THE CUBS WIN! -- Chicago Tribune front page: “AT LAST!” http://bit.ly/2ff42Sy ... @POTUS tweet at 2:03 a.m.: “It happened: @Cubs win World Series. That’s change even this South Sider can believe in. Want to come to the White House before I leave?” Darren Samuelsohn’s photo from INSIDE Progressive Field in Cleveland. http://bit.ly/2ff7psn
CLINTON READOUT -- “HRC stuck around to watch the end of the game at Arizona State, backstage after the event, on an iPad tethered to an aide’s phone live-streaming via Slingbox. Her staff, including super-Cubs-fan and fellow Chicago-area native Connolly Keigher [PLAYBOOK NOTE: the pride of Manteno] paced around nervously as the game went into the bottom of the tenth. When the third out came, Connolly flew the W via a flag she had in her purse just for the occasion. She and HRC held it up in celebration. Woo!”
-- FLASHBACK -- @NateSilver538 on May 11: “Reminder: Cubs will win the World Series and, in exchange, President Trump will be elected 8 days later.”
BIG IN EUROPE -- AP at 6:07 a.m. -- “LONDON (AP) - High Court: UK govt can’t trigger EU exit without Parliament backing; appeal expected.”
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Good Thursday morning. 5 DAYS until Election Day. Polls seem to have generally stabilized for Hillary Clinton. As Alex Burns (@alexburnsnyt) tweeted late yesterday afternoon, “The public polls are pretty scattered in specifics but big picture is: no sign of Clinton crumbling on a map that favors her overall.” Quinnipiac has her down in Ohio, up in North Carolina, Florida and Pennsylvania, which seems to be where the race is right now. Listen to Playbook in 90 Seconds http://bit.ly/2fevTo9
USED NEWS -- Washington Post, this morning, “Want to learn about the Trump transition? You’ll have to pay $5,000” http://wapo.st/2fhFDMu ... CNN.com, Monday, “Trump transition team fundraises with Christie email” http://cnn.it/2feweXV ... An item on the fundraiser and the invite was in Saturday’s Playbook: http://politi.co/2dXMkQX
-- JUST OUT: LARRY SABATO -- “Is Clinton Slipping?: There are more signs of erosion, but her floodgates appear to be holding.” His prediction, without Florida, is Clinton winning with 293 electoral votes, compared to Trump’s 214. http://bit.ly/2eXAQ47
-- ABC/WaPo: Clinton 47, Trump 45. http://abcn.ws/2ffrFdD
-- CBS/NYT: Clinton 45, Trump 42. http://nyti.ms/2feLbJq m
-- AND/BUT -- WBUR POLL of NEW HAMPSHIRE: Trump 40, Clinton 39, Johnson 10, Stein 3. Taken Oct. 29 through Nov. 1 http://wbur.fm/2fxZxpG. OUR THOUGHT: This was taken during Clinton’s worst days, right after the Comey announcement. What Steve Shepard thinks: http://politi.co/2e4GimK
COMING ATTRACTION: Boston Globe poll of N.H. out this afternoon.
