David Axelrod on the Democrats, the Republicans, and President Trump

Conversations with Bill Kristol

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🗓️ 27 February 2017

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Former Obama senior adviser David Axelrod discusses the 2016 elections, particularly at the presidential level, and reflects on Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the victory of Donald Trump. He also considers challenges and opportunities for the Democrats and Republicans during the Trump presidency and possible paths forward for both parties. Finally, Kristol and Axelrod discuss the early days of the Trump White House and consider the prospects for his presidency.

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0:00.0	And the Hi, I'm Bill Crystal. Welcome back to Conversations. I'm very pleased to be
0:18.4	joined today by David Axelrod, the strategist behind the Obama, President Obama's victory in 2008 and re-election in 2012.
0:26.7	Many other campaigns under your belt and now directors at the title.
0:31.0	Chairman, Eminonskries, yeah, dictator. is that the title chairman eminos Greece
0:33.7	yeah dictator that's hard to get on a card
0:36.0	yeah in the institute but that would be very appropriate for the
0:38.6	University of Chicago
0:40.0	French title anyway at the University of Chicago uh Chicago here in Chicago where we're talking in
0:45.1	mid-late February and where you've done an excellent job and I want to congratulate you.
0:49.0	Thank you.
0:50.0	Bringing Republicans like me to campus and...
0:52.0	And thank you for serving on the board.
0:53.6	I'm happy to do it and also for defending free speech which I think Chicago
0:57.7	generally is university has done more and more solid way than maybe some other
1:02.2	colleges and universities. I think especially if more solid way than maybe some other colleges.
1:02.5	Yeah, it's important.
1:03.4	I think especially if you run an institute of politics
1:07.3	that's committed to democratic institutions
1:09.5	and certainly free speech is one of those things
1:12.0	that you need to stand up for.
1:14.0	I'm with you on that.
1:15.0	So, what do you make of the moment here?
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