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2015-12-01

By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; <a href="mailto:mallen@politico.com" target="_blank">mallen@politico.com</a>) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; <a href="mailto:dlippman@politico.com)" target="_blank">dlippman@politico.com)</a> Good Tuesday morning, and welcome to December.SIXTY YEARS AGO today – on Dec. 1, 1955 -- Rosa Parks kept her seat, and changed the nation. See the first national story, on Dec. 5, 1955: “MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A court test of segregated transportation loomed today following the arrest of a Negro who refused to move to the colored section of a city bus.” <a href="http://bit.ly/1RiZrfT" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1RiZrfT</a> The AP dispatch ran in the next day’s N.Y. Times – 10 grafs on p. 31, “BUSES BOYCOTTED OVER RACE ISSUE: Montgomery, Ala., Negroes Protest Woman's Arrest for Defying Segregation.” <a href="http://nyti.ms/1ls3PNg" target="_blank">http://nyti.ms/1ls3PNg</a> BREAKING – Reuters’ Jeff Mason in Paris: “Obama urged his Turkish counterpart … to reduce tensions with Russia, while stressing U.S. support for its NATO ally’s security. … ‘The United States supports Turkey’s right to defend itself and its air space ... We discussed how Turkey and Russia can work together to de-escalate tensions.’” <a href="http://reut.rs/1N1aSnp" target="_blank">http://reut.rs/1N1aSnp</a> THE BIG PICTURE -- “He’ll always have Paris: It’s just not clear whether Obama’s trip will be remembered for climate change or terrorism,” by Politico’s Isaac Dovere in Paris: “Obama walked into meetings here … ahead of a year more likely than not to involve a conflict in Syria escalating far beyond what he’d wanted or planned. Instead of becoming the president who fulfilled his campaign promise of ending two wars, Obama’s looking like the president who didn’t quite end either, was drawn into a third, and could wind up in what some fear will become a fourth in Libya to prevent another ISIL haven from taking root.“‘Paris is a perfect metaphor for how world events can take over a president’s agenda,’ … said Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.” <a href="http://politi.co/1PY5E1o" target="_blank">http://politi.co/1PY5E1o</a> PIC DU JOUR: Speaker Ryan showed up at the Capitol yesterday with “what his office called his ‘hunting beard’ that he began growing Saturday at ‘deer camp.’” <a href="http://yhoo.it/1ls1a6g" target="_blank">http://yhoo.it/1ls1a6g</a> STATE OF THE UNION is Tue., Jan. 12. --“Congress actually set to pass bills — lots of them: Get ready for a legislative gusher to end the year,” by Jake Sherman: The House “is likely to move to overhaul a program that allows some foreign travelers to remain in the United States for three months without a visa. It’s just one of the legislative responses to the Syrian refugee crisis and terror attacks in Paris. … The House plans a vote this week on a rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act — a long-stalled rewrite of the 2001 No Child Left Behind law. … A five- or six-year highway bill could also come to a vote as soon as this week.” <a href="http://politi.co/1Nkxxdm" target="_blank">http://politi.co/1Nkxxdm</a> RUBIO STRATEGERY – “Rubio pivots to his next stage: The Florida senator’s focus is finally shifting from political influencers to the voters themselves,” by Shane Goldmacher: “a more public-facing campaign. … He blitzed through New Hampshire on Monday, will campaign in South Carolina on Tuesday and then fly to Alabama, which votes on March 1 and where he will hold a rally, his first public event there this cycle. Rubio began to pick up the pace just before Thanksgiving, spending more time in Iowa just before the holiday – five straight days – than he did in the first six months of 2015 combined. …“The aggressive public travel schedule is being paired with a flood of new television ads. This week, his campaign blankets the Iowa and New Hampshire airwaves.” <a href="http://politi.co/1HCxptK" target="_blank">http://politi.co/1HCxptK</a> ** A message from JPMorgan Chase & Co.: When Nishit Mehta drafted his small business plan 23 years ago, he recognized the risks were high. That's why he engaged top-level professors and business students and the University of Washington to be on his team. Learn more … <a href="http://bit.ly/1lK4vy1" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1lK4vy1</a> ** HILLARY CLINTON to CHARLIE ROSE, for “Charlie Rose” and “CBS This Morning,” on why she has been slow to excite core Obama constituencies: “It’s a long time until these elections. … I see the energy and the enthusiasm growing at every one of my events. And I see a lot of young people at them. But campaigning is a day-to-day effort. You can't assume anything. I also wanna reach out to people who are alienated from politics, to give them a sense that I will care about them, too. I wanna be their president.