IF YOU READ ONE THING -- “Poll: ‘Shy Trump’ voters are a mirage: A new study suggests an army of hidden Trump supporters is unlikely to materialize on Election Day,” by Steve Shepard: “According to a new study commissioned by POLITICO and conducted this past weekend by Morning Consult, a hidden army of Trump voters that’s undetected by the polls is unlikely to materialize on Election Day. The study -- which was comprised of interviews with likely voters conducted over the phone with a live interviewer, and other interviews conducted online without a personal interaction -- showed only a slight, not-statistically-significant difference in their effect on voters’ preferences for president. That’s despite an emerging disparity in the public polling: Clinton leads Trump by 4 percentage points in national, live-interview phone polls, according to HuffPost Pollster’s average as of Wednesday night -- but only by 2.6 points in online and automated phone polls.” http://politi.co/2fy34UY
AIR WARS -- NEW TRUMP AD – “Corruption” -- SCRIPT: “The Clintons: from dead broke to worth hundreds of millions. So how did Hillary end up filthy rich? Pay to play politics, staggering amounts of cash poured into the Clinton Foundation from criminals, dictators, countries that hate America. Hillary cut deals for donors, now the FBI has launched a new investigation. After decades of lies and scandal, her corruption is closing in.” http://bit.ly/2ferMZv
--“Watch the ads Hillary Clinton [aired] during World Series Game 7” http://bit.ly/2egIym9
--“With “Everything” On The Line, Pro-Clinton Super PAC Makes Pitch To Black Voters,” by BuzzFeed’s Darren Sands: http://bzfd.it/2fe9NSP
--“Republican Party to Air Spanish-Language TV Ad That Doesn’t Mention Donald Trump,” by WSJ’s Beth Reinhard: http://on.wsj.com/2fGFCUW
RCP: "Bret Baier: FBI Sources Believe Clinton Foundation Case Moving Towards 'Likely an Indictment'" http://bit.ly/2fhI55M
POLITICO’S NEW EXECUTIVE EDITOR: PAUL VOLPE -- Memo going out this morning to WORLDSTAFF from Carrie Budoff Brown and John Harris: “Paul Volpe, the deputy politics editor and deputy Washington bureau chief for digital of The New York Times, will join POLITICO next month as the executive editor. We’re equally excited that Peter Canellos, who pushed POLITICO to new heights in this position, will take on a new role of editor-at-large, leading a newsroom-wide effort to make our publication a top outlet for high-impact investigative pieces … [W]e’ve asked Peter to take on a new role in recruiting, both from within the newsroom and outside POLITICO, a team of investigative-oriented journalists to do just that … He will both oversee the investigative team and utilize his knowledge of the skills and interests of the staff, both Pro and core, to develop high-impact stories that grow out of our daily reporting. He’ll also be a player-coach, utilizing his own writing and reporting skills …
“As I searched for Peter’s successor as executive editor, I looked for someone with a range of attributes: a sharp story editor, a gifted manager, a digital whiz, a creative thinker, an entrepreneur and a deep understanding of the fluidity of the media business. Paul Volpe is all of that — and more. With tours at The New York Times, the Washington Post and Congressional Quarterly, Paul is a proven innovator. He comes to POLITICO with a unique mix of experience that covers journalism, technology, design and business. Plus, he’s one of the nicest guys around. Paul joined the New York Times in 2011, and he now wears two hats: a deputy politics editor guiding coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign, and deputy Washington bureau chief guiding the bureau’s digital strategy. … He was described by one Times colleague as ‘the least conventional in his thinking about news presentation, and I mean that in a very good way.’” Full memo http://politi.co/2fH35Fp
ABOUT THOSE EMAILS … -- NYT A1, “Obama Faults F.B.I. on Emails, Citing ‘Incomplete Information’,” by Jonathan Martin, Adam Goldman and Gardiner Harris: “President Obama threw the power of the White House behind Hillary Clinton on Wednesday. He faulted how the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, handled new emails related to the investigation into Mrs. Clinton’s private server, and then shouted out to college students here in a pivotal battleground state that it was crucial that they vote because the ‘fate of the world is teetering.’ Mr. Obama’s comments about Mr. Comey, broadcast early in the day as recent polls showed a tightening race, were striking for a president who has insisted he does not comment on F.B.I. investigations.
“But Mr. Obama appeared to be doing exactly that in implicitly criticizing Mr. Comey’s decision to send a vague letter last week to Congress — and by extension, the public — informing lawmakers about a discovery of new emails related to Mrs. Clinton’s use of a private server as secretary of state … Without mentioning Mr. Comey by name — although it was clear whom he meant — Mr. Obama suggested that the F.B.I. had violated investigative guidelines and trafficked in innuendo by alerting Congress last week. Mr. Obama’s remarks, which followed searing criticism of the F.B.I. director from both parties, make it harder for Mr. Comey to defuse the worst crisis of his tenure at the bureau.” http://nyti.ms/2fkA1zz
-- “Secret Recordings Fueled FBI Feud in Clinton Probe: Agents thought they had enough material to merit aggressively pursuing investigation into Clinton Foundation,” by WSJ’s Devlin Barrett and Christopher M. Matthews. http://on.wsj.com/2eXvhCM
--“Teen Who Allegedly Got Weiner Sexts ‘Upset’ With Comey,” by BuzzFeed’s David Mack: “‘The FBI asked for me to speak to the media as little as possible. I have tried to stay quiet, but Comey has upset me,’ the teenager told BuzzFeed News. ‘The last thing that I wanted was to have this become political propaganda.’ ... Neither the teenage girl nor her father are supporters of Republican nominee Donald Trump. The girl described herself as a ‘big fan’ of the Clintons and said she had met them at rallies. She added that she hopes to move to Germany if Trump is elected. ... ‘I was having self-esteem issues when this whole thing started with Anthony Weiner,’ the teenager said. ‘Now as a result of my frailty, this could take down the United States presidential election. I mean, come on, who’s in charge of America?’” http://bzfd.it/2egLAXu
DAILY DONALD -- “Trump gives himself advice aloud: ‘Stay on point Donald, stay on point’,” by Shane Goldmacher in Pensacola, Florida: “Donald Trump channeled the counsel of his top advisers and uttered it out loud on Wednesday night: You’re rising in the polls so don’t screw it up. ‘We’ve got to be nice and cool, nice and calm. All right, stay on point Donald, stay on point,’ Trump said at a rally in Pensacola, as the crowd of thousands broke out in laughter. ‘No sidetracks, Donald. Nice and easy,’ Trump went on. ‘Because I’ve been watching Hillary in the last few days and she’s totally unhinged.’” http://politi.co/2fkcqie
BUT, BUT, BUT -- “Donald Trump singles out NBC’s Katy Tur, again,” by CNN’s Dylan Byers: “Speaking at a rally in Miami, Trump launched into his oft-repeated line about how the ‘dishonest’ media never showed the size of his rallies before singling out Tur. ‘There’s something happening. They’re not reporting it. Katy -- you’re not reporting it, Katy,’ Trump said. ‘But there’s something happening, Katy. There’s something happening, Katy.’ … Following Trump’s remarks on Wednesday, other journalists at the rally reported that some Trump supporters were harassing Tur. ‘Now this guy behind me is just endlessly taunting her,’ Yahoo's Holly Bailey tweeted. Several journalists rallied around Tur on Twitter, writing supportive tweets with the hashtag #ImWithTur.” http://cnnmon.ie/2fe8LGe
--WATCH THIS: @chrisgolden: “Really amazing reflection by @KatyTurNBC about what it was like to be taunted by Trump today in FL. Worth a watch, from @11thHour tonight” http://bit.ly/2fkhdjA
-- @Sarah_Boxer: “Trump camp announces the crowd at his NYC Election Night event will be by ‘invitation-only.’” http://bit.ly/2eqDT4j Event will be at the New York Hilton Midtown
MCCONNELL SPEAKS -- “McConnell gives strongest statement yet in favor of Trump,” by AP’s Adam Beam in Georgetown, Kentucky: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell … [told] a rally in his home state Wednesday that ‘we need a new president, Donald Trump, to be the most powerful Republican in America.’ … Since endorsing Trump shortly after he secured the nomination, McConnell has been mostly silent about the nominee so that vulnerable incumbents — like New Hampshire's Kelly Ayotte — could distance themselves from Trump and his increasingly erratic comments.
“McConnell even told a group of business leaders at a recent speech that if they wanted to hear him discuss Trump, they ‘might has well go ahead and leave.’ But speaking in a cavernous tractor dealership in central Kentucky on Wednesday night — where McConnell was introduced as the ‘most powerful Republican in the world’ — the senator went all in for Trump before a small but enthusiastic crowd. ‘If America votes like Kentucky, we'll be fine,’ McConnell said.” http://apne.ws/2fhgyRC
SPEAKER WATCH -- “Freedom Caucus eyes spot in Ryan’s leadership circle,” by Jake Sherman and Rachael Bade: “The House Freedom Caucus discussed in a private meeting Wednesday making a play for a slot in GOP leadership in return for backing Paul Ryan for another term as speaker, according to sources familiar with the plan. Though the position would likely be low in the leadership pecking order, it would be the first time a member of the group of hardliners became part of official party governance … Some caucus members group would like to remove Ryan as speaker but realize it's a tall task. He has the support of the overwhelming majority of House Republicans. A leadership post would allow conservatives to press from the inside for changes to House rules that empower the rank-and-file.” http://politi.co/2eCnpnp GOP leadership elections are Nov. 15.
