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1 Mike Nellis: Founder of Authentic digital, former Senior Advisor to Kamala Harris, & co-founder of White Dudes for Harris 1:07:22
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Відтворити Пізніше Відтворити Пізніше Списки Подобається ПодобаєтьсяSend us a text Mike Nellis is the founder of Authentic, a digital fundraising firm that's raised over $1 billion for it's clients including Kamala Harris, Adam Schiff and numerous Governors, Senators, and high profile organizations. He was also a Senior Advisor to Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign, the co-founder of White Dudes for Harris in the 2024 presidential campaign, and an active thinker and leader on how progressive politics has to evolve in a changing world. IN THIS EPISODE Growing up in a conservative, middle class home in Omaha... Anti-Iraq War protests draw Mike into political activism... Mike's time as an Obama volunteer and fellow in the '07-'08 Iowa Caucus... On the campaign trail from Nebraska to North Carolina to Connecticut and more... Mike's connection to the 2016 Bernie Sanders' campaign... Mike's take on why a full primary would've helped the Kamala Harris' 24 presidential effort... Mike founds Authentic, a firm focused on online fundraising... Mike's time as a Senior Advisor to Kamala Harris 2020 presidential bid... Behind the scenes of designing the Harris' 2020 logo... Mike's recent focus as a General Consultant for campaigns... Why Democrats have become so risk-averse? Mike co-founds the White Dudes for Harri s 2024 group... What Democrats must do to better appeal to younger men... The right balance of economics vs culture in Democratic campaigns... Should messaging and governance go big or go small? Where do Democrats need to move to the center? Mike's encouragement for those working in politics to stay healthy... AND ...90s pro wrestling, AKAs, Avon, Brene Brown, George W. Bush, Pete Buttigieg, Carter Lake, James Carville, Bob Casey, Shirley Chisolm, Bill Clinton, John Fetterman, Flagrant, Scott Galloway, Jared Golden, Al Gore, Nikki Haley, hollowed-out banks, John Kerry, Larry King, Jane Kleeb, Scott Kleeb, Dan Malloy, Joe Manchin, Elaine Marshall, Ross Morales Rocketto, Morningside University, Elon Musk, music appreciation class, Trevor Noah, Martin O'Malley, Orange Theory, Ben Ostrower, Jordan Peterson, Ro Khanna, Chris Rock, Joe Rogan, Pat Ryan, Adam Schiff, Lis Smith, Tim Tagaris, Andrew Tate, Vampire Weekend, Theo Von, Tim Walz, Paul Wellstone, Wide Eye Creative & more!…
1 Congressman Mike Quigley, Why He Called on Biden to Step Aside, & Why It Remains A Necessary Conversation 47:23
Send us a text Congressman Mike Quigley is in his 9th term representing Chicago's North Side and Lakefront as a Democrat in the House. He made waves last year after the first presidential debate as one of the first elected Democrats to publicly urge President Biden to step aside as the party's nominee . In this conversation, we talk through what led him to speak out, the reaction from the White House and his colleagues, and why he believes it's an important conversation for the party to have now. We also discuss his path in politics as a staffer, as a reformer on the Cook County Board, winning a 20+ candidate '09 special election to replace Rahm Emanuel in the House, favorite moments during his tenure, what he's learned visiting Ukraine, and what Democrats need to do to better connect with voters. IN THIS EPISODE Growing up in a conservative, blue-collar household in in the Midwest... The teacher who made an impression on his politics and the advice he continues to quote today... Learning both theory at the University of Chicago and practical politics while cutting his teeth in Cook County politics... Why he lost his first race for office and how he turned a loss into a win a few years later... A decade on the Cook County Board as a reformer taking on the Chicago machine... How he won a 20+ person special election in 2009 to replace Rep. Rahm Emanuel in the House... Initial impressions and surprises in his early days in Congress... Two members who served as his mentors... Some of the work he's done in the House he's most proud of... Why Ukraine matters and what he's learned by traveling to the country several times... Why he was one of the first Democratic elected officials to call on President Biden to step aside as the '24 Democratic nominee in the aftermath of the debate... Reactions from colleagues and constituents after going public with his concerns about President Biden... Do Democrats have a larger problem of too many older Democrats refusing to retire and make way for younger leaders? Thoughts on how Democrats can better connect with voters... His favorite Chicago Blackhawks' memory and excitement for the new Chicago Pope... AND John Anzalone, big cats, Rod Blagojevich, burning your mortgage, cannon fodder, Frank Capra, Carol Stream, Forrest Claypool, Walter Cronkite, Paul Ehrlich, Sara Feigenholtz, John Fritchey, William Fulbright, Mary Gatey, Gabby Giffords, Newt Gingrich, Bernie Hansen, Kasie Hunt, Mark Kirk, John Lewis, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Vladimir Putin, Robert Redford, Branch Rickey, FDR, Paul Ryan, Helen Schiller, Glenn Schneider, Michael Sheahan, Adam Smith, spring chickens, John Stroger, Larry Suffredin, Studs Terkel, Harry Truman, The Weiner Circle, Gary Williams, working for the pension...& more!…
1 Eight Years in the Reagan White House with Veteran GOP Staffer Frank Lavin 1:19:38
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Відтворити Пізніше Відтворити Пізніше Списки Подобається ПодобаєтьсяSend us a text Frank Lavin served under Presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush in positions as varied as personnel, national security, international trade negotiations, Ambassador to Singapore, among others. In this conversation, we discuss his 8+ years in the Reagan White House from 1981-1989 - which is chronicled in his recent book Inside the Reagan White House . In the Reagan White House, he wore several different hats, was in hundreds of meetings with President Reagan, worked alongside some of the most influential administration officials - culminating in his stint as White House Political Director during the 1988 elections. IN THIS EPISODE Frank grows up in small-town Ohio in a tensely political time... Frank talks the establishment vs. conservative sparring in the GOP of the 1970s... Frank's early campaign activities in the late 70s and working for an IE backing Reagan as a college student in 1980... An important political lesson Frank learned from James Baker in Baker's 1978 race for Texas Attorney General... Memories of how Jim Baker ran the Reagan White House as Chief of Staff... How Reagan borrowed from FDR to become a powerful political communicator... How Reagan led the White House in meetings behind closer doors... Frank's first White House job of letting unsuccessful job applicants down easy... How the White House was a tug-of-war between "true believers" and "pragmatists"... Memories of his time at the Office of Public Liasion and how the President would "freeze" the first 10 minutes of a meeting... The 1984 Democratic challenger the White House was most worried about and how Reagan bounced back from a bad '82 midterm to win an '84 landslide... The difference in "desk truth" and "street truth"... How Reagan staffer Mike Deaver fundamentally changed the way a White House handles presidential travel... Frank's time as a White House national security staffer negotiating with the Soviets and spending time with President Reagan and Margaret Thatcher at Camp David... Frank demystifies his role as White House Political Director during the 1988 elections... The origin of the famous Reagan "11th Commandment" maxim... How Reagan initially won - and successfully held - the voters who came to be known as "Reagan Democrats"... Frank's memories of being around President George H.W. Bush... The low point of Frank's time in the Reagan White House... Quick memories from Frank of prominent figures including Karl Rove, Colin Powell, Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Roger Stone, and Pat Buchanan... AND Al Haig Disease, Lee Atwater, Jimmy Carter, George Christopher, Bill Clinton, creative tension, Peter DelGiorno, Terry Dolan, Tony Dolan, Frank Donatelli, Mike Dukakis, exotic tendencies, the FEC, fireside chats, forced marriages, force multipliers, Gerald Ford, John Glenn, Barry Goldwater, Mikhail Gorbachev, Bob Haldeman, Warren Harding, Kamala Harris, Gary Hart, hatchet men, horizontal management, LBJ, jelly beans, Dick Lyng, Paul Manafort, Eugene McCarthy, George McGovern, Ed Meese, Walter Mondale, Brian Mulroney, Daniel Murphy, Ed Muskie, NCPAC, neutral recapitulations, the New Left, non sequiturs, Oliver North, John Poindexter, the Reykjavik Summit, Stu Spencer, Robert Taft, Donald Trump, Bob Weed, George Wortley...& more!…
1 Patrick McHugh, Co-Founder of Gambit Strategies & Former E.D. of Priorities USA 1:01:21
