President Biden is promoting his massive infrastructure deal. The problem? The deal is popular but the president isn’t. Writer at large at The Bulwark Tim Miller and strategic communications specialist Anat Shenker-Osorio discuss.
As Democrats navigate two massive pieces of legislation through Capitol Hill, the impact of those bills is getting lost on millions of Americans. Anat Shenker-Osorio tells Lawrence O’Donnell that bullet points and policy proposals are important, but if you want people to come to your cause, the arguments must be “attractive.”
New polling shows a majority of people don’t know who’s responsible for the financial aid that came from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan – legislation that received zero Republican support. Politico’s Sam Stein and ASO founder Anat Shenker-Osorio join Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss how Democrats can better communicate all they’re doing to improve the lives of their constituents.
July 1, 2021
Pod Save America
Communications expert Anat Shenker-Osorio joins Dan as Donald Trump and leaders of the Trump Organization get closer to seeing the inside of a jail cell, the House votes to create a select committee to look into the January 6 attack, and a potential 2022 Republican blueprint for winning the midterms emerges. Then, Dan talks to NBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff about Trump’s latest visit to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Mitch McConnell blocks bipartisan pandemic relief to help his corporate pals, Joe Biden continues to staff up his Cabinet and White House, and Republicans run their 2020 playbook in Georgia. Then messaging expert Anat Shenker-Osorio talks to Jon about why Democrats need to stop selling the recipe and start selling the brownie.
Trump publicly rebukes his CDC Director for testifying that masks are effective and a vaccine might take awhile, he faces tough questions from undecided voters in a live town hall, and the results of our new Pollercoaster survey with Change Research show that infrequent and undecided voters are most persuaded by Joe Biden’s plans on the economy, health care, racial justice, climate, and education. Then communications guru Anat Shenker-Osorio talks to Dan about the most effective ways to talk to voters in the homestretch.
Former Barack Obama Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer and messaging expert Anat Shenker-Osorio discuss 2020 ads and the Race-Class Narrative. Today’s ads include a positive spot from the Biden campaign, Republican Voters Against Trump’s “Bunker” ad, and a Black Lives Matter ad from Black Visions Collective.