HAPPENING TODAY -- DONALD TRUMP is in Jacksonville, Florida, for a noon event at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center, and then travels to Berwyn, Pennsylvania, for a 2 p.m. event at the Main Line Sports Center, before decamping for North Carolina, where he has a 4 p.m. event at the Cabarrus Arena in Concord, and a 7 p.m. event at The Farm in Selma. MIKE PENCE is in Prole, Iowa, Portage, Michigan, and Moon Township, Pennsylvania.
HILLARY CLINTON is in North Carolina, for a 3:15 p.m. event in Winterville, and a 7:45 p.m rally in Raleigh with Bernie Sanders and Pharrell Williams. TIM KAINE is in Arizona, and will make stops in Phoenix and Tucson. In Phoenix, Kaine will deliver remarks in Spanish.
BARACK OBAMA is in Miami at FIU for a 10 a.m. rally. BILL CLINTON is in Las Vegas with Steve Aoki. ANNE HOLTON is in Reno. CHELSEA CLINTON is in Milwaukee. BERNIE SANDERS is in Youngstown and Cincinnati, Ohio.
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POLITICO MAGAZINE FRIDAY COVER – “Portrait of a Trump West Wing: The 12 aides and advisers who will be at the mogul’s side if he makes it into the White House,” by Ben Schreckinger: http://politi.co/2fGU27B
--“Portrait of a Clinton West Wing: 12 aides to watch if the Democratic nominee wins the White House,” by Annie Karni: http://politi.co/2f3ALtn
TIME MAG COVER – This week’s Time features a photo-illustration of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton standing side-by-side holding a sign that says “The End is Near.” http://bit.ly/2ffSEpU
K-FILE – “Kelly Ayotte: ‘I wouldn’t want my daughter in the room’ with Trump or Bill Clinton,” by CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski: http://cnn.it/2fGI1Pj
THE ECONOMIST endorses Hillary: “The campaign has provided daily evidence that Mr Trump would be a terrible president. He has exploited America’s simmering racial tensions. His experience, temperament and character make him horribly unsuited to being the head of state of the nation that the rest of the democratic world looks to for leadership, the commander-in-chief of the world’s most powerful armed forces and the person who controls America’s nuclear deterrent. ... Mrs Clinton is a better candidate than she seems and better suited to cope with the awful, broken state of Washington politics than her critics allow.” http://econ.st/2eqXzVx ... The cover http://politi.co/2fkhVxr
FIRST IN PLAYBOOK -- LPAC - the nation’s first LGBTQ-women’s Super PAC - is launching a five-figure digital ad campaign targeting LGBTQ women in battleground states like Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. http://bit.ly/2feehsA
HOLLYWOODLAND -- “Hollywood Alarm Grows Over Prospect of Donald Trump Victory,” by Variety’s Ted Johnson: “‘I will be funny in December,’ wrote Judd Apatow, responding to a Twitter query. ‘For now I am more concerned with not electing a madman who incites violence and racism.’ Others have been trying to call attention to stories that have yet to gain traction. Ron Howard tweeted out a Huffington Post story that asked why the media has not been covering a woman’s claim that Trump raped her when she was 13 years old.” http://bit.ly/2e4zaa5
CLICKER -- “The 25 Best Movies About Politics,” by Oliver Lyttelton in The Playlist http://bit.ly/2eCs2hd
VIDEO DU JOUR -- NYT’s Daily 360 Video features “some adoring supporters jumping at the opportunity to snap a selfie with Hillary Clinton on the trail” http://nyti.ms/2f3oTHF
MEDIAWATCH -- “Wall Street Journal to cut staff as it consolidates print edition,” by Kelsey Sutton: “The Wall Street Journal will debut an overhauled and slimmed-down version of its print product on Nov. 14 in an effort to make the paper more financially viable ‘for the foreseeable future,’ Journal editor Gerard Baker announced in an internal memo to staff Wednesday. ... Greater New York currently has a team of roughly three dozen ... [and] the staff was informed in a meeting Wednesday afternoon that since Greater New York will be moving to two pages in the main section of the paper, the number of positions will be trimmed to 16, including 12 reporters, and that everyone will have to reapply to secure one of those jobs. ... The Journal’s Business & Tech and Money & Investing sections will be combined into a new Business & Finance section; similarly, the Journal’s Personal Journal and Arena sections will be combined into a section called Life & Arts.” http://politi.co/2fea6wX ... The full memo http://bit.ly/2fegcxf