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Відтворити Пізніше Відтворити Пізніше Списки Подобається ПодобаєтьсяSend us a text Patrick McHugh , co-founder of Gambit Strategies , was the Executive Director of Priorities USA in 2020 as the main super PAC allied with the Biden Presidential campaign. Prior to that, he had stints at the DSCC and working in the opp research department on major Democratic campaigns. In this conversation, we explore Patrick's roots in opposition research, his experiences running big organizations and on the campaign trail, and mine his deep expertise on emerging trends and best practices in digital persuasion advertising. IN THIS EPISODE Growing up in suburban Maryland, near DC but not of DC... The family tragedy that demonstrated how precarious the middle class can be... What set Patrick on a course toward working in politics... Lessons learned working for John Edwards for President in 2007 and Kay Hagan for Senate in 2008... The new opposition research tactic Patrick helped spearhead in 2008... Why Patrick gravitated to opp research in his first few campaign jobs... Some of Patrick's favorite opp research findings and stories... Patrick's memorable opp research trip to Hawaii... Patrick's stints during both good and bad cycles at the DSCC... Patrick moves into senior leadership as Executive Director of the Priorities USA Super PAC... Patrick on one tactical approach that helped Biden in 2020 that was disregarded by Democrats in 2024... How Patrick handled asking for big checks as ED of Priorities... Patrick develops an expertise in digital persuasion and starts Gambit Strategies... Patrick's insights on how voters watch TV and what it means for campaigns... Will streaming options become even more fractured or more consolidated... How digital content should differ than traditional linear TV content... The kind of junior digital staffers Patrick looks for to join Gambit Strategies... Patrick recommends some of his favorite sources of digital trends and data... AND George W. Bush, Ana Caprara, Guy Cecil, Hillary Clinton, DSCC, Elizabeth Dole, frozen records, Amy Gooden, Heidi Heitkamp, Martha McKenna, Linda McMahon, Chris Murphy, press vortexes, JB Pritzker, rocking chairs, Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority PAC, tier 5 races, Donald Trump, Two Americas, John Walsh, Elizabeth Warren...& more!…
1 Checking Back in with Dr. Michael Cohen on the New Edition of His Book, Modern Political Campaigns 1:09:53
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Відтворити Пізніше Відтворити Пізніше Списки Подобається ПодобаєтьсяSend us a text Catching up this week with return guest Dr. Michael Cohen , who just released a new edition of his book Modern Political Campaigns this month. He studied under iconic pollster Bill Hamilton as a student, worked in the trenches in Republican campaigns, spent time at Gallup, apprenticed under renowned GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio and worked with famed Dem strategist Mark Penn when Michael was an in-house pollster at Microsoft. Along the way, Michael started his own firm ( Cohen Research Group ), built the successful Congress in Your Pocket tech app, and wrote Modern Political Campaigns to bring the campaign literature up to speed with the ever-evolving political industry - including a new edition that includes a focus on the role AI is playing in political campaigns. This is a great nuts-and-bolts conversation on the political industry with a smart pollster, tech entrepreneur, and author. IN THIS EPISODE… The new edition of Modern Political Campaigns, including a focus on AI in campaigns... How political campaigns are (and are not) using AI at this point... What Michael knows about Gen Z from teaching courses at NYU and Johns Hopkins... Lessons he learned from a recent heart attack and recovery... Michael’s formative years growing up on Long Island… The political switch flips for Michael in college… Michael crosses paths with famed Democratic pollster Bill Hamilton… Michael makes the jump to political polling under Tony Fabrizio… The bizarre story of how one of Michael’s candidates was pilloried on the Colbert Report… Michael starts his own polling firm to move beyond partisan politics… Michael’s stint as an in-house pollster at Microsoft with Mark Penn… Michael’s compares working with legendary Dem pollster Mark Penn and iconic GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio… Michael creates the wildly successful Congress in Your Pocket app… Michael’s 101 on how to create an app… The long journey behind Michael’s new book Modern Political Campaigns… Michael’s advice to those who want to write a book and get it published… Michael’s take on what makes a good pollster… Michael weighs in on the question of a “polling crisis”… Michael’s advice on the best books to understand how politics works… AND AAPOR, Michael Bender, Sidney Blumenthal, Stephen Colbert, Sean Cook, Bob Dole, enlargement ads, Ezra Cohen Corporation, Arthur Finkelstein, the Gallup Poll, Josh Gottheimer, Sasha Issenberg, Peter Jennings, Steve Jobs, Ed Koch, Celinda Lake, Massapequa mannerisms, mobilization vs. persuasion, Never Trump Republicans, Ronald Reagan, Rowman & Littlefield, Jake Rush, Karen Thurman, Chris Tompkins, Tevi Troy, vampire roleplaying, Ted Yoho, & more!…
Send us a text Pat Leahy is a giant of the US Senate...the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Vermont...the third longest serving Senator in US history...the Senate President Pro Tem...Chair of Appropriations, Agriculture, and Judiciary...and 8 terms in the US Senate. In this conversation, we talk his roots in small town Vermont, overcoming the state's deep Republican roots in a 1974 upset, entering the Senate in his mid 30s, and his favorite stories, lessons, and proudest moments from nearly 50 years in the US Senate. IN THIS EPISODE Growing up in small-town Montpelier with a love of reading... How his service as District Attorney propelled his successful run for Senate in 1974 as the first Democrat to win a Vermont Senate seat... Early days in the US Senate in his mid 30s... How he won 8 terms in what was initially a very Republican state... The interesting story behind his 1998 re-election, his first true landslide... The most tense and high-stakes moments during his career in the Senate... Passing anti-land mine legislation... A day in the life of the Senate President Pro Tem... How trust among Senators one late night saved lives during a mid 80s Capitol bombing... Senator Leahy receives a tip he received from an "anonymous jogger" during the Iraq War debate... When Vice President Dick Cheney swore at Senator Leahy on the Senate floor... The Senator who gave the best Senate floor speeches... The most effective Majority Leader he saw... When his colleague Jim Jeffords switched parties and changed control of the Senate... His views on the rise of Bernie Sanders as a national figure... Why he didn't run for re-election in 2022... How he received the Order of the British Empire designation... His connection to the Batman character and appearing in several Batman films... His status as the Senate's leading Grateful Dead Head... The status of his wife Marcelle as his political secret weapon... AND anatomical impossibilities, Howard Baker, James Baker, Leonid Brezhnev, Dale Bumpers, George H.W. Bush, Robert Byrd, George Clooney, DC Comics, designated survivors, Charles Dickens, John Durkin, Jim Eastland, Jerry Ford, Jerry Garcia, John Glenn, holy water, Hubert Humphrey, John F. Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Heath Ledger, Mike Mansfield, Miranda Rights, Mitch McConnell, Bobby Muller, Christopher Nolan, Sam Nunn, Barack Obama, organic farming, Colin Powell, Quebec City, Hugh Scott, secret weapons, Alan Simpson, Bob Stafford, Ted Stevens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Fred Tuttle, Mark Twain, Vincent Van Gogh, Wayne Industries...& more!…
Send us a text Yoav Attias is a documentary filmmaker whose projects include Brick City chronicling the inner-workings of Newark, NJ under then-Mayor Cory Booker and CNN's Chicagoland featuring then-mayor Rahm Emanuel. His most recent role is as Director on the new documentary film Fault Lines - which examines the issue of affordable housing in American cities through the prism of several storylines in San Francisco where the housing crisis is especially acute. In this conversation, Yoav talks starting a legal career in South Florida before following his passion to become a documentary filmmaker...what he learned about the politics and challenges facing major American cities working closely around Mayors Cory Booker and Rahm Emanuel...the origin of the Fault Lines film project set in the Bay Area...and a deep dive on the challenges and complexities surrounding the American housing crisis. IN THIS EPISODE Yoav's roots in South Florida and why he left a legal career for documentary film-making... Yoav's involvement in the Brick City project that follows Newark politics, including then-Mayor Cory Booker... The documentary that deeply inspired Yoav to enter the field... Yoav's time as showrunner on CNN's Chicagoland project that featured Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel... Yoav's pitch to pols like Rahm Emanuel and Cory Booker to agree to be filmed for hundreds of hours for a documentary project... Yoav's relative optimism versus pessimism regarding the trajectory of the modern major American city... The origin story of his latest project, Fault Lines - a documentary about the housing affordability crisis facing American cities... How the housing process became so broken in cities like San Francisco in the first place... The controversy over 100 proposed affordable housing units in San Francisco's Sunset Neighborhood... How Yoav found housing advocates and a homeless family to participate in Fault Lines... How one local Bay Area elected official found himself caught in a political vice on the issue of affordable housing... Is the housing problem better or worse than Yoav initially thought? The Grateful Dead song that appears toward the end of Fault Lines... Yoav's take on political ad-making from outside of the political industry... The recent political documentary Yoav strongly recommends... AND Mark Benjamin, Anthony Bourdain, Bill Clinton, Todd Davis, Liz Dozier, Fenger High School, field producers, Jerry Garcia, HUD, hippie utopias, Hoop Dreams, hornets' nests, Nate Houghteling, Robert Hunter, Steve James, Flo Kimmerling, Ezra Klein, Marc Levin, Gordon Mar, the Mission, PCE, Section 8 vouchers, Sarah Sherman, toxicology reports, trust-building, undesirables, University of Florida, verité documentaries, Scott Weiner, zoning laws..& more!…
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Відтворити Пізніше Відтворити Пізніше Списки Подобається ПодобаєтьсяSend us a text Dr. Larry Spinelli has worn numerous hats in and around politics...Hill staffer, senior positions in the federal bureaucracy, political science professor, historian and author. His new book is Watergate's Unexpected Hero , about the life of the incredibly impactful New Jersey Democratic Congressman Peter Rodino - to whom Spinelli was a staffer and friend for 30+ years. Rodino's 40-year career in the House spanned from Truman to Reagan as he played important roles on labor policy, landmark civil rights legislation, attempting to hold back the tide of 80s conservatism...but most notably, as Chair of the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate crisis and Nixon impeachment hearings. In this role, the previously low-profile Rodino led the hearings watched daily by 80 million Americans amidst the greatest constitutional turning point since the Civil War. In this conversation, Dr. Spinelli talks his own connection to Rep. Rodino - and the 50+ year career of the legendary congressman who found himself at the center of a national crisis and ultimately became one of the most prominent and respected members of Congress of the past century. IN THIS EPISODE How Larry's use of Machivellian high-school politics led him to first meet Peter Rodino in the late 1960s.. How the Rodino family first came to the U.S. from Italy and located in Newark NJ... The anti-Italian discrimination the Rodinos faced and how a young Peter Rodino fought back... How Peter Rodino first gets his foot in the door in local politics in the 1930s... How his WWII service and a controversial anti-labor bill set the stage for him to come to Congress in 1948... Just weeks into his first term, Rodino bucks the seniority system and takes on a racist, autocratic committee chair... Peter Rodino's often under-realized impact on the landmark civil rights legislation of the mid 1960s... The two unexpected elections that made Peter Rodino Chair of the House Judiciary Committee in 1973 and thrust him into the spotlight as the Watergate scandal grew... The steps Rodino took to ensure bipartisan cooperation and effectiveness out of the House Impeachment Committee... The liberal member of the Committee who worked against Rodino behind the scenes... What Rodino believed was on the infamous, missing "18 minute gap" in the Nixon White House tapes... Rodino's view Gerald Ford's controversial pardon of Richard Nixon... Rodino's stature as a popular, national-figure after the Watergate hearings... How close did Rodino come to being Jimmy Carter's VP nominee in 1976... How Rodino held on to a changing Newark, NJ district as it moved from majority Italian-American to majority Black... Peter Rodino's final 15+ years after leaving the House in early 1989... Is Peter Rodino the most influential Italian-American political figure in American history...…
1 The Ballad of Mary Bono 1:05:58
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Відтворити Пізніше Відтворити Пізніше Списки Подобається ПодобаєтьсяSend us a text Mary Bono served 15 years in the House, representing a Palms Springs-based seat in Riverside County, CA. She initially entered politics and the House after the tragic passing of her late husband Sonny Bono - the world-famous singer / TV star turned mayor and ultimately congressman. In this conversation, she talks the political rise of Sonny Bono, running for and winning a seat in the House amidst tragedy, getting her bearings as a member herself, putting her own stamp on her service, taking tough votes as a moderate, championing the cause of prescription drug abuse prevention, and much more in an illuminating conversation with someone who's had one of the most unique and fascinating careers in congressional politics. IN THIS EPISODE Growing up in the LA area as a daughter of a doctor and scientist and early, formative experiences as a competitive gymnast... The story of when then-Mary Whitaker met Sonny Bono the day after graduating from USC... The challenges of being the spouse of a celebrity and politician... How red-tape run-ins with Palm Springs city government led to Sonny Bono's entry into politics... Sonny Bono's forays into national politics in the mid 90s... What Sonny Bono would've thought of President Trump... The passion projects she believe Sonny Bono would've left politics to pursue... How she made the decision to run for his House seat after Sonny Bono's tragic passing in early 1998... Memories from a whirlwind first few weeks and months of a new member thrown into office in a special election... How she built her own legacy over time in the House... Some of the most intense moments on the House floor in her tenure... The vote against GOP leadership that "got her in the most trouble"... What led to her passion in tackling Rx drug abuse and her experiences of being one of only members who initially took this issue seriously... Memories from her presence as the lone GOP woman on the House Judiciary Committee during the Clinton Impeachment saga... The decision made by Tom Delay that "incensed" Rep. Bono... The bizarre story of a forged love letter from Rep. Bono to another member of the House... The experience of dating and marrying a fellow member of the House... Representing a district that shifted from safe(ish) Republican to a swing seat... Her current projects and passions, including the great podcast Sagely Speaking with Mary Bono ... AND 2-tops, Bruce Babbitt, bison farms, Chaz Bono, G.K. Butterfield, Ken Calvert, Lois Capps, Cher, Kellyanne Conway, The Desert Sun, David Dreier, Jo Ann Emerson, Dianne Feinstein, Gerald Ford, King Gillette, Lindsay Graham, Fred Grandy, height jokes, hysterical mothers, the Inland Empire, Angelina Jolie, Gil Kerlikowske, Olga Korbut, Steve Largent, Jerry Lewis, Love Boat, Abbe Lowell, John McCain, The National Enquirer, Anne Northup, Tom Osborn, Nancy Pelosi, Ronald Reagan, Hal Rogers, Karl Rove, SNL, Salton Sea, Tea Party onslaughts, Terry Schiavo, The Waltons...& more!…
Send us a text Ryan Davis , co-founder of the digital political firm People First , has long been at the cutting edge of digital politics and the rise of digital influencers and has dubbed 2024 as "The Influencer Election". In this conversation, Ryan talks his roots in politics, a detour through the NYC theater community, being part of the influential 2004 Howard Dean campaign, and eventually starting the first firm focused on digital political influencers. And Ryan goes deep on the 2024 race...how the campaigns' strategies differed, the role of influencers and podcasts, which platforms are on the ascent versus descent, how he is thinking about the 2026 and 2028, and much more covering one of the most important and quickly evolving facets of modern political campaigns. IN THIS EPISODE Ryan's path from early work in Libertarian-minded GOP politics to migrating to the Democratic side of the fence... Ryan is inspired to work in politics by the anti-war sentiment of Howard Dean's 04 campaign... Ryan talks his time working in the NYC theatre and his views of "theatre kids" in politics... Ryan on how the '04 Dean digital operation changed the way campaigns are run... Ryan's path from working in campaigns to starting People First - the first political firm focused on digital influencers... Ryan's favorite case studies of how to smartly utilize digital influencers in politics... Ryan on why he dubs 2024 as "The Influencer Election"... The role of podcasts in the '24 presidential election... Why Democrats can't and shouldn't try to create their own Joe Rogan... The symbiotic nature of influencer content bridging into paid media content... "White Guys for Kamala" and other affinity groups... The relative value of political vs non-political influencers... How GenZ digests information differently than those who came before... How some big influencer accounts "rip off" clients... Ryan on the political utility of various platforms like TikTok, BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, LinkedIn, NextDoor, and more... How Ryan would tackle digital organizing ahead of the 2026 and 2028 elections... Ryan on the right skill set to work with digital influencers... Ryan's life as an itinerant "digital nomad" and tips from extensive world travels... AND The Analyst Institute, Andy Beshear, Simón Bolívar, ChatGPT, conservative e-zines, dog influencers, Al Gore, Mark Green, Kamala Harris, Curtis Hougland, John McCain, Barack Obama, parasocial relationships, Ronald Reagan, RealPlayer, Joe Rospars, Sesame Street, Norman Siegel, Snoopy, Zephyr Teachout, Joe Trippi, Barron Trump, Tim Walz...& more!…
