The Consultants of Yore Weigh in on 2020

The Gist

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🗓️ 31 July 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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On The Gist, billionaire Tom Steyer didn't qualify for this round of Democratic debates, but he's bought a lot of CNN ad space to make up for it. In the interview, political consultants David Axelrod and Mike Murphy have spent years advising politicians on the best ways to run campaigns—Axelrod with Barack Obama and Murphy with candidates like John McCain and Mitt Romney. Now they've come together on a new podcast, Hacks on Tap, to talk through how the political machine actually runs, the Democratic debates, and what Trump's prospects look like in 2020. In the Spiel, among the septuagenarian presidential candidates, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are the only ones with all their marbles. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast may contain explicit language and feel free to use explicit language
0:03.8	when you review the gist on iTunes, it helps other people find the show.
0:12.0	It's Tuesday, July 30th, 2019.
0:14.4	From Slate, it's the gist I'm Mike Pesca.
0:16.5	The Democrats, or some half of the Democrats,
0:21.9	half minus molten and minus C-stack, will debate tonight,
0:25.2	in Detroit, not joining them on stage,
0:27.3	but providing the interstitial entertainment.
0:30.1	We'll be this guy.
0:31.1	Hi, I'm Tom Steyer.
0:32.3	I'm running for president.
0:33.3	He's running for president, because what will CNN viewers be desperate to see
0:38.4	after seeing 20 people who are running for president,
0:40.9	most of whom they'd never consider voting for?
0:43.0	Some other guy running for president,
0:44.8	who they would never consider voting for.
0:47.2	Tom Steyer will be buying up a copious amount of ads
0:50.8	in between the candidates debating.
0:53.8	He wasn't allowed there in Detroit because he didn't get in
0:57.0	early enough.
0:58.0	He might not be allowed in the next debate,
1:00.6	because he might fail to get the requisite 130,000 unique donations
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