The Campaign Tapes - United States Studies Centre

The Campaign Tapes gives you an insider’s perspective on US Presidential campaign politics from the campaign managers, strategists, White House staff and the candidates themselves.

The interviews are conducted by US Studies Centre Research Associate John Barron, who as a journalist at the ABC and commercial media covered Presidential campaigns for almost 20 years. John is the author of the acclaimed book Vote For Me! about the 2008 Presidential campaign, following the candidates from the earliest days of small town retail politics right through to election night in Chicago. He also co-produced the documentary film First Stop, Iowa which has screened in Australia and the United States and traced the election of Barack Obama back to the violence of the late 1960s.

Recently added:

		Tom Vilsack Democratic Presidential candidate 2008 Background Video Transcript

		Shirley MacLaine A lifelong Democrat who performed at John F. Kennedy's 1961 Presidential Gala and campaigned for both Senator Robert Kennedy and Senator George McGovern's presidential bids. Transcript

		Ben Self Social network campaign expert on Barack Obama's 2008 campaign and Howard Dean's 2004 campaign. Background Video Transcript

More interviews:

		Eric Woolson Campaign manager for Mike Huckabee in 2008 and George W. Bush's Iowa Caucus campaign in 2000 Background Video Transcript

		Senator George McGovern Democratic Presidential nominee 1972 Background Video Transcript

		Gary Bauer Republican Presidential candidate 2000 Background Audio Transcript

		Robert M. "Bob" Shrum Presidential campaign manager for Al Gore, 2000 and John Kerry, 2004 Background Video Transcript

		Whit Ayres Leading Republican political consultant and pollster Background Video Transcript

		Joseph Lester “Jody” Powell Press Secretary and spokesman for Jimmy Carter Background Video Transcript

		Governor Michael S. Dukakis 1988 Democratic Presidential nominee Background Audio Transcript

		Patrick J. Buchanan Republican Presidential candidate 1992, 1996, Reform Party candidate 2000 Background Video Transcript