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Bonus Episode: Tom Rosenstiel
Oppo File
English - August 27, 2020 16:00 - 8 minutes - 5.65 MBHistory Government politics history news commentary elections president opposition research trump obama political commentary Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 1988, George H.W. Bush overcame a 17-point deficit in the polls and won the election. In this bonus episode, journalist and author Tom Rosenstiel looks back at Bush’s campaign manager Lee Atwater – and why Donald Trump survived an avalanche of oppo in 2016.