Campaign HQ with David Plouffe

Fernand Amandi is the President and CEO Bendixen & Amandi International. Their recent poll in Miami-Dade County showed Donald Trump and Joe Biden in a tight battle for Hispanic voters in that key county in Florida. David and Fernand discuss the poll, and also take a look at the influence of the hispanic vote in Arizona, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania and other battlegrounds.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Claire McCaskill, a two term U.S. Senator from Missouri and now a political analyst for MSNBC, talks voters the midwest, how Joe Biden should approach the upcoming debates and how Democrats should govern if the win back the White House and the Senate. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

David Axelrod was a senior strategist to Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign and later a Senior Advisor to the President. Currently David is director of the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics, co-host of the Hacks On Tap podcast and CNN’s senior political analyst. Axe and Plouffe have experience getting candidates ready for Presidential Debates and take a look at what Joe Biden needs to do. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bob Bauer was general counsel of both Obama for America presidential campaigns and served as White House Counsel. He presently serves as a senior advisor to the Biden campaign, responsible for voter integrity and protection. We talk mail balloting, Trump attacks on the rule of law and post-election scenarios.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The former ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Advisor to Barack Obama discusses the damage which the Trump administration has caused to the United States on the world stage, what a Biden administration will need to do to fix that damage while leading us out of the pandemic, and what the Black Lives Matter movement said to the world about what is special about America. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Obama offers his take Joe Biden’s choice of Kamala Harris as his running mate and what it says about his decision making as a potential president. And he talks about the close of the campaign and the role each of us has to play in deciding it’s outcome To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scott Fairchild is the Executive Director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.  Scott and David take a tour of the top Senate races and talk about the path to 50 seats. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As chief strategist for Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign, Paul Begala helped Clinton become the first Democrat to occupy the White House in twelve years. His new book is YOU’RE FIRED! The Perfect Guide to Beating Donald Trump. David and Paul take a look at the last time the American voters decided to fire the President, and what it means for Joe Biden’s campaign. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Veteran strategist Stephanie Cutter is in charge of producing this year’s Democratic National Convention. David and Stephanie discuss how this year’s Democratic Convention will be unique, what the GOP shitshow may look like and how the fall is shaping up.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is Biden at his ceiling? Does he have more room to grow? Does Trump have a path back with seniors?  David is joined by John Anzalone, one of the nation’s top pollsters, who has conducted research for the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama (2008 & 2012) and Hillary Clinton (2016) and is currently polling for Joe Biden (2020). To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Heilemann is the Executive Editor of The Recount and host of Showtime’s The Circus.  John and David discuss how Trump’s inclination to be divisive does not help his chances and how Trump’s team will not be able to successfully position Joe Biden as some scary version of The Other. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon Favreau is one of the hosts of Pod Save America and the former speechwriter for Barack Obama. Jon discusses what Joe Biden needs to accomplish in his upcoming major speeches, the debates and his ideas for how to maximize this year’s Democratic National Convention.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Joe Biden seeks to make the election a referendum on Trump, Robby Mook, Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager in 2016, joins David for a look at the similarities and differences between this campaign and 2016, Trump’s inability to communicate his case for re-election and reminds us that the campaign can turn on a dime. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jennifer Palmieri, former White House Director of Communications from 2013 to 2015 and Director of Communications for the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign provides unique insight into the differences between Joe Biden’s campaign and Hillary’s, and the additional pressure Biden’s VP pick will face. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jen O’Malley Dillon is the campaign manager for Biden for President. She discusses the recent poll numbers, the battleground picture, campaigning during a pandemic and what concerns her the most.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ballot delivery, automatic registration, and voter education: Michigan’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson discusses the ways we can have a successful election in a year with an expected increase in voting by mail. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rick Perlstein, author of Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America, joins David for a comparison of Trump’s campaign tactics with those of Nixon. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Omar and Rafael Rivero are the founders of Occupy Democrats, a political organization and news website that aims to create a more equal society for all by working with progressives, labor unions, and the Democratic Party. They discuss some of their innovative ways they are using social media to reach their over 50 million followers to help Joe Biden win the election and tips on how regular citizens can contribute on their own. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Candidates are finding they can run on gun safety and win elections. Shannon Watts is the founder of Moms Demand Action. The day after the Sandy Hook tragedy, Shannon Watts started a Facebook group with the message that all Americans can and should do more to reduce gun violence. Now Shannon is working with Everytown for Gun Safety to end gun violence and build safer communities. David and Shannon discuss the ways all of us can be actively influential in elections. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Attorney General Eric Holder explains the ways we can make sure everyone has the opportunity to vote despite the pandemic, how the Supreme Court could be affected for twenty years by this election, and a behind the scenes look at the vetting process for the Vice Presidency. Eric is presently the chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, with the mission of building a targeted, state-by-state strategy that ensures Democrats can fight back and produce fairer maps in the 2021 redistricting process. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices