National political strategists David Axelrod and Karl Rove will be on the UW-Green Bay campus for a point-counterpoint conversation at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 3 at the Weidner Center, the university announced today.
The event, sponsored by the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership, is free and open to the public and designed to provide and promote civil, non-partisan and thought-provoking conversation about election polling and strategy, politicians and presidents, red and blue culture, the state of our democracy, the media and more. Registration for the event is required and is available thompsoncenter.wisc.edu and http://www.weidnercenter.com/events/axelrod-rove/.
David Axelrod is a senior political commentator, CNN and host, the Axe Files; director, University of Chicago Institute of Politics and senior advisor to President Barack Obama (2009-2011). Karl Rove is a Fox News contributor and Wall Street Journal columnist, former senior advisor and deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush and a best-selling author.
Award-winning journalist and distinguished fellow in law and public policy at Marquette University Law School, Mike Gousha, will moderate the one-hour discussion, which will include an audience Q&A session.
