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Baskets and Media Bias w/ “To The Point”

September 14, 2016 No Comments

I joined Warren Olney on KCRW’s “To The Point” public radio show along with the Cleveland Plain-Dealer‘s Henry Gomez, Jonathan Capehart of the Washington Post, and Professor Marc Hetherington from Vanderbilt.

We discussed Hillary Clinton’s “Basket of Deplorables” line, its broader impact, and the question of media fairness in the 2016 race. You can listen by clicking here.

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Talking Zika w/ The Buckley Club

September 9, 2016 No Comments

I joined The Buckley Club podcast (subscribe here) to talk about the ongoing congressional spat over Zika funding, the “rider” controversy, and the hidden hand of Big Pumpkin. My part starts at the 10:30 mark.

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Liam Talking Trump on MSNBC

August 26, 2016 No Comments

Chris Hayes was kind enough to invite me on “All In” on Wednesday night to talk about Trump and the tightrope of white grievance politics.

Click here for the full segment- my part begins around the 2 minute mark.

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The Buckley Club Podcast

August 21, 2016 No Comments

Last week I joined The Buckley Club to talk about demographics, the politics of immigration, and the GOP’s down-ballot fortunes. Check out the podcast here, and follow them on twitter @TheBuckleyClub.

https://soundcloud.com/the-buckley-club/podcast-3

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About Liam

Liam Donovan is President at Targeted Victory, where he helps corporate leaders navigate politics, policy, and reputational risk in a changing Washington. He has spent more than two decades at the intersection of campaigns, advocacy, and communications, and his analysis is widely sought after by staffers, reporters, and executives alike.

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Part of the problem with EV analysis is, as this suggests, the proper baseline. But the bigger problem is what it means. Few think Rs are in for a *good* night. It's "bad" vs "historically bad." Would this mean "historically bad"? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Just very hard to interpret.

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Joshua Siegel

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22 Oct

More on Trump's goodwill wind move in Midday: A Senate GOP aide called the action “encouraging" and stressed BAAJA would prevent wild swings in permitting decisions. "What we’re going to get back to is a normal and fair permitting process for everybody,” the aide told me

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Liam Donovan

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21 Oct

I fully believe that this is a real risk and/but even if the polling is systematically missing Rs, a thumb on the scale in the screen isn't going to fix what ails when the issue is a fundamentally unrepresentative sample.

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

But it's an example of the phenomenon I wrote about yesterday. Pollsters are very aware of missing low on R's in 2016/20/24. They might still be undercompensating. They also might be overcompensating. Either seems about equally likely at this point.

https://www.natesilver.net/p/my-pet-peeve-about-the-polling-error

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Liam Donovan

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21 Oct

Ought to pin this until they get back for the lame duck. I'm sure there's a defensible rationale for the latest OSW maneuvers, but even if the lead negotiators give you the benefit of the doubt, it makes their job harder while providing an easy offramp to Ds looking to get to no.

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The biggest impediment to getting this done--beyond the perceived incentives, which are surely part of the calculus here--has always been mutual trust and good faith among the negotiators. A stunt like this really puts a strain on the working relationship that got them here.

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