Friends in High Places

Campaign updates and China. Find us on Youtube. The presidential campaign has hit the swing states in full force. We welcome Mike Murphy, who spent many years as a campaign manager, to talk about what’s happening on the road. Then, Jonathan Schanzer joins us to consider China’s recent military posturing and its powerful axis of adversaries.    GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Email us with your favorite segment from today’s show at [email protected]. Follow the show in your podcast app of choice. Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. Leave a comment in Spotify with your feedback on the discussion—we may even respond! ABOUT THE GUESTS:  Mike Murphy is one of the Republican Party’s most successful political media consultants, having handled strategy and advertising for more than 26 successful gubernatorial and senatorial campaigns. He served as a top campaign messaging and political strategist for Sen. John McCain’s historic Straight Talk Express Presidential campaign in 2000, and also for successful gubernatorial candidates Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tommy Thompson, and John Engler. In 2020 he served as a key strategist for Republican Voters Against Trump. He currently cohosts the popular weekly politics podcast Hacks on Tap with David Axelrod, which boasts over 14 million downloads to date.  Jonathan Schanzer is senior vice president for research at Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), where he oversees the work of the organization’s experts and scholars. He is also on the leadership team of FDD’s Center on Economic and Financial Power. He previously worked as a terrorism finance analyst at the US Department of the Treasury, where he played an integral role in the designation of numerous terrorist financiers. Schanzer has written hundreds of articles, monographs, and chapters for edited volumes on the Middle East. His book, Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine, is still the only book on the market that analyzes the ongoing Palestinian civil war. Schanzer testifies often before Congress and publishes widely in the American and international media. He has appeared on Fox News, CNN, Al-Arabiya, and Al-Jazeera. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices