The Future of the Republican Party

Let's Find Common Ground

USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

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🗓️ 19 November 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Center Co-Director Mike Murphy is joined by top Republican strategists, journalists, and historians to examine the growing divisions within the Republican Party and explore strategies forward.

Featuring:
Douglas Brinkley - Author; Professor of History at Rice University; Presidential Historian for CNN

Jessica Millan Patterson - Chairwoman, California Republican Party

Karl Rove - Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff, George W. Bush Administration

Anthony Scaramucci - Entrepreneur, Founder of SkyBridge and SALT Conference, Former White House Communications Director, Trump Administration

Bret Stephens - Opinion Columnist, New York Times; Author

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0:00.0	Welcome to Election R&D from the University of Southern California's Center for the Political Future.
0:11.2	Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot button issues where we respect each other
0:22.0	and respect the truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:29.1	This is an excellent group of people, mostly old friends and acquaintances of mine, and we are here
0:34.8	to discuss the future of the grand old party. So let me do some
0:38.3	introductions, and then I'll kick it off with a couple of questions, and then through the chat
0:43.0	system, we will be delighted to take your questions and comments. We are joined by, and this is a
0:47.4	fantastic panel. I'm going to start with Douglas Brinkley, who is the, Catherine, I'm going to
0:53.0	mispronounce this. I apologize to Catherine.
0:55.5	It's a son off Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University.
1:00.2	You've seen him on CNN. He is a presidential historian. We've read his book, so you can read
1:05.6	his work also in Vanity Fair. My old friend Carl Rove is with us. He's a senior advisor. He was a senior advisor to
1:13.1	President George W. Bush from 2000 to 2007, the deputy chief of staff before that. And he is known
1:19.3	by all of us as the architect of President Bush's outstanding presidential campaign. You have
1:24.5	seen him on Fox. He is also a highly read columnist for the Wall
1:29.2	Street Journal with a column I particularly enjoyed a day or two ago. So, Carl, good to see you.
1:34.4	Anthony Scaramucci, who has been to our campus before, was a big hit. Another great Republican.
1:41.2	He's the founder and co-managing partner of Skybridge Capital.
1:44.7	He served as White House Communications Director for a period in July, 2017, and in 2016.
1:52.9	You can mention that I got fired, Mike. Everybody knows. It's okay.
1:56.0	You get it out there, baby. I'm a dancing monkey here. They give me the script. I read it.
2:01.3	You were there for a short, but impactful term.
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