Election R&D Dialogues: Special Guest Robert Costa

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USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

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🗓️ 17 September 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Robert Costa, moderator of PBS's "Washington Week" and political analyst at NBC News and MSNBC, joins USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future co-directors Bob Shrum and Mike Murphy to share his insights on the 2020 presidential election, including where this race stands.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Election R&D from the University of Southern California's Center for the Political Future.
0:10.8	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 respect each other
0:22.0	and respect the truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:29.3	Welcome to this edition of Election R&D. I'm Bob Shrum, the Warsaw Professor and Director of the
0:35.9	Center for the Political Future at USC Dornseif.
0:39.6	I'm here with my co-director, Mike Murphy, and with a very special guest on a special day.
0:45.1	Robert Costa, the moderator of Washington Week on PBS, an analyst for NBC and MSNBC,
0:52.9	and a Washington Post reporter with extraordinary sources inside the GOP, among
0:58.6	Democrats, and a friend since 2012. Robert, I really want to thank you for joining us today,
1:04.7	and I'm going to start off with this question. With Phil Rucker, you wrote about the release of
1:09.9	Bob Woodward's new book, Rage yesterday,
1:12.4	in The Washington Post. Perhaps the most impactful news is that Trump revealed the Woodward
1:17.7	how deadly and dangerous the virus was back in February, said he was going to downplay it,
1:24.1	and that's exactly what he did in public. What is this going to do to the 2020 election?
1:31.1	I know Mike has a view on this. I'd like to hear yours. Well, it's great to be with you, Bob and
1:35.6	Mike and everyone at USC. I am a Notre Dame man, but so I'm corralled into doing this because you
1:41.6	two are such good friends. Fred Ryan, the publisher of the Washington
1:45.0	Post, is also a USC man. So despite all the old rivalries and tensions between Notre Dame and
1:51.8	USC, I have become a fan and friend of USC over the last few years. Your question is the right one.
1:59.8	There's no debate over whether this book's
2:02.9	explosive. You have the president of the United States on tape with Bob Woodward talking on
2:07.8	February 7th about a deadly virus that is airborne, as his comments, as you said, were very different
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