This episode is a little different from the normal Axe Files. David sat down at Arizona State University with two legendary political strategists: Karl Rove, the architect of George W. Bush’s campaigns, and David Plouffe, David’s old partner and the brilliant manager behind the 2008 Barack Obama campaign. You can find their personal stories in past episodes of The Axe Files (Karl Rove episode #80, and David Plouffe episodes #43 and #418), but in this conversation, they talked about the Biden-Trump rematch, which they all agreed is the most unusual campaign of their lifetimes.
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Ep. 506 — Doug Jones
Ep. 505 — Beth Macy
Ep. 504 — Chris Wallace
Ep. 503 — Rep. Adam Kinzinger
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The Axe Files presents Hell & High Water with John Heilemann
The Axe Files presents Morning Brew’s Imposters
Ep. 502 — Henry Kissinger
Ep. 501 — Jason Kander
Ep. 500 — John Legend
Best of The Axe Files: Sen. Bernie Sanders
Ep. 499 — David Chalian
Ep. 498 — Gov. Jared Polis
Ep. 497 — Sen. Chris Murphy
Ep. 496 — Kellyanne Conway
Ep. 495 — Rep. Fred Upton
Ep. 494 — John Dean
Ep. 493 — Arne Duncan and Curtis Toler
Ep. 492 — Gov. Pete Ricketts
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