1 Mark Harris, General Consultant for Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania, on 2024's Lone Senate Upset 1:14:02
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Відтворити Пізніше Відтворити Пізніше Списки Подобається ПодобаєтьсяSend us a text Mark Harris , co-founder of ColdSpark strategies, was the General Consultant for the successful Dave McCormick 2024 Pennsylvania Senate race - arguably the lone true upset of the '24 Senate cycle. In this conversation, Mark talks his roots in PA politics - including running for office himself, ousting a sitting legislator in a GOP primary, and multiple stints helping elect and re-elect GOP Senator Pat Toomey. Then Mark goes deep on his role helping elect Dave McCormick to the US Senate - starting with McCormick's ill-fated '22 race...getting back on the horse in '24...clearing the GOP field...challenging a proven Pennsylvania political institution...and ultimately winning a close race many pundits expected to break toward the Democratic incumbent. IN THIS EPISODE Mark's roots in Pittsburgh & why he ran for office when he was 22... Why running Pat Toomey's 2010 Senate race was Mark's "dream job"... Mark's front row seat to the tumultuous period of PA politics around veteran Senator Arlen Specter's 2009 switch from Republican to Democrat... Mark weighs in on how PA politics has transformed over the past 20 years... Mark's insight on how Pat Toomey won two tough Senate races, despite a non-traditional background for PA politics... How Mark and his firm initially connected with Dave McCormick in his first Senate race in 2022... How Mark was viewing the '24 race against Bob Casey over a year out... How the McCormick campaign navigated a Trump endorsement and cleared the GOP primary field... Mark's best practices on how GOP candidates should pursue a Trump endorsement... The headwinds of running against Senator Bob Casey... The appealing personal bio that McCormick brought to the race.... How late focus groups changed the McCormick closing message... How the McCormick ad campaign departed from the traditional GOP playbook... The voter subgroups the McCormick campaign identified as the most important... How the McCormick campaign appealed to "soft pro choice voters" and Black and Latino men... Why the McCormick team was one of the only GOP campaigns that preferred Dems nominate Harris instead of Biden... Why the abortion issue didn't sink McCormick in a 60% pro-choice state... How Mark was interpreting results coming in on Election Night... Mark's thoughts on Democratic erosion in the Dem base in Philadelphia... The approach Mark brings to races as a General Consultant... Mark's views of the potential of PA Dems Josh Shapiro and John Fetterman as national candidates... Mark's travel tips for spending a couple of days in and around Pittsburgh... AND Lou Barletta, James Blair, Bob Brady, Bridgewater Associates, George W. Bush, Herman Cain, Susan Collins, Mike Devanney, flippant poll questions, gold watches, Orrin Hatch, Chris LaCivita, Rush Limbaugh, Katie McGinty, Zell Miller, midnight pay raises, Tim Murphy, muscle atrophy, Dr. Oz, Nancy Pelosi, Primanti Brothers, Andy Reilly, Ed Rendell, Tom Ridge, Rick Santorum, Joe Sestak, shadow primaries, Matt Smith, Tom Smith, Arlen Specter, Brad Todd, West Point, Susie Wiles...& more!…
1 Inside the 2024 North Carolina Governor's Race with Josh Stein Senior Strategist Morgan Jackson & Campaign Manager Jeff Allen 1:08:17
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Відтворити Пізніше Відтворити Пізніше Списки Подобається ПодобаєтьсяSend us a text Senior Strategist Morgan Jackson & Campaign Manager Jeff Allen helped guide Democrat Josh Stein to a historic win in the 2024 open-seat North Carolina Governor's Race over GOP lighting rod Mark Robinson. In this conversation, they both discuss how Stein went from trailing in many of the early polls to winning on Election Day by a historic 15-point margin. They talk the initial phase of the race with Robinson leading the polls, the Stein strategy to define Robinson early, the power of using Robinson's own words against him, the infamous "Nude Africa" scandal, the impact of storms and massive damage in Western NC, what is replicable for other campaigns from Josh Stein's victory, & much more digging into the signature gubernatorial race of the 2024 election. IN THIS EPISODE The political origin stories of both Morgan and Jeff... How NC politics has completely transformed over the past 20 years... The early machinations that led to a Josh Stein vs. Mark Robinson '24 campaign... What led to Jeff managing the '24 Stein campaign... The potential political strengths of Mark Robinson... The initial core strategy and approach of the Stein campaign... The story behind the impactful first TV ad showing voters Mark Robinson in his own words... ( link to ad ) The Stein strategy to prioritize communications to Black voters... The story & fallout of the "Nude Africa" disclosures that forced national GOP donors to cut Robinson loose... The impact of the Hurricane Helene storms that hit Western NC... How the big Stein margin helped NC Dems win other races downballot... Their expectations heading into Election Day and reactions from the 15-point Stein victory... Both Jeff and Morgan share some of their favorite spots around The Tarheel State... AND ...Roy Cooper, crazy uncles, the DCCC, Scott Falmlen, Pete Giangreco, Bill Graham, Bill Hefner, Jesse Helms, Jim Hunt, I-95, Jesse-crats, Mt. Rushmore, Pat McCrory, Myspace, Trey Nix, Barack Obama, Stephanie Pigues, RLG Media, shithouse rats, storm machines, Thom Tillis, Trump-proofing, visceral reactions, Mark Warner, water jets, Kathleen Williams & more!…
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Send us a text Rebecca Katz , founder of New Deal Strategies, is coming off her second consecutive cycle as General Consultant on signature Democratic Senate wins - including Ruben Gallego in Arizona and John Fetterman in Pennsylvania. In this episode, Rebecca talks in depth about both of those races and the lessons to be mined for Democrats in the future. And she also discusses her early days on Capitol Hill, important lessons learned working for high profile figures like John Edwards and Harry Reid, and much more with one of the most successful operatives working in Democratic politics. IN THIS EPISODE Rebecca's roots in a politically-engaged family in Philadelphia, PA... Interning on the Hill for her hometown member, Congressman Chakah Fattah... How Rebecca gravitated toward the communications department on campaigns... How she's a different political operative coming out of Philadelphia... How Rebecca knew she didn't want to stay in Washington... Rebecca's front row seat to the chaotic 2004 Iowa Democratic caucus as part of John Edwards' 2004 Presidential campaign... Rebecca's take on John Edwards' raw political talent... Rebecca recalls an incredibly awkward job interview with Senator Harry Reid and how she ultimately ran the Reid War Room to oppose the Bush Administration... Rebecca's first intersection with John Fetterman in 2015 and how his underdog 2016 Senate loss set him up to subsequently win two statewide races... Inside Fetterman's 2022 Senate race over Dr. Oz despite the candidate dealing with serious health complications... Rebecca helps launch Ruben Gallego's 2024 AZ Senate race... How Gallego overperformed the presidential race by 8 points en route to an important win... What other campaigns can learn from Gallego's success among Latino voters... What led Rebecca to start her firm, New Deal Strategies... Rebecca on the role that a General Consultant plays on campaigns... What Rebecca looks for when hiring new staff... Rebecca's most unusual work habit... AND Americans Coming Together, Max Baucus, Central High School, Clark University, Andrew Cuomo, Dean kids, The Fels Institute, JFK Jr., Ted Kennedy, Kari Lake, David McCormick, Jim Messina, Middle Seat, New Jersey Summers, Cynthia Nixon, John Roberts, Bernie Sanders, Allyson Schwartz, Kyrsten Sinema, Snookie, Students for Choice, Harris Wofford...& more!…
Send us a text Nathan Gonzales is the Editor and Publisher of Inside Elections , one of the foundations of American political analysis, and a frequent presence talking and writing about politics on TV and in print. In this conversation, recorded two weeks after Election Day 2024, Nathan weighs in on the headlines from the '24 campaign, surprises and lessons learned, goes deep on the Presidential, Senate, and House races, looks ahead to the 2026 midterms, & much more. IN THIS EPISODE Nathan's big picture headlines coming out of Election 2024... Was 2024 simply an anti-inflation, anti-status quo election? The role of "collective amnesia" in the 2024 elections... Do Democrats have a "woke" problem? Why cultural attacks on Democrats packed more punch in 2024 than in other recent elections? Why the "fascism" critique of Trump may have fallen flat? A savvy tactic from the Trump campaign that surprised Nathan... Surprises in the exit polls... Nathan's initial read on the likelihood of a whole-scale partisan "realignment"... The story of the 2024 Senate races... Nathan's take on the split Senate verdicts in AZ, MI, NV, and WI... The one Senate race that was the most frustrating for Republicans... Was the AZ Senate race a missed opportunity for Republicans? Why PA was the one swing state Senate race that flipped from Blue to Red... The two Senate races the party senate committees viewed dramatically differently... Nathan's initial early analysis on the 2026 Senate map, including thoughts on the Senate retirement watch... Headlines from the 2024 House elections... Early handicapping the 2026 House races... Will court cases or redistricting impact the 2026 House playing field? The one House race Nathan was most interested in following... Stories about Tucker Carlson, Robert Novak, the Capital Gang and more from Nathan's first job in politics as a CNN assistant producer in the early 2000s... & more!…
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Send us a text [Originally released 11/22] Maggie Haberman is, of course, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who's covered the political rise of Donald Trump for the New York Times...and her book, CONFIDENCE MAN : The Making of Donald Trump & The Breaking of America became an immediate best seller. In this conversation, Maggie dives into all things Trump...from his formative influences in the New York City of the 70s and 80s, to his political ascent, time in the White House, her take on the likelihood of another Trump run, what a Trump White House restoration would look like...and much more from perhaps the most authoritative voice on the Trump political phenomenon. IN THIS EPISODE… Maggie breaks down the influences that explain Trump’s political persona… The member of Congress with whom has had a decades-long feud… Maggie talks Trump’s ethos of “hate as a civic good”… Why Trump never wanted to be Mayor of New York City… Maggie talks the rise of Trump as a credible candidate in 2015… How Trump leveraged Twitter so successfully… Maggie on the connection between Trump and the National Enquirer… How Trump has recently lost allies among the conservative media… Why Trump as the “deal maker” fell flat in the White House… Maggie’s thoughts on Trump’s various legal entanglements, old and new… How Maggie thinks about the challenge of covering candidates who lie… Maggie’s instincts on a Trump 2024 campaign… The faces Maggie would expect to see around Trump in a second term… What it’s like to have 1-on-1 conversations with Trump… What’s surprised Maggie most about Trump’s behavior over the past year… The status of Trump relationships with names like Giuliani, McConnell, Bannon, Roger Stone... Some of Maggies favorite books and authors covering NYC politics... AND avenging angels, Bill Barr, Wayne Barrett, birtherism, Mike Bloomberg, E. Jean Carroll, catch-and-kill, the Central Park Jogger, Hillary Clinton, Michael Cohen, Roy Cohn, James Comey, conspiracy theories, convention speeches, covfefe, Andrew Cuomo, Mario Cuomo, Ron DeSantis, the Dobbs decisions, Meade Esposito, the favor economy, Fox News, Stanley Friedman, Ric Grenell, Sean Hannity, instinctive racial paranoia, Andrew Kirtzman, Ed Koch, Jared Kushner, the Lavender Scare, Rush Limbaugh, low-interest federal loans, Donald Manes, John McCain, McCarthy acolytes, Mark Meadows, Andrew Meier, Robert Morgenthau, Rupert Murdoch, Muslim bans, Jack Newfield, NewsMax, Richard Nixon, OAN, George Pataki, Kash Patel, David Pecker, permanent enemies, Jeanine Pirro, Vladimir Putin, John Ratcliffe, rejecting objective reality, Seth Rich, rubber chicken dinners, Eric Schneiderman, Doug Schoen, Time Magazine, transactional media, Allen Weisselberg, white noise…. & more!…
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Send us a text [Initially Released 11/07/23] Patrick Ruffini , pollster at Echelon Strategies, returns to talk about his new book PARTY OF THE PEOPLE - on the transition of the Republican Party from being dominated by wealthy, suburban white voters to a more blue-collar and increasingly-multi-racial coalition. In this conversation, Patrick lays out the data behind these shifts, what is driving the GOP's new-found success with blue-collar voters, why this movement came as a surprise to many, the balance of economic vs. cultural priorities, how Latino/AAPI/Black voters are increasingly persuadable audiences in elections, and expectations as to how these shifts will continue to define American politics for the foreseeable future. IN THIS EPISODE Patrick lays out the core thesis of Party of the People... Patrick's favorite data points that illustrate the changing face of the GOP... Patrick's take on the role of "educational attainment" in changing voting patterns... Patrick gives a quick tutorial on when and how Democrats have historically been the party of working-class Americans... How flawed 2012 exit polls have contributed to shifting party coalitions more than a decade later... Patrick's take on how the "In This House..." yard signs unwittingly speak to tensions within the Democratic coalition... Economic vs cultural drivers of voter behavior... Missteps and missed GOP opportunities from the trifecta control of government in 2017 and 2018... Mining recent data among Hispanic voters... What Patrick learned about border communities on a trip to the Rio Grande Valley... Why Lester Chang is important... Why Black voter behavior has been more stable than Latino and Asian voters... Patrick's take on the growing segment of biracial and multi-racial Americans... The impact of free trade and foreign policy on changing partisan coalitions... What Patrick learned in the process of writing his first book... AND 7:3 coalitional splits, anti-globalization sentiments, Joe Biden, blurbs, Brexit, George W. Bush, census buckets, charts and data, Hillary Clinton, Nate Cohn, Thomas Dewey, Tom Edsall, Ryan Enos, existential demographic crisis, fading historical patterns, faint echoes, frontier mentalities, the Great Recession, the green transition, Hamiltonian tendencies, illiberal populism, instinctive hawks, Andrew Jackson, jettisoning first principles, Chryl Laird, majority popular tendencies, mercantile progress, the New Deal, Barack Obama, Mike Podhorzer, Ronald Reagan, the Republican autopsy, rivalrous groups, Mitt Romney, sheepskin effects, David Shor, social taboos, Starr County, Steadfast Democrats, Harry Truman, Donald Trump, the UAW, Ismail White, white phenomenons....& more!…
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1 Election Day 2024 Preview with Amy Walter 1:09:46
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Відтворити Пізніше Відтворити Пізніше Списки Подобається ПодобаєтьсяSend us a text With just hours until polling places open for the November 5th presidential election, this week's guest is analyst Amy Walter to provide her insights and instincts heading into Election Day. The editor and publisher of The Cook Report with Amy Walter, Amy has been a constant presence writing and thinking about US elections for nearly three decades. In this conversation, she goes deep on her thoughts on the presidential race, her take on both the Senate and House, and narratives she expects to emerge post-election. This is a smart and expansive preview from a top analyst on the eve of an incredibly competitive and consequential election. IN THIS EPISODE Amy starts with her initial table-setter on expectations in the presidential race... What is Donald Trump's ceiling of support? Rationales for both a Harris win and a Trump win... Is this the closest presidential race 3-4 days out that Amy has covered? Amy's theory that, for many voters, the presidential election boils down to "controlling risk"... Why are we in an era of consistently 50-50 races? Which candidate is more likely to over-perform the polls? The one Rust Belt and one Sun Belt state Amy feels will be the most predictive of the overall result? Why early vote analysis is like shaking gift boxes before Christmas? What is different in Trump's 2024 campaign compared to '16 and '20? Amy's take on the truncated Harris campaign and its closing message? How both Democrats and Republicans would respond to a presidential loss? Amy's range of expectations for the Senate and the race that would be most predictive of which side is having a good night... How the NRSC has tried to avoid mistakes from the '22 cycle... How the issue of abortion could be a stumbling block for a good Republican night in the Senate? Amy's take on late-breaking Senate races in Texas and Nebraska... Amy returns to her roots as a "House homer" to gauge the state of play in the House... Amy's prediction of when the news desks will call the race and declare a President-Election... & more!…
