Mike Murphy on the 2024 presidential primaries

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🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we go deep on 2024 presidential primaries with Mike Murphy, who has worked on 26 gubernatorial and US Senate races across the country. Murphy was a top strategist for John McCain, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. He’s a political analyst for NBC and MSNBC. He’s co-host of the critically acclaimed "Hacks on Tap" podcast. Mike is also co-director of the University of Southern California’s Center for the Political Future. Articles we discuss in this episode: “Biden is as good as it gets for the Democrats”, by Michael Brendan Dougherty: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/01/bidens-as-good-as-it-gets-for-democrats/ “Biden's State of the Union Was a Feisty Return to '90s Politics. Republicans Should Be Afraid,” by Josh Barro: https://www.joshbarro.com/p/bidens-state-of-the-union-was-a-feisty

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0:00.0	Running for president is like going through 10,000 car washes and very few of these candidates
0:06.0	we talk about have been through, you know, more than 20 car washes. So we just don't know enough
0:11.0	to really know, though there are smart guesses you can make.
0:14.4	And I think a younger generational non-socialist Democrat would probably beat Trump.
0:19.3	I think almost any Democrat, frankly, could beat Trump.
0:22.0	But again, I don't even think he'll be
0:24.2	the nominee. Was President Biden's State of the Union address last week the unofficial launch of his presidential campaign.
0:44.0	What can we learn about how he will run for president based on that speech?
0:48.0	What do we know right now about the candidates that are in the Republican primary already or about to get in the Republican primary already or about to get in who hope to
0:55.9	challenge President Biden. And is there a possibility that any Democrat will challenge
1:01.4	President Biden within the Democratic Party.
1:05.0	Joining us and hopefully to illuminate us, Mike Murphy returns to the podcast.
1:10.0	As listeners know, Mike is a long-time Republican strategist. He's worked on 26 gubernatorial
1:16.2	and US Senate races across the country, including 12 wins in blue states, something that's getting harder and harder to do.
1:25.0	And he was a top strategist for John McCain, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
1:30.4	He's a political analyst for NBC and MS NBC. He's co-host of one of my favorite political podcasts,
1:36.8	Hacks on Tap, which if you're not a subscriber already, I highly recommend that you become one.
1:42.0	And Mike's also co-director of the University of Southern California's
1:45.3	Center for the Political Future.
1:47.4	And one housekeeping note on our next episode,
1:50.1	we're doing a longish conversation
1:52.2	with historian Neil Ferguson back by popular demand
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