Ep. 363 — John Heilemann

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

CNN

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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John Heilemann is a journalist, author, television commentator, editor-in-chief of The Recount, and host of Showtime’s The Circus. He joins David fresh from a swing through Iowa to share his assessment of the leading Democratic candidates, what he thinks matters most to voters in Iowa, why he believes Trump is politically underestimated, and whether or not impeachment will impact Trump in 2020.

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0:00.0	Music
0:06.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN Audio, the Ax Files with
0:12.5	your host David Axelrod.
0:18.0	John Hylman has for decades been one of the most incisive political journalists in our country.
0:23.4	First as a writer and columnist, as the co-author of Blockbuster campaign books like Game
0:28.2	Change as the post and executive producer of The Circus, a great documentary series on
0:34.2	Showtime and now as creator and editor-in-chief of The Recount, a smart new digital site that
0:40.3	aggregates today's political news in arresting five-minute segments.
0:45.1	John's an old friend and he came by the Institute of Politics last week, fresh from a spin through
0:49.9	Iowa, to talk politics 2020 in this live edition of the Ax Files.
0:54.6	Music
1:04.6	Thank you.
1:06.6	John Hylman, welcome.
1:09.6	They really like you here.
1:10.6	Welcome.
1:11.6	They're really like you.
1:12.6	Do you get that kind of applause every time you do it?
1:13.6	Only when I hold the sign up.
1:15.6	Okay, good.
1:16.6	Welcome to Chicago.
1:17.6	You've just been in Iowa, right?
1:20.6	I came here to warm up.
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