Our fourth talk in the The Kal Eisenberg Breakfast Series on the 2020 Elections on February 13th, will be with Ron Brownstein, CNN Senior Political Analyst, Senior Editor for The Atlantic, and Contributing Editor for National Journal. Ron and Dan will discuss the key voter groups and demographics who will decide the 2020 primary and general election. The talk will be moderated by LAWACTH Board Member Dan Schnur, a Professor at the University of Southern California???s Annenberg School of Communications and the University of California Berkeley???s Institute of Governmental Studies.

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Ron Brownstein, a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of presidential campaigns, is a National Journal contributing editor and a senior editor at The Atlantic. Prior to joining Atlantic Media, Brownstein was the national affairs columnist for the Los Angeles Times. He has also served as the Times’ national political correspondent and the author of the weekly Washington Outlook column. Brownstein is a National Journal alumnus, having served as the magazine’s White House and national politics correspondent from 1983-1986, and then as its west coast correspondent through 1989. In addition, he currently serves as a senior political analyst for CNN and also served as an electoral analyst for ABC News during the 2012 election. Previously, he served as a political analyst for CNN from 1998 through 2004 and has appeared on the Sunday shows of all four broadcast networks as well as other programs on cable and broadcast. His sixth and most recent book, The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America, was published by Penguin in November 2007. Brownstein was twice named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, receiving that recognition for his coverage of both the 1996 and 2004 presidential campaigns. In addition, he is the recipient of several journalism awards, including the Exceptional Merit in Media award from the National Women’s Political Caucus, the Excellence in Media award from the National Council on Public Polls in 2005, and the Journalist of the Year award from the Los Angeles Press Club in 2005. In 2007, the American Political Science Association presented him its Carey McWilliams award for lifetime achievement, granted to honor a major journalistic contribution to our understanding of politics.

Dan Schnur (Moderator) is a Professor at the University of Southern California???s Annenberg School of Communications, the University of California Berkeley???s Institute of Governmental Studies and Pepperdine University???s School of Public Policy, where he teaches courses in politics, communications and leadership. Dan is currently the director of the Sacramento Bee???s ???California Influencers series, in which he leads a weekly online conversation among 100 of the state???s most respected experts in politics, government and public policy. He is also a board member of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall.

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The Kal Eisenberg Breakfast Series on the 2020 Elections will be looking at critical issues and trends, candidate???s positions on domestic and foreign policy, insight on US voters, and analysis of the primaries. Kal Eisenberg understood that our democracy was built on a foundation of spirited but respectful civic discourse and political dialogue. This breakfast series is named in that spirit, and in his memory.

The talks in this series will be moderated by Dan Schnur.

Please reserve by Tuesday, February 11th at 12:00 p.m. Cancellations must be made by Tuesday, February 11th at 12:00 p.m to secure a refund.