ALEX WALLACE to Yahoo -- Per Morning Media’s Joe Pompeo: “Yahoo has tapped a high-ranking former NBC News executive, Alex Wallace, as acting head of video, a role in which she will focus on growing video viewership for Yahoo’s news, finance, sports and lifestyle sections. Wallace was a prominent figure at NBC from 2005 until last year, having worked on numerous shows in the network’s news division, most recently as the SVP in charge ‘Meet the Press,’ ‘Nightly News’ and the Washington bureau.” http://politi.co/2ehkL5t
-- “Election night at The New York Times: Yours for $250,” by Poynter’s James Warren: “The New York Times is offering ‘Election Night Live’ (as opposed to ‘Election Night Dead?’) to those who pony up $250 for a visit to the paper Tuesday evening. Top editors and reporters will tear themselves away from what is normally as hectic a night as you’ll find in a major newsroom to illuminate matters — and turn a buck for the company. They will include Executive Editor Dean Baquet, Senior Political Editor Carolyn Ryan, Editorial Page Director James Bennet, columnists Frank Bruni and Maureen Dowd, reporters Maggie Haberman, Michael Barbaro, Yamiche Alcindor, Nicholas Confessore and Jim Rutenberg.” http://bit.ly/2egCp9i
2016 PLAYERS: The Bloomberg “Gameplan” podcast is up this morning -- for the latest episode, “Inside the Hardest Job Application Process in the World,” Rebecca Greenfield and Sam Grobart talk to Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Bernie Sanders’ former campaign managers about their jobs -- with cameos by Jeff Weaver, Jeff Roe, Terry Sullivan: http://bloom.bg/2feqVrE
GET YOUR FINAL CAMPAIGN STORIES IN! -- JOHN DICKERSON on “Eating on the Campaign Trail,” by Jed Portman in Garden and Gun: http://bit.ly/2fe6tai
--“I’m Hallie Jackson, NBC News Correspondent, and This Is How I Work,” by LifeHacker’s Andy Orin: “[Q:] What’s your secret? [A:] ‘I’m secretly great at picking hotels and restaurants on the road. Oyster.com for the win.’ [Q:] ‘What do you listen to while you work? [A:] ‘Rolling Stones. The Backstreet Boys. Pavarotti. (In other words: Donald Trump’s pre-rally soundtrack.)’” http://bit.ly/2eCrfNa
-- NEWS YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE: Per Trump pooler Melanie Mason of the LATimes: “One last pool note for those in the traveling press. Via Rosie Gray, an iPhone was found on the press bus. It’s being held at the front desk of the Marriott Stanton” in South Beach.
SPOTTED -- Democratic Sens. Al Franken (Minn.) and Patrick Leahy (Vt.), with his wife and two politicos, eating lunch at Chef’s Corner in Williston, Vermont … Mark Leibovich on the phone in Dupont Circle talking Cubs-Indians ... Bob Dole enjoying dessert at Marcel’s last night … Karl Rove at Austin’s airport yesterday on his way to Reagan ... Michael Steele at DCA at 6:30 a.m. this morning “getting Dunkin Donuts by American Airlines gate 45 in jeans and a black tweed blazer.”
ENGAGED -- David Pasch, comms director for Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) and a Generation Opportunity alum, proposed to Danielle Tannenbaum, a special education teacher at a D.C. public school, on the bow of the Potomac Riverboat ferry as it docked in Old Town last Friday evening. Family and close friends flew in from around the world to surreptitiously watch from the pier before a celebratory dinner at Il Porto. The couple met while attending Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Pics http://bit.ly/2fkmtDR … http://bit.ly/2eCzVmS
TRANSITIONS -- Defense Priorities, a new foreign policy organization, is launching a government affairs department, which will be led by Kurt Couchman, who previously worked as the legislative director for Rep. Dave Brat and a senior legislative aide to Rep. Justin Amash.