“That’s why I rolled out a policy about what we should do in coal country. … Republicans are always beating up on the war on coal and accusing the president of that. We have to transition from coal, but we shouldn't do it at the expense of the people who've given their lives -- some of them at the cost of their lives -- to keep the lights on for more than a century. So let's talk about how we’re gonna help people in coal country. Let's try to find those areas where we can perhaps reach some accommodation.” --CLINTON, on putting American combat troops back into Syria or Iraq: “[A]t this point, I can not conceive of any circumstances where I would agree to do that, because I think the best way to defeat ISIS is, as I’ve said, from the air, which we lead; on the ground, which we enable ... train, equip; and in cyberspace … don’t forget, they are a formidable adversary online. …“[W]e don’t know yet how many Special Forces might be needed, how many trainer and surveillance and enablers might be needed. But in terms of thousands of combat troops like some on the Republican side are recommending, I think that should be a non-starter.” HAPPENING TODAY -- USA Today banner, “Pentagon mulls more special ops to Syria: Commandos are serving as advisers in ISIL fight,” by Tom Vanden Brook: “Adding more forces on the ground in Syria would represent a significant deepening of the U.S. commitment to the counter-ISIL effort, potentially requiring additional forces to support them. There are about 3,400 American forces in Iraq. The Pentagon's counter-ISIL strategy will be the focus of a hearing [at 10 a.m.] before the House Armed Services Committee; Defense Secretary Ash Carter is scheduled to testify.” <a href="http://usat.ly/1ThEdNW" target="_blank">http://usat.ly/1ThEdNW</a> CLICKER: “The 15 must-read Clinton emails: The 7th release … included some doozies,” by Nick Gass: “Clinton's State Department kept a tight count of the secretary’s travels, … as evidenced by a June 2012 email from [Philippe] Reines to his boss and [Huma] Abedin. ‘With 7ish months left, plenty of time to run up the score on total countries. 110 is a reasonable goal. Here are the 94 countries left to choose from.’” <a href="http://politi.co/21rpYfA" target="_blank">http://politi.co/21rpYfA</a> HILLARY RADIO AD, “My Story,” starts today on predominantly African American stations in South Carolina. She invokes her mother’s story of being abandoned by her parents, and her own story of working at the Children’s Defense Fund for South Carolinian Marian Wright Edelman after graduating law school. Listen here. <a href="http://bit.ly/1l4G7H8" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1l4G7H8</a>PLAYBOOK HIGHLIGHT REEL:BLAKE HOUNSHELL, “Murdoch unloads on Kerry, Obama, the left”: “‘Before delivering my modest message,’ Murdoch joked at the outset of his address accepting the Hudson Institute's Global Leadership Award [from Henry Kissinger in NYC last night], ‘I feel obliged to alert college students, progressive academics and all other deeply sensitive souls that these words may contain phrases and ideas that challenge your prejudices — in other words, I formally declare this room an “unsafe space.”’” <a href="http://politi.co/1l4Mnih" target="_blank">http://politi.co/1l4Mnih</a>WHAT N.H. IS READING – Union Leader, bottom of p. 1, “Christie rides the momentum in NH … Governor welcomes fresh wave of endorsements,” by Dan Tuohy in Concord: “Reporters trailing Christie … were calling the endorsements something of a lifeline … Christie brushed that narrative aside. He said he’s running in ‘a wide open, competitive race,’ and ‘winning more and more converts every day.’” <a href="http://bit.ly/1IzeDP1" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1IzeDP1</a>SLAMMER FOR SHELLY – “Sheldon Silver convicted on all counts in corruption trial,” by Politico’s Colby Hamilton in Manhattan, and Albany Bureau Chief Jimmy Vielkind: “Silver — one of the most powerful men in Albany for two decades and … under five governors — was found guilty Monday of selling his office for legal fees … Silver, a Democrat … who resigned as speaker after being indicted earlier this year, [must] vacate his seat in the Assembly. He will be sentenced next year, and … could face up to 20 years in