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- Program
- Speaker Series
- Date
- Feb 10, 2022
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- Speakers
- David Axelrod, Jon Favreau, Robert Gibbs, Reggie Love, Alyssa Mastromonaco, David Plouffe, Jeff Zeleny
- Topics
- democrats, electoral politics
February 10, 2007 is a date that changed the course of American politics. Illinois Senator Barack Obama formally announced his candidacy for President of the United States. His campaign was viewed by millions of Americans as a movement that reached far beyond politics and provided hope that government could be better. Now 15 years later, what is the legacy of the Obama campaign? How did an unlikely group come together and defeat one of the most notorious political families in American history? And, is there still room in our nation for hope?
Participating in this discussion are 2008 Obama alums:
David Axelrod Jon Favreau Robert Gibbs Reggie Love Alyssa Mastromonaco David Plouffe
And moderating this program is CNN’s Jeff Zeleny.
- David Axelrod IOP Founding Director
- Jon Favreau Former Director of Speechwriting for President Obama, Co-Founder, Crooked Media, Co-host, Pod Save America
- Robert Gibbs Former White House Press Secretary, Senior Counsel, Bully Pulpit Interactive, Member, The University of Chicago Institute of Politics Board of Advisors
- Reggie Love Author, Moving Forward: My Presidential Education, Former College Basketball Player, Former special assistant and personal aide to President Obama, Senior Advisor at Apollo Global Management
- Alyssa Mastromonaco Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for President Obama
- David Plouffe Former Senior White House Advisor, Former Campaign Manager, Obama for America
- Jeff Zeleny Chief National Affairs Correspondent, CNN, Former Senior White House Correspondent, ABC News, Former National Political Correspondent, The New York Times