The University of Virginia Center for Politics is hosting its 20th annual American Democracy Conference this morning in Charlottesville.
A conference livestream is available at: https://livestream.com/tavco/ADC2019
The schedule is as follows:
9 a.m. — Keynote address by former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D-VA)
10 a.m. — Panel discussion on Donald Trump at the midterm of his presidency
Moderator: Christine Mahoney, Professor of Public Policy and Politics at UVA’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
Panelists:
Paul Begala, Democratic strategist and CNN political analyst
Jamelle Bouie, New York Times opinion columnist and CBS News analyst
Kate Obenshain, former Republican Party of Virginia chairwoman and Fox News and CNBC analyst
David Ramadan, former Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates
11:30 a.m. — Lunch provided by Center for Politics
Noon — Keynote address by Karl Rove, former deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush
This is the second part of the Center’s 20th anniversary edition of the annual American Democracy Conference. The first part was held last November in Washington D.C. and featured remarks from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D, CA-28), and expert panels reacting to the midterm and looking ahead to 2020. A recording of that conference is available here.
The conference is being held in partnership with the University of Virginia’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and is part of “Democracy in Perilous Times: Unprecedented Challenges and Controversies,” an ongoing program series organized by the Center for Politics and the Batten School for the 2018-2019 academic year as part of the National Symposium Series. Information on future programming can be found here.