Bob Shrum and Mike Murphy were rising political consultants when they met in the late ’80s (maybe it was the early ’90s; they can’t remember) and embarked on what would become a lifelong friendship. Today, Shrum is director and Murphy is co-director of the USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future, which encourages civil, fact-based political dialogue to break today’s partisan gridlock.
Shrum is a lifelong Democrat who has consulted for some of the party’s biggest names: Joe Biden, Al Gore, John Kerry and Ted Kennedy, among many others. Murphy has been a Republican since he was old enough to vote and has advised the likes of John McCain, Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney and Arnold Schwarzenegger. But Murphy, like Shrum, is also a critic of Donald Trump and is a strategic advisor to Republican Voters Against Trump.
Murphy and Shrum are particularly busy these days helping students and the public, through their many media appearances, sort out the forthcoming presidential election. Part of that task includes parsing the results from the widely cited USC Dornsife Daybreak Poll, which pointed toward a Trump victory in 2016 but which shows Biden ahead this time.
Shrum was awarded his JD from Harvard Law School and Murphy was a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics.
The event is a collaboration between the Harvard Club of Boston and the Harvard Club of Ireland. It will take place on Tuesday 27 October at 10:30am Pacific time, 1:30pm Eastern and 5:30pm Irish Time.
The deadline to register is 10am Eastern (1pm Irish time) on Tuesday 27 October. If you are a member of the Harvard Club of Boston, please register for the event through the Club's website, but all others can register on this page.
