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MEMORANDUM

TO: Interested Parties

FROM: Danny Kanner, DGA Communications Director

DATE: November 20, 2013

RE: Exposed In VA, GOP Govs Take Fraudulent Anti-DC Campaign to

Scottsdale

At the RGAs annual conference in Las Vegas just one year ago, incoming

ChairBobby Jindal attacked 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romneyfor

dividing the American people and argued that Republicans need to

continue to show how our policies help every voter out there achieve the

American Dream, which is to be in the middle class, which is to be able to

give their children an opportunity to be able to get a great education.

The rhetoric made a lot of sense. But what was the first thing Republicans

did heading into the 2013 off-year elections? They nominated Tea Partyhero and renowned social crusader Ken Cuccinelli for governor in Virginia.

Cuccinelli had spent a career focused on a divisive social agenda that

alienates women, young people, immigrants, and gay Americans. And when

he did propose an economic plan, it was the same-old Republican scheme

cut taxes for the ultra-rich and major corporations and pay for it by raising

middle class taxes and gutting core investments in education.

Like Romney before him, Cuccinelli was rejected by voters.

Now, exposed in Virginia as identical to the Republican Party that was

defeated across the country in 2012, Republican governors will gather in

Scottsdale this week to communicate the only message they have left: At

least were not like those guys in DC!

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But the message simply bears no resemblance to reality. Republican

governors, particularly those elected in the Tea Party wave of 2010, have

spent the last three years implementing the economic and social agendas

that House Republicans could only dream of getting done. In doing so,

theyve fostered the same hostility, divisiveness, and partisan tone seenevery day in Washington. And they have the miserable approval numbers

to prove it.

Despite their Scottsdale rhetoric, heres the truth about Republican

governors:

I. Theyre Implementing The Agenda The House GOP Could Only Dream Of

Getting Done

Jindals attacks on Romney notwithstanding, Republican governors are

implementing their former standard-bearers agenda state-by-state. For

example:

Scott Walker,Tom Corbett,John Kasich,Rick Snyder,SamBrownbackandPaul LePageto varying degreesraised middle

class taxes and gutted education to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-rich

and major corporations;

Rick Scott,Corbett,Kasich,andWalkerforced medically unnecessaryultrasounds on women making the most personal of health care

decisions;

Rick Perry,Kasich,andWalkerdefunded Planned Parenthood andclosed womens health centers;

Pat McCrory,Perry,Walker,Kasich,andCorbettdisenfranchisedvoters for partisan benefit; and

Snyder,Kasich,andWalkerlaunched divisive attacks on workers.This is the same right-wing agenda that voters rejected in 2012 and thatHouse Republicans would be implementing today if not for a Democratic

Senate and Democratic president. On policy, Republican governors are still

no different than Mitt Romney or Republicans in Washington.

II. Theyve Fostered The Same Hostility, Divisiveness & Partisan Tone In

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Their States That Exists In DC

By pursuing a deeply unpopular agenda that does nothing to create jobs or

strengthen the middle class, Republican governors have fostered the same

hostility, divisiveness, and partisan tone in their states thats seen inWashington every day. Rather than bringing people together to solve

problems, these governors consider it more important to pick ideological

fights. For example:

100,000 protestors descended on the Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin,to fight back againstScott Walkers attacks on collective bargaining

rights.The partisan spectacle played out on television sets all across

the country.

John Kasich lobbied individual senators to passSenate Bill 5, a deeplycontroversial attack on collective bargaining rights in Ohio.Theresultingballot-fight attracted thousands of protestorsand massive

national attention. Votersoverwhelmingly rejected Kasichs effortin

the end, but the damage had been done.

Despite repeatedly saying that a so-called right-to-work law was noton my agenda, Rick Snydersigned itwithin hours of a lame-duck

legislature passing the bill. Again, Snyders dishonest attack on

workersdrew massive ralliesat the Capitol in Lansing and an

extended fight in the courts. In what became a national event,gubernatorial candidate Wendy

Davis filibustered a legislative attack on womens health care rightsin

the Texas Senate. With the support of right-wing Attorney General

Greg Abbott,Rick Perry ultimately signed the divisive lawdespite the

well-deserved uproar that surrounded the entire process.

All of these incidents made the federal governments shutdown saga look

tame.

And like the shutdown, these ideological battles havent just divided

Democrats and Republicanstheyve exposed a rift within the Republican

Party. It was Republicans inthe Louisiana legislature who killed Bobby

Jindals radical scheme to raise the sales taxin order to pay for a complete

elimination of the state income tax. And again, it wasRepublicans in the

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Ohio legislature who dramatically scaled downa similar proposal by Kasich.

Its gotten so bad thatKasichs policies have invited a third-party challenger

on his rightwho is drawing six percent of the vote according toa recent

poll,leaving Kasich tied with Democrat Ed FitzGerald. And in Pennsylvania,Tom Corbetts extreme policies and utter incompetence have led44

percent of Republicans to say he shouldnt even run for reelection .

But thats far from the only bad news facing the RGA headed into 2014.

III. The Public Has Soured On Them

Because of their failed, top-down economic philosophy, radical social

policies, and inability to bring people together to solve problems in a civilway, Republican governors are suffering in public opinion polls. Heres a

sample:

State Governor Approval

Rating

Source

Arizona Jan Brewer 31% [BRC, 8/27/13]

Florida Rick Scott 33% [PPP, 10/1/13]

Georgia Nathan Deal 44% [PPP, 10/10/13]

Kansas Sam Brownback 35% [SurveyUSA,10/23/13]

Louisiana Bobby Jindal 28% [PPP, 8/21/13]

Maine Paul LePage 41% [PPP, 11/12/13]

Michigan Rick Snyder 44% [EPIC MRA, 9/11/13]

North Carolina Pat McCrory 39% [PPP, 11/13/13]

Ohio John Kasich 42% [PPP, 11/12/13]

Pennsylvania Tom Corbett 19% [F&M, 10/31/13]

South Carolina Nikki Haley 44% [Winthrop UniversityPoll, 10/27/13]

Wisconsin Scott Walker 49% [Marquette

University Law

School Poll,

10/29/13]

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8/13/2019 MEMO: Exposed In VA, GOP Govs Take Fraudulent Anti-DC Campaign to Scottsdale

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This is particularly dangerous for those governors up for reelection in 2014.

Rick Scott, John Kasich, Rick Snyder, Tom Corbett, Scott Walker, and Paul

LePage are all running in states President Obama won twice, and are

statistically tied or behind in hypothetical matchups against their

Democractic opponents. Strong Democratic candidates in South Carolina,Kansas, and Georgia, are all in striking distance of Sam Brownback, Nathan

Deal, and Nikki Haley, according to recent polls.

Bottom Line:

As Chair of the RGA, Bobby Jindal failed to deliver on his Las Vegas rhetoric.

And more importantly, he failed to win the one competitive election of

2013 despite dumping more than $8 million into the Virginia racegiving

the DGA victories in eight of the nine elections since 2010 in which the twoorganizations have gone head-to-head.

With Chris Christie preparing to take over, Republican governors are deeply

vulnerable to defeat because they've pursued an agenda that was rejected

by voters in Virginia and across the country in 2012 on both economic and

social policy; theyve fostered a partisan climate comparable to the one in

Washington; and the public has soured on them.

While Christie was able to distract from the substantive issues of hisreelection campaign through sheer force of personality, Kasich, Walker,

Synder, Scott, and crew just arent Chris Christie theyll be forced to

defend their records. Thats awful news for the RGA and a reality that

should cause great concern in Scottsdale this week.

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