2021: The Year of Politicking Dangerously - The Midterms and Politics of 2022: Predictions, Hopes, and Fears

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🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Elex Michaelson, FOX News LA anchor, is joined by CA Republican Party Chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson and media heavyweights David Chalian, Chris Matthews, and Ron Christie to discuss what's at stake for seats in both the House and Senate, advantages for the Republican Party, and needed optimism for the 2022 Midterms.

Featuring:

Elex Michaelson - Host, "The Issue Is;" Co-Anchor, FOX 11 News LA
David Chalian - Vice President of Political Coverage and Political Director, CNN
Ron Christie - Political Analyst, BBC World News; Fall '19 Fellow, Center for the Political Future
Chris Matthews - Former Political Commentator; Former Host of Hardball With Chris Matthews
Jessica Millan Patterson - Chairwoman, California Republican Party

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0:00.0	Welcome to the bully pulpit from the University of Southern California Center for the Political Future.
0:11.7	Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot button issues where we
0:21.5	respect each other and respected truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:29.3	Hi, I'm Bob Shrum, back to introduce our final panel and to thank all of you who've been
0:34.7	with us all day. Our moderator is Alex Michelson, who co-anchors Fox 11 News,
0:41.7	co-hosts the Fox 11 special report, hosts and produces the political talk show statewide, called The Issue is.
0:49.4	He's the winner of six Emmy Awards, an alum of USC, finished first in his class, by the way, and has interviewed
0:55.9	nearly every key political figure, including Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton,
1:03.4	and Gavin Newsom, and a whole lot more besides. In fact, he interviewed Larry Elder during the recall
1:09.3	campaign. So I'm going to turn this over to you.
1:12.1	You can introduce the panel and let's go.
1:14.8	And of course, the best interview is with Bob Schrum, who's a frequent guest with us as well.
1:18.9	Bob, thank you very much.
1:20.4	And, of course, the most important part of that bio is a proud USC alum fight on to all the Trojans that are on here as well.
1:28.9	And we're going to use part of this discussion on our political show. The issue is tonight, which airs on Friday nights at 1030 on
1:34.5	Fox 11 if you're in L.A. and all over the state at the issue is show.com has airtimes. All right,
1:39.7	enough plugs. Let's do quick intros to everybody because everybody here is so big, you already know who they are.
1:45.5	Chris Matthews is with us. Mr. Hardball himself. He hosted Hardball for 20 years on MSNBC and CNBC.
1:53.5	He's the author of so many books, including Hardball and so many others. Great to see him again.
1:59.9	David Chalien is here, the political director of CNN,
2:03.6	which means he basically runs their entire political operation on TV and online, which is one of the biggest and most robust political operations in the world.
2:12.6	Jessica Milan Patterson is with us. Great to see her. One of our frequent guests on the issue is,
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