Ep. 295 — Howard Wolfson

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2018

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Howard Wolfson is the former Deputy Mayor of New York City, counselor to former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg, co-chief strategist and communications director on Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, and currently leads the Education division of Bloomberg Philanthropies. He joins David to talk about his mother’s battle with chronic depression, his decision to abandon journalism and pursue political strategy, the New York City media market and Donald Trump’s instinctive mastery of it, his experience working for Chuck Schumer, Hillary Clinton, and Michael Bloomberg – and the possibility of a 2020 presidential bid from Bloomberg. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your
0:12.5	host David Axelrod.
0:17.4	Howard Wilson is one of the smartest and most incisive people I've ever met in American
0:22.4	politics.
0:23.4	His instincts were honed in the intense media combat of New York City where he helped
0:28.6	elect Chuck Schumer to the U.S. Senate.
0:31.3	He was Hillary Clinton's press secretary in her Senate race in 2000.
0:36.6	Was her communications director in her run for the presidency in 2008.
0:41.7	He's run the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and for the last 10 years, he's
0:45.5	worked closely with former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who's making noises about
0:50.3	running for president in 2020.
0:53.6	I sat down with Howard in New York last week to ask him about that and to swap war stories
1:00.5	from several decades in politics.
1:04.2	Howard Wilson, it's great to be with you.
1:07.4	Good to be with you.
1:08.4	Old friend.
1:09.8	And I have to say, member of the Senior Advisory Board of the Institute of Politics, the University
1:17.2	of Chicago, because you're a graduate of the University of Chicago.
1:20.5	We'll get to that.
1:21.5	I got to thank you right up top for that.
1:25.1	This whole year, like running your little piece of the world here with Mike Bloomberg,
1:29.6	but the whole journey began in more humble, in a more humble way.
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