The Atlantic Prepares for Its Biggest Washington Event

Margaret Low Smith and Steve Clemons tell FishbowlDC why Washington Ideas Forum is bigger and longer than before.

Before they could begin to set the lineup for this year’s Washington Ideas Week, now entering its eighth year, organizers would have to settle a logistical quandary. “The question was, before or after?” AtlanticLIVE president Margaret Low tells FishbowlDC. The time of demarcation she’s referring to is Nov. 8, 2016—Election Day.

“I would say, this is my personal view, I hate doing Washington Ideas before an election in an election year. I’m on record as saying that.

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