Trump's Historic Comeback

Let's Find Common Ground

USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

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🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

FOX 11 News Anchor Elex Michaelson leads a panel of political and media experts to examine why and how Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election. They discuss Trump's and Kamala Harris' campaign strategies and messaging, and how the Democratic and Republican parties reached voters. This discussion is part of the Warschaw Conference on Practical Politics “The Trumping of America: Why and What's Next?” in partnership with POLITICO, PBS’ "Firing Line with Margaret Hoover," and C-SPAN.

Featuring:

Elex Michaelson (Moderator): FOX 11 News Anchor; Host of California’s Statewide Political Talk Show "The Issue Is"

Chris Cadelago: POLITICO's California Bureau Chief; Former White House Correspondent

Ed Goeas: Republican Pollster and Strategist

Betsy Fischer Martin: Executive Director of the Women & Politics Institute at American University; Former "Meet the Press" Executive Producer

Jessica Millan Patterson: Chairwoman of the California Republican Party

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0:00.0	Welcome to Let's Find Common Ground from the Center for the Political Future at the University of Southern California's Dornside College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.
0:15.3	I'm Bob Shrum, director of the center. And I'm Republican Mike Murphy, co-director of the Center. Our podcast brings together
0:23.1	America's leading politicians, strategists, journalists, and academics from across the
0:28.4	political spectrum for in-depth discussions where we respect each other and we respect the truth.
0:35.0	We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:49.2	Hi, everybody. Well, my most impressive and important credential here is I'm a proud alum of the University of Southern California. So fight on, everybody. Fight on to the Trojans in the house. It is great to be here in Town and Gown, one of the most beautiful places on campus, the place where I decided to come to USC when the marching band was coming in and Pete Carroll was here. And I said, this is where I want to be. And I'm so excited to be here today. And one more note and background on me. I anchor the local news here at 5, 6, and 10 on Fox 11, hosts a statewide show called The Issue
1:14.2	is.
1:15.1	And where we got the name the issue is, I don't know if I've told this story before, was because
1:20.2	my hero in broadcasting was Tim Russert, who Betsy worked with, and was the EP of.
1:27.2	And he used to start his show every Sunday with our issues this Sunday.
1:31.4	So I couldn't take the name Meet the Press because they already have that.
1:35.0	But I said, let me do something in naming the show to honor Tim.
1:40.5	And so when I think of the issue is, I think of Tim and I think of Betsy and her great work, the greatest Sunday show in the history of our medium.
1:48.7	So we have Betsy to thank for that.
1:50.7	And thank you all for being here today.
1:52.8	So just want to introduce our panel real quickly and then get into it.
1:57.2	Chris Cattelago is the Sacramento Bureau Chief for Politico, helping to lead the California coverage.
2:04.4	They do this extraordinary playbook. They do the national playbook, but there's also a California
2:10.3	Politico playbook, which everybody should subscribe to for free. It gives you all the most important
2:16.3	news in California politics. It's like my Bible that I
2:18.9	read every day. Chris helps oversee that and a lot more. Chris Cotillago is here, ladies and gentlemen.
2:24.4	It's round of replies. Jessica Milan Patterson is the chair of the California Republican Party.
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