Send us a text This is a different type of episode this week as I have borrowed the audio from a panel I was part of last Thursday (10/24/24) to discuss the upcoming 2024 elections. This panel is hosted by the government affairs firm Husch Blackwell Strategies , and the video link can be accessed here . Moderating the discussion is Husch Blackwell CEO Andy Blunt and I'm also joined by election analyst Jim Ellis - whose background includes working for the GOP House leadership and, for decades, has been an analyst and advisor to corporations and trade associations. The discussion was recorded last Thursday and covers a lot of ground...the current state of the presidential race, the different electoral college paths available to both candidates, what can be gleaned from the early vote, what to expect in the House and Senate races, recent polling trends, late-breaking surprise races, the prediction markets, and much more.…
Send us a text Forrest Claypool has one of the most impressive and varied resumes in politics...early campaign and operative work with David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel, two-time Chief of Staff to the mayor of Chicago, opposing Barack Obama in mock debates in his 2004 Senate race, running the Chicago Park District, Chicago Transit Authority, and Chicago Board of Education, elected to the Cook County Board, intense races against the Chicago machine, and now author of the new book - The Daley Show - about the 20+ year tenure of Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. In this conversation, Forrest talks his path from small town Southern, IL to breaking into politics to his time running major city departments to being an integral part of the Chicago machine before running against the machine a few years later and deep into the last 40+ years of Chicago politics through the impact of the mayoralty of Richard M. Daley. IN THIS EPISODE... Forrest's roots in Southern Illinois and the state politics of his youth in the 60s and 70s... Forrest connects with David Axelrod at the start of the Axelrod rise as a national media consultant... The x-factor that made Axelrod such an effective political consultant... One of Forrest's favorite races he worked on as a political consultant... Forrest plays the role of Alan Keyes in Barack Obama's 2004 debate prep... Forrest's initial impressions of the 1990s Barack Obama who started making the rounds in Chicago politics... Forrest remembers the Rahm Emanuel he first worked with in the mid-1980s... Of the numerous positions he held around Chicago and Cook County politics, which did Forrest find most exciting... Why Forrest turned down an almost sure-thing, safe seat in Congress... What he learned when he ran for Cook County office himself... The Forrest Claypool 101 on effectively running organizations... His evolution as a foot soldier of the Daley machine to a prominent machine critic and opponent... What made Forrest write his new book, The Daley Show, about the 20+ year mayoralty of Richard M. Daley... How the original Mayor Daley, Richard J. Daley, dominated Chicago politics for decades... The story of Richard M. Daley in the political wilderness after the death of his father, and how he rose to the mayor's office via an "outside game"... Details on how the Chicago mob controlled an entire city ward into the 1980s and 90s... The importance of "abandoned cars" in running a city... The most important accomplishment of the Mayor Richard M. Daley era... The biggest "missed opportunity" from Daley's time as Mayor... The "most brilliant ploy" Forrest saw from Mayor Daley during the 1990s wars over Chicago-area airports... The story from Forrest's first race in Cook County, with his opponent trying to convince voters that Forrest (who is white) was a Black candidate... How far one has to go back in Chicago politics to find election-counting interference... Forrest's take on why Chicago is no longer "a city that works"... Forrest's favorite story of the influential Chicago columnist, Mike Royko... Forrest's must-see recommendations around Chicago for political junkies... AND AKPD, Yasser Arafat, Thomas Barnes, Evan Bayh, Michael Bilandic, Rod Blagojevich, Jane Byrne, Jimmy Carter, council wars, Fred Cowan, Andrew Cuomo, John D'Arco, Richard Dennis, economic invalids, eye-glazing agencies, Paul Findley, Newt Gingrich, The Grateful Dead, iron-handed bravado, Brandon Johnson, Martin Kennelly, Martin Luther King, Lori Lightfo…
Send us a text Mark Udall , former Democratic US Senator and House member from Colorado, comes from the famed Udall family of the Mountain West - including his father, Congressman Mo Udall, and uncle, former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall under both JFK & LBJ. But Mark Udall largely stayed away from politics until his mid 40s - having an entire career within the outdoor leadership organization Outward Bound. However, once he flipped the switch to politics, his ascent was rapid: elected to the Colorado State House in 1996, the US House in 1998, and the US Senate in 2008. In this conversation, Senator Udall talks his famous political family, his own early relationship to politics, and memories of 20+ years in elected office that span both highs and lows - with great stories and insights from someone with one of the most unique arcs in American politics. IN THIS EPISODE Growing up between Tucson, AZ and Washington DC... Lessons about public service learned from his mother... Growing up in a political family of with a Congressman for a father and Cabinet Secretary for an uncle... The political legacy of his father, Mo Udall.... The famous friendship between John McCain and Mo Udall... Old Mountain West connections among the Udalls, Goldwaters, and Romneys... The Udall brothers' opinions of both Presidents Johnson and Kennedy... Mark works New Hampshire for his father's 1976 presidential campaign... The 20-year career he had before entering politics... Running for office for the first time in his late 40s... Mark rolls out his Bill Clinton impression... What surprised him most - both positives and negatives - about serving in Congress... The behind-the-scenes machinations of why he didn't run for Senate in 2004 and did run in 2008... Why he was caught flatfooted in his 2014 Senate re-election... Memories of some of the most intense moments on the floor of the House and Senate... The now-infamous role the issue of abortion played in his 2014 race against Cory Gardner... Why he was one of the few members of Congress to list "no religious affiliation" in his bio... The current projects he's most interested in... The Mark Udall recommendations for traveling through Colorado... AND 50 mile hikes, Michael Bennet, Sherry Boehlert, Hale Boggs, Jimmy Carter, Grover Cleveland, Rocky Colavito, Democratic bankers, Denver Nuggets, Don't Ask Don't Tell, William O. Douglas, Fort Wayne Pistons, James Garfield, Gabrielle Giffords, Gary Hart, Jay Inslee, Bobby Kennedy, David King, Lady Bird Johnson, Dick Lamm, John Larson, Monica Lewinsky, Bob McNamara, John McCormack, mercurial marriages, George Miller, Minneapolis Lakers, Minnie Minoso, the NBL, the NRA, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Barack Obama, Tom Osborne, Outward Bound, Bill Owens, Nancy Pelosi, plural marriage, Harry Reid, Ranger Rogers, Roy Romer, George Romney, John Salazar, Ken Salazar, Pat Schroeder, Herb Score, Sonia Sotomayor, tough cookies, Mark Uterus, Tim Wirth, Willard Wirtz & more!…
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1 Caleb Smith on Working for 3 GOP House Speakers 1:02:18
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Відтворити Пізніше Відтворити Пізніше Списки Подобається ПодобаєтьсяSend us a text Caleb Smith may be the only political operative who's worked for three consecutive US House Speakers. During over a decade on Capitol Hill, he worked with Speakers Boehner, Ryan, and McCarthy. In this conversation, Caleb talks his path to politics from managing a legislative race in small-town Kentucky to working in some of the most prime real estate at the US Capitol building. He goes in-depth on his time on the Hill - being in the early wave of digital political staffers, joining Speaker Boehner's staff, strengths and weaknesses of the last 3 GOP Speakers, witnessing the rise of Trump from within the walls of the GOP establishment, starting Drive Public Affairs , and much more from a participant in some of the most important political moments of the 21st Century. IN THIS EPISODE Growing up in Paducah, KY at an important crossroads of American politics... Why a young Caleb trekked to DC to attend the memorial for Ronald Reagan... The skill set Caleb picked up managing a motorcycle shop between campaign gigs... Caleb spends a year working for prominent pollster & focus group maven Frank Luntz... Caleb manages a winning hometown Kentucky legislative race, the lone D to R legislative flip of the cycle... Caleb comes to the Hill as a "new media director" among the digital political revolution... Caleb's first impressions of working for Speaker John Boehner... Caleb's "GOP House Conference 101" of how House Republicans operate... The GOP member Caleb describes as a "snake in the grass" (it's not Matt Gaetz)... What sold John Boehner on embracing digital politics.. John Boehner meets the pope... Caleb's memories of the