OUT AND ABOUT – JIM COURTOVICH of Sphere Consulting and his partner at Sphere, Alixandre Schijman, hosted a dinner at Courto’s house last night for a visiting Argentine delegation of ministers and others focused on foreign investment into the region. Pic http://bit.ly/2fhsyTk
SPOTTED: Patricia Laya, Carlos Moltini, Walton Liles, Matthew Reisman, Joanna McIntosh, Elizabeth Rojas Levi, Gina Chon, Dave Oxner, Greg Lowman, Addison Smith, Alejandro Lastra, Rafael Bernal, Andrew Kovalcin, Daniel Sepulveda, Evan Burfield
OUT AND ABOUT IN NYC – Pool report: “Wednesday night was the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s 30th National Equal Justice Awards Dinner in NYC. The organization, started by former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, raised over $2.6 million at the dinner and had over 650 guests gathered at Cipriani on 42nd Street for a memorable and inspiring evening. The Honorary Chair of NEJAD 2016 was Ted Wells. The Thurgood Marshall Lifetime Achievement Award recipient was Elaine R. Jones, and the National Equal Justice Award was given to Adebayo Ogunlesi. Leslie Odom, Tony Award Winning Actor for Hamilton, was the guest performer and Joy Ann Reid, Host of MSNBC’s AM Joy was the event host. Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s current President and Director-Counsel presided. Lots of civil rights, voting rights and equal rights advocates and champions from across the country attended the gala including the late Justice’s wife, Mrs. Cecilia Marshall.”
HAPPY THIRD ANNIVERSARY to Ben and Ashley Chang who kicked off the big day yesterday by exercising their right to vote (early)! Pic http://bit.ly/2fhtlUp
BIRTHDAYS: Stu Rosenberg ... Charlie Hurt ... Katie Packer Gage … Michael Dukakis is 83, celebrating with Kitty at home on Friday “probably with takeout for a flock of grandkids” (read the Playbook Plus Q&A with him: http://politi.co/2eh7vxL) ... Anna Wintour ... Dennis Miller is 63 ... O. Kay Henderson, the voice of Iowa … former Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) is 79 ... Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) is 69 ... Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) is 38 ... DCCC deputy comms director Christie Stephenson, an American Bridge alum … Evelyn Nieves … Kam Mumtaz, SVP at Citi and former Bloomberg spox (h/ts Brad Bosserman and Eric Koch) ... Phyllis Cuttino of Pew Charitable Trusts ... RNC research guru Jeff Brownlee whose wife Lori, also an RNC alum, had gluten free cupcakes made for the whole team (h/t Sean Spicer) … Paul Brathwaite, principal at the Podesta Group (h/ts Jon Haber) ... Erica Moody, associate editor at Washington Life (h/t Sally Rey Parkinson) ... Anne Sjostrom, top chef to DC’s VIPs (h/t Tom Reynolds) … Gabby Adler of Gumbinner and Davies Communications ... Two Priorities USA Action b’days: Amie Kershner and Quentin Fulks (h/ts Adam Weiss) ... Matthew Kirincic … Katie Cook Romano … Bob Van Heuvelen of Van Heuvelen Strategies …
… Rowan Morris, VP at Guggenheim Partners and a Goldman Sachs alum, is 31 … Brian Babcock-Lumish, currently assigned to Hawaii’s Fort Shafter ... Mindi Walker ... Gabby Adler, a DCCC alum, now SVP at Gumbinner and Davies ... Politico’s Christopher Falls, Anthony Adragna, Ryan Hendrixson, and Ben Kirshner ... Christian Haines, legal fellow for Rep. Bobby Scott ... Pearce Godwin is 31 … Texas-based GOP ad maker Vinny Minchillo is 55 ... Clay Wertheimer, an Obama WH Social Office alum now a consultant at Bain in London … PBS Newshour’s Elizabeth Summers ... David Case ... Matthew Coudert Jr. ... Jack McLaughlin ... Carly Burns ... Amy Rosenbaum … Scout Tufankjian, one of the earliest Obama photojournalists … Jeff Hutcheson … Barb Bichelmeyer (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) … Christie Findlay … Kevin McVicker … Richard Hudson … Mark Helmke … Robina Suwol, founder and executive director at California Safe Schools … John Damian Butts is 46 … Rocco A. Mazza ... Roseanne Barr is 64 (h/t AP)