DEBUT EDITION ... Facebook Playbook for Fri., Nov. 14, 2014 Good morning, and HAPPY FRIDAY. A Politico Playbook speed read: BEHIND THE CURTAIN: Over steak and ravioli at The Liaison hotel on Capitol Hill on Wednesday night, about 50 aides, advisers and supporters of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) got pumped up for a presidential campaign they now believe is a 95 percent certainty. The senator introduced his wife, Kelley, and we’re told a final check-in with his family is his last hoop before settling on a presidential campaign. Paul is still saying he’ll decide this spring, with April the target for a fly-around announcement in the early states. Planning is so far advanced that top aides are discussing a counterpart to George W. Bush’s Mavericks/Pioneers/Rangers program for bundlers and fundraisers. HOT LINKS: 1) “Christie’s temperament spooks Wall Street ... still see the New Jersey governor as a risky investment,” by Maggie Haberman and Ben White politi.co/1xyDI8G 2) “Secret Emails of the Men Who May Run Hillary Clinton’s Campaign,” by ABC News’ Rick Klein abcn.ws/1qHJIXB 3) “David Axelrod: Hillary Clinton needs a rationale for W.H. run,” by Maggie Haberman politi.co/1sLseue 4) “Warren to the rescue: Democrats are reeling. So theyre calling on their biggest star,” by Seung-Min Kim and John Bresnahan politi.co/1wwWvhB 5) “Warren gets rock-star reception at liberal donors confab,” by Ken Vogel politi.co/1uswenH 6) N.Y. Times A1, at fold, “Obama, Down But Not Out, Presses Ahead,” by Peter Baker and Julie Hirschfeld Davis (earlier hed was better: “Obama’s Moves Defying Label of Lame Duck”) nyti.ms/114yUw1 BEN FINKENBINDER to 270 Strategies: “He will be starting ... with Lynda Tran and Hari Sevugan in December. ... penciled in to play first base on the softball team.”” NEW ON THE TWITTERS: @WayTooEarly YOU’RE INVITED! New York Mayor Bill de Blasio joins us WEDNESDAY at 8:30 a.m. for Playbook Breakfast at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill. RSVP here: bit.ly/11iWaaz MORE PLAYBOOK ... politico/playbook THANKS FOR READING and happy weekend, Mike and Daniel
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:36:50 +0000
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