chaos during the Boehner to Ryan Speaker transition and why Caleb stuck it out with Ryan... The "really unpleasant" first interaction Caleb had with Paul Ryan... Caleb on the unique skill-set that made Paul Ryan an effective House leader... Being a fly on the wall of the House GOP leadership during the 2015-2016 rise of Donald Trump... Paul Ryan's immediate Election Night reaction upon Trump's surprise victory... Inside the development of the 2017 "Trump Tax Cut" bill... Paul Ryan's reaction when John McCain scuttled Obamacare Repeal... Caleb's insights into the Donald Trump and Paul Ryan working relationship... Why Ryan steps down as Speaker and why Caleb stayed with new House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy... Caleb on McCarthy's habit of being a "risk taker"... Inside the toppling of Speaker McCarthy... Could Patrick McHenry have won the Speaker's Gavel... Caleb on one of Speaker Pelosi's strongest qualities... The controversial high-profile House member Caleb believes will be a future GOP Leader... Junior members Caleb finds especially impressive... Caleb on the fundamental difference between House Republicans and House Democrats... Why Caleb started Drive Public Affairs a few months ago... AND the American Conservative Union, American University, antiquated radio addresses, Sharron Angle, The Better Way Agenda, Stephanie Bice, Kevin Brady, Tim Burchett, George HW Bush, George W. Bush, CPAC, Dave Camp, Joe Cannon, Eric Cantor, The Capitol Rotunda, Centre College, Jason Chaffetz, Michael Cloud, country clubs vs. truck stops, cults of personality, Howard Dean, debating at Oxford, dial tests, Domino's Pizza, fall guys, famous smokers, fiscal cliffs, The Freedom Caucus, Matt Gaetz, Barry Goldwater, Jeb Hensarling, French Hill, Erin Houchin, Jack Kemp, Sue Lowden, Nancy Mace, John McCain, Mark Meadows, Steve Mnuchin, mopeds, Jack Nicklaus, normalizing ideas, Ralph Norman, Rand Paul, Harry Reid, Marco Rubio, the SALT deduction, Tim S…
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Send us a text Mark Jablonowski is the President and Chief Tech Officer of DS Political - one of the leading digital ad firms for Democratic campaigns and progressive causes. Mark's roots in campaign tech go back to 2004 and he was deeply involved in the Obama 2008 primary and general election digital innovations. In this conversation, Mark talks his own path to politics starting in Alaska to Maine to the Obama '08 Chicago HQ and continuing to be on the front lines of the digital political evolution. In addition to his own story, Mark gives his takes on digital best practices and trends on subjects as varied as connected television, questions campaigns should ask their digital vendor, the death of the cookie, AI concerns, and much more on an exploding sector within the political world. IN THIS EPISODE Mark grows up in Anchorage, Alaska... Mark is drawn to politics through the 2004 Alaska Senate race... What it looks like to head up the IT department of a 2004 US Senate race... Mark's early tech interest and building his own computer as a teenager... How Mark connects with the 2008 Obama primary campaign...working from NH to TX to PA to IN to Chicago HQ... Working as Obama 2008 "IT Special Projects Director" and the tech innovations of the '08 Obama team... How Mark became President of the large digital firm, DSPolitical... Mark's take on the common threads of what makes for a successful digital political firm... The initiative of DS Political offering free digital ad inventory to down-ballot campaigns... Mark's best practices on how campaigns should think about digital advertising... The importance of "connected televisions" and being on "the biggest screen in the house"... Misconceptions and unnecessary mistakes in the world of digital advertising... Differences in Democratic vs. Republican digital approaches... Insights into voters' digital habits and where to have the most impact... The end of digital cookies which is changing the way digital politics operates... Mark's concern about AI creating massive misinformation in digital ads... The right type of people to succeed in digital politics...…
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Send us a text Bryan Bennett is the Senior Director for Polling & Analytics at The Hub Project and a pollster for Navigator Research who recently spearheaded a 4,000 sample survey among voters 18-34 . In this conversation, Bryan talks his path to politics and polling and goes deep on this new massive project among younger Americans. This data unearths new findings on how and where younger voters get their news, views toward both parties and policy priorities, gauging the presidential race both before and after the Biden transition to Harris, comparing 5 different polling methodologies to reach voters, and much more from this massive new trove of polling data among younger Americans. IN THIS EPISODE Bryan's roots outside of Austin, TX and how the 2000 election and Iraq War drew him to politics... Why Bryan gravitated toward polling and his insight as to what makes for an effective political pollster... How Bryan came to Navigator Research, and its mission in the public opinion sphere... Some of the influential work Navigator Research has done over the past few years... The origin of Navigator's project of a 4,000 sample poll of voters under age 35... The seeming disconnect among younger voters between partisanship and policy preferences... What Bryan learned by testing 5 different polling methodologies among younger voters... What is unique about economic sentiments among younger voters... Some of the most surprising findings in this trove of data... What this data reveals about how and where younger voters get their news... What the data showed about a Biden vs. Trump re-match and how it's different with Kamala Harris atop the Democratic ticket... The set of issues younger voters most prioritize... The potential for 2024 polling error among younger voters that Bryan is monitoring... What recent Battleground polling reveals about the 2024 presidential race... Upcoming Navigator Research projects Bryan is most excited about... Bryan details the best way to enjoy a few days in Austin, TX...& much more!…
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1 Re-connecting with Election Analyst David Nir for the Launch of The Downballot 1:09:48
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Відтворити Пізніше Відтворити Пізніше Списки Подобається ПодобаєтьсяSend us a text Catching up this week with return guest David Nir, who for over a decade has been an influential election analyst and the creator of Daily Kos Elections. Within the past week, David has moved his analysis to an independent site - now called The Downballot . In this conversation, David provides an update on his transition: what is happening, why now, and David's long-term goals for The Downballot. Then, stay for my original conversation with David - originally released over three years ago in early 2021. David has a fascinating career arc that charts the rise of the online grassroots from a ramshackle group of political junkies in the early 00s to now being one of the pillars of the political universe. IN THIS EPISODE… Why David is launching The Downballot as a new independent, site? Living through the downturn of the online ad economy... Long-term goals David has the for The Downballot... Elected officials who rabid political junkies... What was David’s first introduction to feminism? How being the child of a Holocaust survivor has informed who David is… Why David seeing a Geraldine Ferraro rally in 1984 was an ill omen for the ticket’s chances… David’s early memories of Rudy Giuliani in NYC politics… The candidate who taught David to avoid getting too attached to any individual politician… How David fell in love with down-ballot races… How David made the decision to forego a legal career to plunge full-time into politics… How unlikely candidates in Kentucky and South Dakota kicked off the rise of the Democratic netroots… How an "extra penny" let campaigns know the arrival of the progressive netroots… Lavishing praise upon the DKE Daily News Digest and Elections Data… David’s tips for candidates and campaigns who want to connect with the Daily Kos community… The story of Daily Kos and the rise of Jon Ossoff… David helps topple the “turncoat” IDC legislative coalition in New York… What one requirement would have to be part of David’s online dating profile… AND…. Brendan Boyle, Ben Chandler, Wes Clark, Howard Dean, David Dinkins, John Edwards, Marc Elias, Geraldine Ferraro, Rudy Giuliani, Kaili Joy Gray, Paul Hackett, Karen Handel, Stephanie Herseth, John Kerry, Jeff Klein, John Lewis, Rachel Maddow, Walter Mondale, Markos Moulitsas, Wiley Nickel, Jean Schmidt, Jeff Singer, Elliot Spitzer, Tim Tagaris, Trent Thompson, Elizabeth Warren, Stephen Wolf, AND MORE!…
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1 Tucker Eskew, Political & Corporate Comms Expert 1:04:26
