Podcasts by So You Wanna Be President? with Chris Matthews
The ultimate playbook for winning a presidential campaign. MSNBC’s Chris Matthews and campaign veterans who have had front row seats to presidential history dive deep into the six most important lessons learned from presidential campaigns that win. Chris and his guests tap into their experience, historical insight, passion for electoral politics, and love for our country to explain why these lessons matter, and how they’ve separated winners from losers.
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3 - The Walls Have Ears from 2022-04-21T15:00:45.740445
The country is always listening. Put another way: Don't say something you don't want every voter to hear. On this episode, Chris Matthews remember the candidates who forgot this lesson—and paid ...
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6 - Go Negative from 2020-02-24T08:00
It's the oldest, worst, and most effective part of American politics: go negative. Voters say they hate it, but it works. There's no way to frame your opponent's weakness any better. Chris decon...
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5 - Ride the Galloping Horse of History from 2020-02-17T08:00
When Jack Kennedy phoned Coretta Scott King to express concern over her husband’s arrest in 1960, it was a risky move in a tense civil rights era. It also helped propel him to victory against Ri...
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4 - Play from the Back from 2020-02-10T08:00
Maybe Iowa didn’t go as planned, but there's a still a chance for your campaign. In a crowded field, great politicians know how to play from the back. They know how to turn a loss into a win. Bi...
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2 - See Something, Say Something from 2020-01-27T08:30
Lesson two: see something, say something. When unscripted moments flare up in a campaign, voters want to see candidates who can show some spontaneity. They want to know that their nominees can l...
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1 - Win Iowa from 2020-01-27T08:00
Lesson one: win Iowa. An astounding number of Democrats and Republicans won their party's nomination after winning first in the Iowa caucuses—but America's first battleground hasn't always been ...
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Introducing: So You Wanna Be President? from 2020-01-17T22:38:15
Host Chris Matthews and campaign veterans who had front row seats to presidential history go through the archives to uncover what has always separated winners from losers. We see these six lesso...
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