Justin Buoen, Campaign Manager at Amy for America joins David for a look inside the Klobuchar campaign, and the upcoming challenges of campaigning during an impeachment trial.

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What’s the best way to defeat Donald Trump in the general election? David Axelrod, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama, senior strategist for the Obama campaigns and host of the podcasts Hacks on Tap and The Axe Files has some suggestions and tells us what gives him hope.

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Kevin Sheekey, campaign manager for Bloomberg 2020, discusses the reasoning behind the timing of Michael Bloomberg’s entry into the Presidential campaign, and the strategic rationale behind their decision to skip the first four early states and mount a national campaign.

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Tommy Vietor, host of Pod Save America was President Obama’s Iowa Press Secretary during the 2008 campaign. 

Tommy is back from recently being on the ground in Iowa - in preparation for Pod Save America’s “On The Ground In Iowa” miniseries - where he spent time with the undecided voters who will determine who wins the Iowa caucuses. David and Tommy take a look at the fortunes of the top polling candidates as Iowa approaches, and what it will take for the nominee to beat Trump in the general election.

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David is joined by Tara McGowan, the founder and CEO of ACRONYM, a nonprofit organization committed to building power and digital infrastructure for the progressive movement, for a discussion of the importance of social media and Citizen Creators to Campaign 2020. 

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Jennifer O’Malley Dillon served as Campaign Manager at Beto for America, and previously was the Deputy Campaign Manager for Obama for America and the Executive Director of the Democratic National Committee. Jen joins David for a look inside Beto O’Rourke’s decision to exit the race, and her unique perspective on the race for the nomination and the ultimate battle against Trump.

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Cory Booker’s campaign manager, Addisu Demissie, on how he sees Booker navigating the early primary states and emerging post South Carolina as real contender for the nomination 

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The campaign enters a new phase this weekend. The big Iowa Democratic Party dinner has historically played a key role in determining the caucus winner. Paul Tewes, Democratic strategist and the Iowa state director for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, discusses the advantage of a campaign getting hot late. Then, a conversation with Obama’s director of field operations Mitch Stewart about the art of the ground game.

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It's not about how much money you raise, how funny your tweet was or even how many states you win. It’s about how many delegates you amass. 

How are delegates awarded? What’s the difference between primaries and caucuses? What kinds of strategic decisions do campaigns need to make? What happens if someone doesn’t gather a majority of delegates?  

Delegate Guru Jeff Berman (National Director of Delegate Operations for the 2008 Obama presidential campaign) joins David.

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Impeachment. Facing Trump. Debates. No one has a more unique perspective on these ripe topics than Hillary Clinton. Hear her take on these issues and the 2020 election.

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