The countdown to Midterms is on. With less than three weeks to go, many questions remain and the stakes couldn’t be higher. How high? According to my guest today, “the nature of our democracy is on the ballot.” I’m not sure I disagree.
You may remember Richard Clarke for his 30 years in the U.S government, including 10 continuous years as a White House official, serving three consecutive presidents as Special Assistant to the President for Global Affairs, Special Adviser to the President for Cyberspace, and National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism.
His first book, "Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War on Terror," was a New York Times #1 bestseller, and he has stood on the front lines warning us about the risks and realities of cyber attacks.
Now he’s got a new outlet – a podcast (c’mon, who doesn’t have a podcast these days?) called Future State. The 10 episode run started last month and ends the day before the Midterms. Once you’re done listening to all of my podcasts, I really recommend listening to Clarke’s. I’m just kidding of course. You don’t have to listen to all of my conversations first. Just most of them.
Clarke and I discussed the important news of the day – Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia, Russia, China, and of course, cyber.
Jennifer Duffy, Cook Political Report
Mark McKinnon, co-founder of No Labels
Sasha Issenberg, Author of "The Victory Lab"
Tom Jensen, Pulic Policy Polling
Rick Hasen, election law expert
Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, co-authors of HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton
Patrick Ruffini, Republican digital strategist
Amy Walter, Cook Political Report
Celinda Lake, Democratic pollster
Jeffrey Toobin, legal analyst for the New Yorker and CNN
Teddy Goff, digital director for President Obama's re-election campaign
Stan Greenberg, Democratic pollster
Inside the making of the State of the Union address
Jon Favreau, former speechwriter for President Obama
Mike Murphy, GOP media consultant
Steve Kornacki, Host of "Up with Steve Kornacki" on MSNBC
Chuck Todd, Chief White House correspondent and political director for NBC News
David Frum, author and former speechwriter for President George W. Bush
Joe Trippi, political consultant and media strategist
Frank Rich, writer at New York Magazine and Executive Producer of Veep on HBO
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