Ep. 453 — Stephanie Cutter

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Democratic strategist Stephanie Cutter says she has a fearless streak. This fearlessness gave her the confidence to walk into Gov. Mario Cuomo’s office asking for a job in her early twenties and to later successfully execute the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention during a pandemic. Stephanie joined David to talk about her upbringing in a small town in Massachusetts, her close relationship with the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, working for former President Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky period, and putting together President Joe Biden’s Emmy-nominated inauguration program.

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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 Axfiles with
0:12.5	your host, David Axelrod.
0:16.0	I can tell you this from my own experience.
0:20.7	If you're in a political communications battle, you want to be in a foxhole with Stephanie
0:24.8	Cutter.
0:25.7	For decades, Cutters has been a go-to communication strategist and operative for Democrat presidents,
0:31.1	presidential campaigns for Ted Kennedy and Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats.
0:36.2	She's the founder of Precision Media, one of the country's premier public affairs firms,
0:41.0	a lawyer, and a frequent television commentator.
0:44.0	And now, an Emmy-nominated producer of Celebrating America, the Biden inaugural television show.
0:50.3	Chalca has a hell of a personal story you can hear for yourself right now.
1:01.6	Stephanie Cutter, how the hell are you?
1:03.4	My old friend.
1:04.4	Pretty damn good.
1:05.4	How about you?
1:06.4	Good.
1:07.4	Good to see you.
1:08.4	You too.
1:09.4	You know, we could start off with a list of your illustrious achievements and we will
1:16.6	get to those, you being one of, you know, like a big Washington power broker now.
1:25.4	But I want to talk about Stephanie Cutter from Taunt and Massachusetts and how you grew
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