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Відтворити Пізніше Відтворити Пізніше Списки Подобається ПодобаєтьсяSend us a text Communications expert Tucker Eskew has been a participant in some of the most seminal moments in American political history over the course of the past 30+ years...a protege of the famed Republican strategist Lee Atwater, senior aide to the Bush 2000 win over John McCain in the fractious South Carolina primary, working in the White House the morning of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a stint representing the Bush Administration at 10 Downing Street in London, one of Sarah Palin's lead handlers during her whirlwhind 2008 VP experience...among many other momentous experiences during his decades in and around politics. In this conversation, Tucker talks his path to politics and his time as both observer and player in some of the most important moments in recent American history. IN THIS EPISODE Tucker's roots as the son of a journalist growing up in the Southeast... The DC internship that set him on a path toward working in politics... A couple of his favorite Strom Thurmond stories... Tucker, in his mid 20s, becomes Press Secretary for South Carolina Governor Caroll Campbell... Tucker remembers lessons learned from his mentor - the famed GOP operative, Lee Atwater... Tucker's role on the ground during the bruising, fractious 2000 South Carolina primary between Bush and McCain... Tucker talks the strategic acumen of Karl Rove... Tucker's role as a Bush spokesman in West Palm Beach during the 2000 post-election chaos... Tucker recounts his amazing story of working in the White House on the morning of the 9/11 terrorist attacks... Tucker works out of 10 Downing Street for months, partnering with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, in the aftermath of 9/11... Tucker's stint as one of the senior handlers for Sarah Palin during her tumultuous 2008 VP experience... Why John McCain had a sense of relief after losing the 2008 presidential race... Lessons learned from 19 years as a partner at the corporate comms firm Vianovo... AND Whit Ayres, the BBC, Doug Bailey, James Baker, Dan Bartlett, John Buckley, Blaine Bull, Alistair Campbell, Chad Man, Lon Chaney, Dick Cheney, Bill Clinton, the Coalition Information Center, Candy Crowley, Matthew Dowd, emergency bunkers, Ray Eskew, flashbulb moments, fog of war, Gerald Ford, Michael Gerson, the Greenville News-Piedmont, Albert Hawkins, Karen Hughes, Jesse Jackson, Greg Jenkins, Lafayette Square, Jim Lake, Joe Lieberman, Larry Lindsey, low bono, Mary Matalin, Bob McAllister, Anita McBride, Tim McBride, mimeographs, next man up, the News Literacy Project, Richard Nixon, Bob Novak, pocket doors, the Presidential Campaign Hotline, the Reagan/Bush 1984 war room, red light moments, Condaleeza Rice, the Roosevelt Room, Mark Sanford, South Lawn moments, sucker optimists, James Taylor, UPI, The University of the South, ugly babies, George Wallace, Jim Wilkinson & more!…
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1 Deep Inside the World of Political Donors with David Callahan 1:03:37
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Відтворити Пізніше Відтворити Пізніше Списки Подобається ПодобаєтьсяSend us a text David Callahan is a prolific creator and thinker within Democratic politics. He helped start the progressive think tank Demos in the late 90s, founded the media outlet Inside Philanthropy as a Consumer Reports of sorts into the world of charitable giving, and more recently created Blue Tent - an advisory group to help progressive donors get the most bang for their buck. In this conversation, David talks his early days in politics focused on foreign policy, his next stint as a think-tanker trying to pull the Democratic Party left, and why he's more recently been focused on the world of political giving. David is one of the most informed people on the planet on all facets of the political donor world and provides a tour de force on both the current state of play and future trends to better understand how our politics are funded. IN THIS EPISODE Growing up in New York as the child of academics... An early experience that showed David he was not cut out to be an activist... A formative year spent at the liberal magazine, The American Prospect... David talks getting his PhD and his recommendations for those considering academia... David helps found the progressive think tank Demos and talks the role of think tanks in American politics... What led David to start Inside Philanthropy, a media outlet dedicated to understanding political fundraising... The disturbing trend in political giving that led David to start Blue Tent, a resource for progressive donors... How David and Blue Tent determine where donors will get the most bang for their buck... Why David is an advocate of giving to organizations instead of candidates... David on the phenomenon of "rage giving"... Are donors pulling Democratic candidates to the left? Has Democratic giving fallen off this cycle? David's concern about too many advocacy groups and donor fragmentation on the left compared to more unanimity on the right... David de-mystifies the world of big "donor advisors"... David on the Soros factor on the left... The rough balance of spending from the right vs. spending from the left... The types of operatives who succeed in the donor advising space... The political novel David wrote in the late 90s that eerily predicted elements of both the 9/11 attacks and the rise of a Donald Trump-like politician... AND AOC, Stacey Abrams, Miriam Adelson, The American Enterprise Institute, The American Liberties Project, The American Prospect Magazine, Arabella Advisors, Joe Biden, bioethics, Michael Bloomberg, bureaucratic machinations, the Cato Institute, the Center for Voter Information, Bill Clinton, The Committee on States, credential firepower, the DLC, The Democracy Alliance, Michael Dukakis, The Economic Policy Institute, effective altruism, Federalist Society, Marcus Flowers, Focus for Democracy, Fredrick Forsyth, Forward Montana, Give Well, giving circles, Al Gore, Lindsey Graham, Stanley Greenberg, Jamie Harrison, Hastings-on-Hudson, the Heritage Foundation, Hezbollah, Indian Point Power Plant, Indivisible, the Koch Brothers, LUCHA, Mitch McConnell, Amy McGrath, Michigan United, Mind the Gap, Dustin Moskovitz, Movement Voter Project, neoliberal mindsets, The New America Foundation, Paul Nitze, NYPIRG, Beto O'Rourke, Open Markets, RCTs, Ronald Reagan, The Roosevelt Institute, Run for Something, saber-rattling, Sandinistas, Adam Schiff, Star Wars, the States Project, Swing Left, Marjorie Taylor Greene, transactional donors, Way to Win, Working America & more!…
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Send us a text Lisa MacLean , founder of Moxie Media - the first female-founded political direct mail firm in the U.S - talks her path to politics...starting in St Louis and then Vassar, to impactful DC internships, managing campaigns in California and eventually starting her own mail firm in the late 1990s that recently celebrated its 25th Anniversary. In this conversation, Lisa talks overcoming adversity as a young woman in politics, the nuts and bolts of how she started her own firm, some of her big races and wins, direct mail best practices and trends, and much more from her 30+ years as a top political operative. IN THIS EPISODE Growing up middle-class in the St. Louis suburbs... The searing experience in 9th grade that drove home the importance of politics... How the Senate vote to confirm Clarence Thomas changed the course of Lisa's career... Lisa talks what it was like to go to college at Vassar in the late 80s... Lessons learned during and after the 1992 "Year of the Woman"... A personal story Lisa tells about a very difficult experience as a young woman in a media firm... How Lisa decided to start her own direct mail firm and how she got it off the ground... The biggests changes in direct mail over Lisa's 25 years in the business... Some of the memorable races where Lisa feels smart direct mail made a difference... The direct mail trends Lisa is monitoring... Lessons Lisa learned in running and growing a successful mail firm over 25 years... The story behind the name "Moxie Media"... A glimpse into living in rural, coastal Washington (state)... AND Jill Alper, Sasha Bruce, Andrea Campbell, Yadira Caraveo, Amy Chapman, Tony Coehlo, Michael Dukakis, free shrimp cocktail, Patty Garamendi, The Good Neighbor News, Lisa Grove, Anita Hill, Trish Hoppey, Mary Hughes, Tishaura Jones, Celinda Lake, Kevin Mack, Hal Malchow, Laurie Moskowitz, Pat Moynihan, Adnaan Muslin, Amy Pritchard, Rich Schlackman, Amy Simon, Heather Stone, Clarence Thomas, tomboys, Henry Underhill, Karen White, the Womens Information Network, Harriett Woods...& more!…
Send us a text Kinky Friedman passed away yesterday, June 27 2024. This is a re-release of a Pro Politics Podcast episode with Kinky originally released June 4, 2021. Kinky Friedman wore many hats in his 79 years - country music artist, bestselling novelist, political candidate, animal welfare activist, friend of multiple US Presidents, and a Texas and American icon. In this conversation from roughly three years ago, Kinky talks his connections to figures as varied as Nelson Mandela, Adlai Stevenson, John F Kennedy, Barbara Jordan, Bob Dylan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush among others - and insight into the life of a truly American original.…
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