prison.” <a href="http://politi.co/1MTeM3D" target="_blank">http://politi.co/1MTeM3D</a>--TAB COVERS: N.Y. Post, “SHEL DONE!” <a href="http://bit.ly/1Xy78jU" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1Xy78jU</a> … Daily News, “CELLY SILVER!” <a href="http://nydn.us/vp5qdB" target="_blank">http://nydn.us/vp5qdB</a> … amNewYork, “CELL FOR SHEL.”NEW NYT POLITICAL REPORTER -- Carolyn Ryan, Senior Editor for Politics, emails the team:“Yamiche Alcindor [who started yesterday, and will be out on the trail a lot covering candidates, campaign news and social issues] comes to us from USA Today, where she has covered high-impact breaking news stories around the country, including Ferguson, the Boston marathon bombings, the George Zimmerman trial and the school shooting in Newtown … [S]he … writes and reports … shoots and edits video and has produced multi-media packages … at USA Today.“Yamiche is a graduate of Georgetown University and New York University, where she received her master's in broadcast news and documentary. Before joining USA Today, Yamiche worked at Newsday. She lives in Brooklyn.”JERRY SEIB “Capital Journal” column on WSJ A4, “Can Evangelicals Swing 2016 for Republicans?”: “Cruz appears to be making his move—two recent polls show him rising to second place in Iowa … Cruz argues, in essence, that an energized based of evangelical voters, 76% of whom are white, would make up for [under-enthusiasm that hurt Romney], and he is hitting that math hard to mobilize evangelicals. … [But] almost half of those in the evangelical population that Mr. Cruz cites aren’t Republicans.” <a href="http://on.wsj.com/1lrKpbf" target="_blank">http://on.wsj.com/1lrKpbf</a>TOP TALKER – Coming in Friday’s N.Y. Times (Men’s Style, p. D20), “Does Celibacy Help Your Game?” by features reporter Steven Kurutz (online: “No Sex, Please. I Have a Game Tomorrow”): “Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has taken a public vow of celibacy [for Biblical reasons]. Will it help him on the field? Broadway Joe says no. … [I]f some players don’t keep themselves from having sex before big games, it remains a favorite tactic of coaches.” <a href="http://nyti.ms/1lrVSaH" target="_blank">http://nyti.ms/1lrVSaH</a> PLAYBOOK METRO SECTION – WashPost Style p. 2, “Say goodbye to ‘Christmas in Washington,’”by Helena Andrews-Dyer in “Reliable Source”: “After more than three decades and five administrations, ‘Christmas in Washington,’ the celebrity-packed holiday special attended by the first family, won’t be returning for its 34th holiday season. … After last year’s show, … TNT announced that it would no longer broadcast the Christmas special, ending a 15-year partnership with veteran producer George Stevens Jr. and his son, Michael. … [A] new network sponsor was never found.” <a href="http://wapo.st/1OBJij3" target="_blank">http://wapo.st/1OBJij3</a>BIRTHDAYS: Jen Psaki, White House communications director. Her mother, Eileen Medvey, and stepfather will be in town tonight, and she and Greg are going to go out to dinner for a rare date night. (hat tips: Greg, Vivi) ... Natalie Wyeth Earnest (h/t Josh, Walker) ... Karen Tumulty, the pride of San Antonio (hubby tip: Paul Richter and Joe Brettell) ... Shin Inouye ... Florida Gov. Rick Scott is 63 … POLITICO Magazine’s Elizabeth Ralph, the pride of Radnor, Pa. (h/t Olivia Petersen) ... Marylouise Oates (hubby tip: Bob Shrum) ... former CIA director Stansfield Turner is 92 … Kyle Lierman of the White House Office of Public Engagement ... Wayne Ting ... Raul Alvillar, DNC’s National Political Director ... Susan Stilts Collins ... Josh Kraushaar ... Natalie Ravitz, ... NPR’s Carrie Johnson ... Foreign Policy’s Yochi Dreazen ... Brett Lieberman ... David Seldin ... Donnie Fowler ... Jeri Henson Dies ...… Reggie Smith ... Ryan Bell ... Hayley D’Antuono is 24 (h/t Team Ratcliffe) ... Terri New, founder and president of Capital Strategies (h/t Jordan Markwith) ... Bruce Young ... Charlie Anderson (aka Uncanderson) ... Becky Weissman … Jake Kuitwaard … Terrie New … David Seldin … Randy Bauer … Dan McGuire … Jamie Domini … Jared Scott Small … Woody Allen is 80 … World Golf Hall of Famer Lee Trevino is 76 … television producer David Salzman is 72 … Bette Midler is 70 … Keith Thibodeaux (Little Ricky on “I Love Lucy”) is 65 … Charlene Tilton is 57 … Sarah Silverman is 45 … actor Jackson Nicoll is 12 (h/ts AP) ** A message from JPMorgan Chase & Co.: Small businesses created 63% of new jobs over the last 10 years (SBA). That’s why we support local entrepreneurs as they help create inclusive, community-based growth. 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