November election to be focus of Panetta Lecture Series
David Axelrod, a former advisor to President Barack Obama, and Reince Priebus, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee, will be featured on the panel for this season’s final installment of the Panetta Lecture Series on June 3.
Axelrod and Priebus will join veteran American diplomat Richard Haas and former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to discuss “The Challenge of the 2024 Election – A United or Divided America?” The event starts at 7 p.m. at the Monterey Conference Center.
The discussion will likely focus on the presidential race said Panetta in a press release.
Reince Priebus, the former chief of staff to President Trump, will be one of the featured guests at the Panetta Lecture Series. (Andrew Harnik — Associated Press file)“Have President Trump’s legal problems helped or hurt his chances? Can President Biden develop a message that can counter his low showing in the polls?”
In addition to examining the two campaigns, the panel will discuss what they expect to happen in the next administration.
“Whoever becomes president will they follow the Constitution and the rule of law? Is the fate of our democracy at stake?” Panetta said.
Axelrod is considered a preeminent American political strategist and is a senior political commentator for CNN.
Priebus was named White House chief of staff in 2016. Before managing the White House staff, he served as the longest-serving chairman of the Republican National Committee in modern history. He was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016 and 2017.
Haass is a respected scholar of international relations. He served as president of the Council on Foreign Relations for 20 years.
Individual tickets to the June 3 lecture sell for $100. To order, call the Panetta Institute at (831) 582-4200 to pay with a credit card. For more information on tickets, subscriptions or broadcast details, call the Panetta Institute at (831) 582-4200 or visit www.panettainstitute.org.
