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Robert Shrum

Robert M. Shrum is the Carmen H. and Louis Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics at the University of Southern California and author of No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner (2007). A longtime political consultant, he was senior strategist in the presidential campaigns of Al Gore (2000) and John Kerry (2004). icon

The Big Picture: The Office of the Presidency

By Robert Shrum

To borrow a phrase from his own reckless comment on North Korea, Donald Trump has debased the office of the Presidency to an extent “like the world has never seen.” His policies are capricious, often ...

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