And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your

host, David Axelrod.

There's not a lot of ferment in Republican politics today, and in the country's politics.

One guy who's right in the middle of all of it is Jeff Rowe, a political consultant

from Missouri who served as Ted Cruz's campaign manager, now involved in eight of the upcoming

Senate races, and ran the campaign of Luther Strange, who just was defeated by Roy Moore

and Alabama in a race that got quite a bit of attention for obvious reasons.

Jeff is a fellow at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics this fall, and I sat

down with him the other day to talk about all of this.

Jeff Rowe, a fellow political campaign warrior, I welcome you both here and to the Institute

of Politics.

Good to have you.

Yeah, thanks for having me.

I came from New York City, and that's where my introduction to politics began.

You grew up on a farm in Missouri.

I did.

When did this whole...

Well, first of all, talk about the farm a little bit, and what your life was like then,

and how did politics begin to creep into your thinking?

So Lynn County, Missouri, Missouri is still Mason Dixon Line country, kind of goes through

there, and officially, and Lynn County was a split, lean Democrat County.

Sullivan County just to the north of it is real Democrat, and then Putnam County, which

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