Chris Riback caught up with Jim Messina, President Obama’s campaign manager in 2012, in an airport lounge. The audio quality is sometimes spotty but Messina’s
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Maureen Dowd: ‘This is Pure Madness’
Maureen Dowd joins Chris Riback on Political Wire Conversations for a discussion on the 2016 campaign and her new book, The Year of Voting Dangerously: The Derangement of
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Robert Costa: Off the Blacklist — Reporting on a ‘Wild and Weird’ Election
The Washington Post‘s Robert Costa is my guest on the latest episode of Political Wire Conversations. Subscribe via iTunes or RSS to get new episodes automatically
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Stuart Stevens: A Neutron Bomb Has Gone Off In the Republican Party
GOP strategist Stuart Stevens joins me on Political Wire Conversations for a great discussion about what Donald Trump has done to the Republican party. Subscribe
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Jim Lehrer: 2016 Presidential Campaign
Jim Lehrer joins us on Political Wire Conversations for a fascinating discussion on the 2016 presidential campaigns with a look towards the upcoming presidential debates.
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Taegan Goddard: Outcomes Look Bleak for Republicans
I talked with Taegan Goddard about how the Republican presidential nominating process might end. Subscribe via iTunes or RSS to get new episodes of Political Wire Conversations automatically downloaded to your phone.
Read moreSam Wang: Founder, Princeton Election Consortium
It remains impossible to talk about the 2014 Midterms without turning immediately to the big question – the only question –which party will take Senate
Read moreNate Silver: Founder and Editor-in-Chief, FiveThirtyEight.com
As we make our way towards the first Tuesday in November, a highly-watched, always-debated component of American politics is ready to take it’s place center
Read moreDoug Schoen: Political Strategist, Pollster
Today’s issue, who’s running harder against President Obama – Republicans or Democrats? The question is only partly exaggerated. From criticism on “who lost Iraq” to
Read moreKen Vogel: Author, “Big Money”
At first glance, today’s conversation might seem as surprising as dog bites man: Money has taken over our political process. I know – not a
Read moreJoe Lockhart: Former White House Press Secretary
The White House recently announced a change at the top. Not the very top, of course, but as head of the Press Office. Jay Carney
Read moreNate Cohn: NY Times’ “The Upshot,” on Data, Forecasting Models & Politics
Forget the Koch Brothers or Super PACs or even President Obama. The most-watched player in the 2014 Midterms just might be a computer program called
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