Campaign HQ with David Plouffe
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Campaign HQ with David Plouffe
David Plouffe, former President Barack Obama’s campaign manager and White House Senior Advisor, takes a deep dive into key states in the crucial midterm elections - and what it will take to win them. Plouffe’s guests are key operatives, local political reporters and independent pollsters, who don’t...
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Introducing About A Boy: The Story of Vladimir Putin
In the West, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is always seen as one of two things: KGB spy or judo master. But to anyone who’s ever lived in the Soviet...
The Vote
David unpacks the 2022 midterm election cycle and discusses what it means for the parties, the 2024 presidential election and democracy as a whole.
Ohio
David is joined by Anna Staver of the USA Today Network's Ohio Bureau to talk about the key races and what the voting results that come in early eveni...
Texas
Evan Smith of The Texas Tribune discusses what it would take to turn Texas blue, and why the demographics of the state suggest the Dobbs decision may...
North Carolina
David is joined by Will Doran who covers North Carolina politics for the News & Observer. Will provides a look at some important races including the c...
Wisconsin
Wisconsin, as always, is a pivotal state.David is joined by Patrick Marley who writes about voting issues in the Upper Midwest for The Washington Post...
Michigan
Jonathan Oosting is the Michigan Politics Reporter for Bridge Michigan. Jonathen takes us on a tour of all the key races and how the abortion issue is...
Arizona
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez is the Democracy Reporter in Arizona for the Washington Post. Yvonne takes a look at how some Republican voters are taking a lo...
Nevada
Jon Ralston, expert on all things Nevada, takes us on tour of the many key Nevada races , discusses how Nevada has changed electorally and some of the...
Georgia
Greg Bluestein is a political reporter and author who covers Georgia politics for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is a MSNBC analyst. Greg joins...
Pennsylvania
First, Julia Terruso, political reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, gives us an overview of the key Pennsylvania races.
Then, Brendan...
Welcome to Campaign HQ Season 2
David Plouffe, former President Barack Obama’s campaign manager and White House Senior Advisor, returns for a new season on September 8th with a deep...
Joe Biden’s campaign manager Jennifer O’Malley Dillon
Description: As Joe Biden’s campaign manager in 2020, Jennifer O’Malley Dillon became the first woman to manage a winning Democratic Presidential camp...
Where We Are
David takes a look at Tuesday Night’s election, when Joe Biden received the most votes in history. Why was there a difference between polls and turnou...
Will Biden win Texas?
Beto O’Rourke is organizing on the ground in Texas and joins David while on his way to join Senator Harris on the campaign trail. Beto discusses the i...
The Ground Game
Cindy Lin is a field organizer for the Biden campaign’s efforts in Michigan. Cindy discusses the challenges and opportunities of doing volunteer recru...
Biden Deputy Campaign Manager Kate Bedingfield
Kate Bedingfield is the deputy campaign manager and communications director for Biden For President. Kate and David discuss how Biden supporters can h...
The Early Vote
Dr. Michael P. McDonald heads The United States Elections Project and discusses what we can learn so far from early vote turnout, how different states...
Can Trump Steal The Election?
Barton Gellman’s recent piece in The Atlantic, The Election That Could Break America, opened eyes to the lengths Donald Trump could go to stay in powe...
Kamala’s Strategy
Karine Jean-Pierre, Kamala Harris’ Chief of Staff discuses the upcoming debate vs. Mike Pence, her campaign approach and the Supreme Court fight
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The Hispanic vote
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...
Claire McCaskill
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...
David Axelrod
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...
Voting is not an errand you run at the last moment
Bob Bauer was general counsel of both Obama for America presidential campaigns and served as White House Counsel. He presently serves as a senior advi...
Susan Rice
The former ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Advisor to Barack Obama discusses the damage which the Trump administration has caus...
Barack Obama
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 pres...
A look at the Senate races
Scott Fairchild is the Executive Director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Scott and David take a tour of the top Senate races and ta...
Paul Begala’s guide to beating Donald Trump
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. ...
Get Your (Virtual) Hat On
Veteran strategist Stephanie Cutter is in charge of producing this year’s Democratic National Convention. David and Stephanie discuss how this year’s...
Real Polls
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 natio...
John Heilemann on how Trump hasn’t thought things through
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 divisiv...
Pod Save America’s Jon Favreau
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...
Robby Mook
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 s...
Communication Challenges and Opportunities
Jennifer Palmieri, former White House Director of Communications from 2013 to 2015 and Director of Communications for the Hillary Clinton 2016 preside...
Biden Campaign Manager Jen O’Malley Dillon
Jen O’Malley Dillon is the campaign manager for Biden for President. She discusses the recent poll numbers, the battleground picture, campaigning duri...
Michigan’s Secretary of State Joceyln Benson
Ballot delivery, automatic registration, and voter education: Michigan’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson discusses the ways we can have a successful...
Trump and Nixon
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 w...
Occupy Democrats
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 al...
Fight Like a Mother
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...
The Rule of Law is on the Ballot
Former Attorney General Eric Holder explains the ways we can make sure everyone has the opportunity to vote despite the pandemic, how the Supreme Cour...