing the traditional Polish wedding song, “Sto lat” in which the audience wishes for the couple to live for 100 years. Pic <a href="http://bit.ly/1Ozq13S" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1Ozq13S</a> SPOTTED: Sage Steele, J.P. Freire, Rebecca Calderara, Stewart Holmes, Dr. Maren Leed Holmes.BIRTHDAYS: Juleanna Glover (hat tip: Becca, Pepper) … DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz is 49 (hat tips: Hilary, Tom) ... Politico’s Tony Romm … Lucy McCalmont, sports editor for HuffPost (h/t Olivia Petersen) ... New America Foundation head Anne-Marie Slaughter ... Carl Woog, deputy assistant secretary of defense for comms for Ash Carter and the pride of Phoenix … Glover Park Group’s Megan Grant, a CNN alum ... Jeff Birnbaum, president of BGR Public Relations and longtime D.C. journalist, is 59; in N.Y. for meetings, and celebrating with a look at the start of fall foliage in Central Park (h/t colleague Jo Maney) ... DOT’s Brian Killheffer, aka the king of Delaware, is 34 (h/t Pagineski and your friends at the Sky Bar) ... Marcus Sebastian Mason, senior partner of the Madison Group and DNC super delegate (h/t Robb Watters) ... Caitlyn “Oh Word?” Schneeweiss ... Christina DiPasquale of Fitzgibbon Media … Ed Niles, lead media strategist at BlueLabs and a DCCC alum ... Deloitte’s Alexa Wertman is 2-5 ... ... AP’s Pablo Gorondi … Sara Chieffo of the League of Conservation Voters … Concetta Cantelmo of Budd Lake, N.J. ... Martin D. Franks, who served in the Carter administration before becoming the longtime head of lobbying (and many other things) for CBS Corporation (h/t Dan Harrison) ... WJLA alum Tim Traylor … Charles Percy … Michelle Carrier … Rene Carbone Bardorf of DoD ... Kathy Heinan … Abby Curran ... Earl Plante ... Georgi Tsakonis ... Sean Miller ... NBC News’ Matthew Vann ... PwC’s Scott Moshier is 3-0 (h/t The Adams Family) ... actress Kathleen Nolan is 82 ... Wilford Brimley is 81 ... author Barbara Howar is 81 ... Meat Loaf (apocryphally “Mr. Loaf” in N.Y. Times) is 68 ... Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt is 66 ... Shaun Cassidy is 57 (h/t Tiger Beat) ... comedian Marc Maron is 52 ... Gwyneth Paltrow is 43 ... Lil’ Wayne is 33 ... singer Avril Lavigne is 31 (h/ts AP)** A message from the American Bankers Association: Banks are taking on criminal hackers by rolling out EMV chip cards, which virtually eliminate counterfeit fraud by producing a one-time transaction code that can’t be used for future payments. EMV chips are a critical security feature, but we must continue to innovate in order to stay ahead of sophisticated hackers. As crooks increasingly target online and mobile transactions, banks are pioneering cutting-edge solutions – like the “tokenization” technologies used in Apple Pay – to protect your transactions wherever they take place. Ultimately, the only way to protect our data is to stay ahead of criminals by focusing on tomorrow’s threats today. The security of our payments system impacts all of us. The payments system will only be secured if everybody—banks, payment networks, retailers and consumers—work together to fight a common enemy. Learn more at <a href="https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/295410302;122356896;d">letsinnovatenotmandate.com</a> **