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MASTERS IN POLITICS: Two Election Vets On Trump’s Prospects in the General

March 30, 2016 By WHC Insider

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On the on latest episode of Bloomberg’s Masters in Politics podcast with hosts Tammy Haddad and Betsy Fischer Martin, Bob Shrum, longtime Democratic strategist, said that while issues of honesty and trustworthiness will continue to plague the Clinton campaign through the summer, the voters she will lose on the left will be more than made up for by disaffected Republicans if Trump becomes the Republican nominee.

“I think for every one of those voters that Hillary Clinton lost in the general election to Donald Trump she would pick up suburban Republican voters, she would pick up Independents, she would pick up moderates. The trust question is gonna be there the whole way until November. The Republicans are gonna make sure of it.”

He also thinks Donald Trump could stand to lose a few yes men if he wants to win in a general election contest. “He must not have people around him who can say, ‘You can’t do that,’ One of the most important things in the presidential campaign is you have to have two or three people around the candidate who can look at the candidate and say, ‘That’s a really bad idea.’”

Haley Barbour, Reagan administration Political Director, former RNC chairman, and two-term Mississippi governor thinks the media has had a large part in fueling the Trump phenomenon, and took issue with reporters taking Trump’s phone calls on-air.

“I have commented a number of times, and I’m amazed by it, that the media has become part of the campaign. My first campaign was 1968 and I have in the years through then as RNC chairman, as Political Director for the Reagan White House, I have never seen so much of the media being part of the campaign story. And it goes beyond anything that I have ever seen. Can you imagine Ronald Reagan being on Meet the Press on the telephone? Even when he was President? And here we see Donald Trump being interviewed on TV on the telephone, it’s unimaginable,” while later adding, “The American people are being denied the kind of coverage of substance that they deserve.”

Asked if he has confidence in Trump, Barbour says he has more in Trump than in Hillary Clinton. “He does not have a record, she’s got a terrible record. Of the two, I’ll take my chances with no record.

You can listen to the latest episode of Bloomberg’s Masters in Politics podcast here.

Previous guests include Jeb Bush, the top strategists for the Clinton and Sanders campaigns, GOP superlawyer Ben Ginsberg, and veteran political consultant Mike Murphy.

Filed Under: Masters in Politics Tagged With: Bob Shrum, Haley Barbour, Masters in Politics

The Starts Align at WH Correspondents' Dinner Garden Brunch

April 28, 2012 By WHC Insider

Georgetown was the center of the action today as Hollywood stars Lindsay Lohan, Matthew Morrison, and Chase Crawford joined political stars Valerie Jarrett, Gov. Jerry Brown and Haley Barbour and media hot shots Willie Geist, Greta van Susteren, and Arianna Huffington to support the White Ribbon Alliance and CURE Epilepsy at the 19th annual White House Correspondents’ Garden Brunch.

Lindsay Lohan arrived with Greta van Susteren & John Coale, Kris Jenner and lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley and guests lined up to meet her and shake hands.  After listening to the speeches, Lohan wowed the young volunteers who lined up for photos.

Hosted by Tammy Haddad, Kevin Sheekey, Hilary Rosen, Clarke Camper, Mark Ein, Alex Castellanos, Anita Dunn, Bill Knapp, David Adler, Steve McMahon and Franco Nuschese, guests strolled through Ein’s home and marveled at all the star power.

Spotted in the crowd were Bob Barnett and Elle Macpherson, Kris Jenner, Kate Hudson, Kerry Washington, Tim Daly and Woody Harrelson.

Hosain Rahman from Jawbone donated super-hot Jamboxes to anyone who made a significant donation to White Ribbon Alliance or CURE.  Elle Macpherson used her supermodel moxy to quiet the crowd as she, Rosario Dawson and Willie Geist presented the Jamboxes to the lucky donors including Bret Baier, Steve Schmidt and Steve Clemons.

Also honored at the event were Steve and Jean Case for their innovation and philanthropy and Susan Axelrod for her tireless work to find a cure for epilepsy.  GOP power house Alex Castellanos moved the crowd with his speech about Lauren Axelrod’s struggle with relentless seizures.  Both Susan and David Axelrod had tears in their eyes as Alex recounted the family’s battle with their daughter’s illness.

Steve and Jean Case accepted their award from NYSE Euronext’s Clarke Camper with a beautiful reminder that everyone has the power to help people in need.

You can watch the program from the Garden Brunch tonight on C-SPAN prior to the live broadcast of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Alex Castellanos, Anita Dunn, Arianna Huffington, Bill Knapp, Bob Barnett, Bret Baier, Chase Crawford, Clarke Camper, David Adler, David Axelrod, Elle Macpherson, Franco Nuschese, Gov. Jerry Brown, Greta Van Susteren, Haley Barbour, Hilary Rosen, Jean Case, John Coale, Kate Hudson, Kerry Washington, Kevin Sheekey, Kris Jenner, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Ein, Matthew Morrison, Rosario Dawson, Steve Case, Steve Clemons, Steve McMahon, Steve Schmidt, Susan Axelrod, Tammy Haddad, Tim Daly, Valerie Jarrett, Willie Geist, Woody Harrelson. Hosain Rahman

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