Election R&D Dialogues: Mike Pence vs. Kamala Harris Vice Presidential Debate Analysis

Let's Find Common Ground

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🗓️ 9 October 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Center Co-Directors Bob Shrum and Mike Murphy plus special guest Karen Finney discuss the highlights and lowlights of the Vice Presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris and what each candidate needs to do to win the general election.

Finney worked for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign as Senior Spokesperson and Senior Advisor for Communications and Political Outreach. She was also Communications Director for Senator Tim Kaine. Finney was the first Black spokeswoman for the Democratic National Committee and is currently a CNN political commentator

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0:00.0	Welcome to Election R&D from the University of Southern California Center for the Political Future.
0:11.2	Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists
0:17.4	from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot button issues
0:21.4	where we respect each other and we respect the truth.
0:24.6	We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:29.6	Hi, I'm Bob Shrum and welcome to another edition
0:33.8	of election R&D with my co-director
0:37.3	at the USC Dornside Center for the Political Future,
0:40.8	my friend and my sometimes opponent, Mike Murphy.
0:44.8	We're here to discuss the vice presidential debate with a great guest, Karen Finney,
0:50.1	who was the spokesperson for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign,
0:55.8	the communications director for vice president, presidential nominee Tim Kane, the first black spokesperson for the Democratic
1:02.3	National Committee and a CNN political commentator.
1:06.7	As usual, a shout out to our partners at the Rancho Mirage Writers Festival to another great friend, Jamie Kabler, and to Deborah Chu.
1:13.8	And we're pleased to have all of our guests at Trojan Family Weekend who have signed up here.
1:19.2	And I should tell you that Karen went to UCLA.
1:25.8	We'll talk for 35 minutes or so, and then we'll open it up to questions, which you can put in the chat feature of Zoom.
1:33.2	Let's start by just going around the horn.
1:36.0	Who won the debate last night?
1:38.3	Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, or The Fly?
1:41.3	Karen?
1:42.5	Well, the Fly did steal the show.
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