Nick shook hands in silence, then showed me a memo from the 'hard men'.
The memos showed that in its first years at least half of the council's budget was spent on public relations.
Republicans are also trying to change the subject to whether the memos show improper contacts between civil rights groups and committee Democrats.
The memo also shows the team may want to improve at backup quarterback as well, probably using later-round picks.
"The memo doesn't show that the Vice President was immersed in the details," she said.
Instead, it concluded that the memos showed a range of problems that police officials were addressing.
And as the memo showed, there is a long tradition of selling advertising time on radio by denigrating the competition.
The memo does not show where the President was when the call was made.
Internal memos show that children were often placed with foster parents hours from their neighborhoods, biological families and schools.
Other memos show that the party directed some donors to give contributions directly to state Democratic committees.