2018 Predictions: Democratic Pollster Paul Maslin on Doug Jones and the road ahead

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🗓️ 18 January 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In 2017, Democratic pollster Paul Maslin teamed up with Joe Trippi to work on the longshot Doug Jones campaign in Alabama - and they believe they had a shot to win the state even before reports of sexual assault allegations were made against Roy Moore.

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0:00.0	ladies and gentlemen we invite you to meet the press
0:03.4	meet the press
0:08.4	welcome to nineteen forty seven it's the meet the press podcast my guest
0:11.7	today is democratic pollster paul maslin in december the l.a. times called
0:15.5	paul quote
0:16.6	the guru behind dug Jones's big win in alabama
0:20.1	among his other clients over the years currently uh... familiar names are
0:24.2	washington's u.s senator patty murray
0:27.4	a once in future perhaps senate democratic leader
0:30.6	uh... in the senate california lieutenant governor gavin newsroom who would
0:33.5	like to be california he'd like to drop the lieutenant title
0:36.6	and democratic activist hamstaya who none of us are sure what he's running for
0:41.0	uh... paul began his career working at jimmy carters campaign in alabama he was
0:44.4	reunited with joe trippy who he worked with in oh four
0:47.2	on the howard deans presidential campaign so mister maslin welcome to nineteen
0:51.4	forty seven
0:53.2	glad to be here chuck
0:54.5	uh... i've known you for years you've always been the best pollster not based
0:57.8	in washington
0:58.8	uh... and that's not meant to be a shot that's meant to be i think both
1:03.1	uh... jealousy uh... for everybody in washington that you have
1:07.0	car this out without having to live in this cesspool
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