Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score, presented by MarketPredict: Garcetti uses Hollywood connections to butter up early-state Democrats — Inside CLF's field efforts — Kobach reshuffles governor campaign
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Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 08:06:51 -0600
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By Scott Bland | 05/17/2018 10:00 AM EDT

With Zach Montellaro, Daniel Strauss and Elena Schneider 
 
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ANGELES INVESTOR - "Garcetti taps Hollywood ties to fuel 2020 campaign," by POLITICO's David Siders: "Eric Garcetti is employing a unique and potentially potent home state advantage as he prepares for an expected presidential campaign - delivering Hollywood's expansive donor network to Democratic Party officials from early primary states. The Los Angeles mayor hosted the South Carolina Democratic Party on Tuesday for a fundraiser in the city's Hancock Park, raising about as much in a few hours as the state party collected in the entire month of March. ... South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Trav Robertson hinted at the inroads Garcetti is making in the run-up to 2020, saying to
 applause, 'After the mess we've got in Washington, we all may need somebody who's got experience managing a large government and an economy.' Garcetti advisers said they are talking with party officials in other states about hosting similar events, though they declined to identify them. Full story.
 
ON THE GROUND - Inside Congressional Leadership Fund's growing national field program, via POLITICO's Rachael Bade: "The initiative by the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with Speaker Paul Ryan, now includes 34 offices running mini-campaigns for vulnerable Republicans throughout the country. They've built their own in-house research and data teams and hired 4,000 student volunteers who have knocked on more than 10 million doors since February 2017. The operation far eclipses the group's activity in any previous election, when CLF didn't have a single volunteer or field office. ... As of Tuesday, CLF ... had hauled in more than $71 million. ... CLF's midterm strategy,
 which emphasizes long-term voter engagement, is not normal for a super PAC. Typically, lawmakers' campaigns and the NRCC deal with field work and get-out-the-vote efforts - then PACs like CLF swoop in to fill in the blanks with what Bliss often refers to as 's---ty TV ads.'"
 
- "'There was a belief shared by many that super PACs had become bloated in their role and, in some cases, did more damage than good,' said Ryan's national finance chairman, Spencer Zwick, who helped steer the group's makeover. 'Ryan allies said: "How could they become more effective?" and thought, "Why can't super PACs basically run a shadow campaign?"' ... This week, CLF will announce three new offices, two for vulnerable Reps. John J. Faso of New York and Fred Upton of Michigan, and a third in Minnesota, where the party is vying for an open seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Rep. Rick Nolan." Full story.
 
SD TO AG? - "Bharara being drafted for war on Trump," by POLITICO's Edward-Isaac Dovere and Jimmy Vielkind: "Preet Bharara is seeing all the texts, phone calls and DMs urging him to run for New York attorney general, including from some top operatives and Democratic donors. He's hearing it from people coming up to him on the street. And though Bharara is leaning against making a play for the job, according to three people close to him, the onetime powerhouse U.S. attorney fired by President Donald Trump pointedly hasn't said no, either. He wants to see how the next few weeks play out. Among the people who've reached out, the sources said, are Mike Bloomberg consigliere Howard Wolfson and
 renegade GOP consultant John Weaver, along with a host of top Democratic operatives, donors and fundraisers." Full story.
 
Days until the 2018 election: 173
 
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SHAKEUP - "Kobach campaign shake-up: Consultant, aide are out as race intensifies," by the Wichita Eagle's Jonathan Shorman: "Kris Kobach has parted with a key consultant and a longtime aide, part of a campaign shakeup as the race for governor enters an intense summer period. The Republican secretary of state has also elevated a state lawmaker to campaign manager and picked the former editor of a conservative news site as his new spokeswoman." Full story.
 
POST-PRIMARY - DCCC embraces Eastman: The DCCC backed former Rep. Brad Ashford in the NE-02 primary, but it cheered Democratic nominee Kara Eastman in a release blasting GOP Rep. Don Bacon Wednesday: "Kara Eastman has a record of accomplishment that will resonate deeply in this community. These primary results show Kara is running strong and she is well positioned to win this fall." (The NRCC's take: "Kara Eastman makes socialist Bernie Sanders look moderate by comparison.")
 
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- PA-01's Wallace hit over family charity money going to pro-BDS groups: "The foundation run by the newly minted Democratic candidate for Congress in one of the most heavily Jewish congressional districts in the country has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to organizations that promote the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel," the Forward's Aiden Pink reported. "... In 2011, the foundation gave $150,000 earmarked for Haymarket Books ... That same year, Haymarket published 'BDS: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle For Palestinian Rights,' ... The book's copyright page notes that it was published 'with the generous support of Lannan Foundation and
 the Wallace Global Fund.' ... Wallace's campaign office did not return requests for comment. After the publication of this article, Wallace's campaign manager, Eric Nagy, issued a statement saying that Wallace did not support BDS. 'Here are the facts: Scott Wallace strongly supports the state of Israel. Scott unequivocally disavows the BDS movement. The grants in question were made by a member of the Wallace Global Fund's leadership from a discretionary fund that other leadership did not exercise authority over.'" Full story.
 
WOLVERINE STATE - Americans for Prosperity is launching a six-figure direct mail and digital campaign targeting Democrat Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan. The investment (about $270,000) attacks Whitmer as having a record closely aligned with former Michigan Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Watch the digital ad here. See a copy of the direct mail here. 
 
- Winning for Women launched digital ads supporting Gina Haspel's nomination to lead the CIA. See an ad here.
 
GEORGIA MONEY - A set of liberal groups supporting former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams said they raised $160,000 toward Abrams' candidacy for governor. The groups announcing the "one-day push" included the Working Families Party, NARAL Pro-Choice America, People of the American Way, MoveOn, and the Daily Kos. The Democratic primary for governor in Georgia is May 22. 
 
INDIANA AD WARS - Senate Majority PAC hits Braun in new TV ad about his business record: View the ad here. Full story.
 
- Braun's campaign responded with a new website, MeyerMeansFamily.com, giving a rundown of the company and rebuttal to some of the attacks. They also launched a new digital ad with Meyer employees talking about Braun. "The attacks on Mike are simply false," says one employee. "Mike's a great guy to work for," says another. Watch the ad here.
 
- The NRSC is also up in Indiana with a digital ad highlighting Trump's attacks on Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly during a campaign rally in the Hoosier State last week. View the ad here. 
 
- IN WISCONSIN - Wisconsin Next PAC, an outside group backing state Sen. Leah Vukmir in the Senate primary, released a new ad Wednesday touting her endorsement from the state party. The ad highlights her ties to Gov. Scott Walker and a narrator calls her a "consistent conservative." The outside group is spending $500,000 on the ad. Watch it here. 
 
ONE MORE AD ... - GOP Rep. Jeff Denham is running a Spanish ad in CA-10 touting his support for a pathway to citizenship for undocmented immigrants. Watch the ad here.
 
SPORTS TALK - "Republicans Are Still Running Against Colin Kaepernick," by Ben Strauss in POLITICO Magazine: "[Rep. Todd] Rokita is just one of a handful of Republican candidates across the country, from Tennessee to Pennsylvania, who have incorporated the anti-player protest sentiment into their campaigns. While the protests themselves have slipped over the past six months from the front page back inside the sports section, the complaint about spoiled, rich athletes - a complaint the Trump administration has gleefully stoked time and again - has become a durable meme in the culture war, as powerful a symbol as the 'welfare queens' of the Reagan era." Full story.
 
CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "All I can say is no collusion." - Jason Sullivan, a consultant for Roger Stone's super PAC who has been subpoenaed by special counsel Robert Mueller.
 
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