Steve Schmidt, David Axelrod, & Steve Edwards talk politics

Steve Schmidt, a nationally recognized GOP political strategist, has advised candidates such as George W. Bush, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and John McCain. David Axelrod is an equally well-recognized Democratic political consultant, who engineered the campaigns of US Senator Paul Simon, multiple Chicago mayors, and Barack Obama. Both had a front-row seat to the making of political history, from the choice of Sarah Palin as vice presidential candidate to the eventual victory of Barack Obama. Now a policy analyst on MSNBC, Schmidt is spending fall 2014 as a Fellow at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics, which Axelrod founded in 2013. IOP Executive Director Steve Edwards joins them for a discussion about politics and policy, and an up-to-the-minute check on the latest developments just a week before the midterm elections.

This program is presented in partnership with the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago.