Subject: Re: Newsletter
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Joan Peugh" <[email-masked]>, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Arlene Busch" <[email-masked]>, "Rob Walker" <[email-masked]>, "Alexandra Stanton" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 09:22:43 -0400

Thanks, Neil.  Great suggestions.

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Neil Callahan
<[email-masked]>wrote:

>  Hi Joan,
>
>
>
> This looks great, my comments / suggestions below:
>
>
>
> 1.       General
>
> a.       Add a double space after the punctuation of each sentence; you
> only have a single space.
>
> 2.       TARP
>
> a.       Describe who is on “the Panel” – one or two names
>
> b.      Can you add a quote of a Wall St analyst?
>
> c.       Add the date of the questioning of Caldwell
>
> 3.       DOL
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> a.       Add the link on the DOL website that has this information
>
> 4.       Summers
>
> a.       Seems like you are implying “Big Business” is in the middle.  I
> am not sure if that is what we are trying to say.  Also, I would not use the
> term “Big Business”, it’s a derogatory term from the left.
>
> b.      “But some say” – try and name someone and a quite
>
> c.       “isn’t usually such a big deal” – we should add back up or remove
> it.
>
> d.      NEC is not a common acronym and is the name of a company, so it
> might be confusing to a non-political reader
>
> 5.       Fannie Freddie
>
> a.       Add the specifics about what “economy tipping” back into
> recession – did the report specify or define what constitutes “tipping”?
> This would be interesting to our readers.
>
> b.      What changes will Obama suggest next year?
>
> c.       The math on net cost I think should be taken out unless that is a
> direct paraphrase from the report, and if so cite the report as providing
> this logic.  This is fuzzy math at best.
>
> 6.       Tea Party
>
> a.       “in their minds” – remove and rework, we shouldn’t claim to be
> mind readers
>
> b.      General comment:  although the Tea Party pisses off a lot of
> people what whatever reason, the reality is that it shows how awesome and
> beautiful our democracy is.  That people are free to organize and if they
> get enough other like-minded people together, they can actually make a
> difference.  No different that women getting the right to vote, or gays
> getting the right to marry.  So I think we should look at the Tea Party as a
> phenomenon of our democracy and citizenship and not sound like “those crazy
> Tea Party people” – it’s a free country and hat’s off to them for doing
> something about what they believe.  And sure they are getting millions of
> dollars from people, but it’s no different than the Union giving millions of
> dollars to people they like, so that’s moot.  Just a thought.
>
>
>
> Also – if Ann Fudge is appointed the NEC, I am moving to Canada.  I worked
> for her in the past – she’s indecisive, does not do her homework and is a
> poor judge of talent.  If they are trying to reward her with a job for
> raising money, it should be something like the Ambassadorship to Iceland,
> but not an important job.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Neil
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> *From:* Joan Peugh [mailto:[email-masked]]
> *Sent:* Monday, November 01, 2010 5:46 PM
> *To:* Hunter Biden; Eric Schwerin; Arlene Busch; Rob Walker; Alexandra
> Stanton; [email-masked]
> *Subject:* Newsletter
>
>
>
> Attached is the newsletter to be sent out tomorrow. Please send comments by
> 2PM. Thanks!
>
>
>
> Joan
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Eric D. Schwerin
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