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Excerpts: 'The Audacity to Win'
politico.com - 26 days ago
Excerpts: 'The Audacity to Win'
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Exclusive excerpts from the new book by Obama for America campaign manager David Plouffe ...
Excerpt: 'The Audacity to Win' by David Plouffe
time.com - 29 days ago
Excerpt: 'The Audacity to Win' by David Plouffe
— time.com — In a new memoir, The Audacity to Win, David Plouffe, who managed Barack Obama's 2008 race for... the White House, provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse inside the campaign (more) Excerpt: 'The Audacity to Win' by David Plouffe

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amazon.com - 29 days ago
The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory ...
— amazon.com — The architect of the Obama campaign reveals how it all happened- and how it will revolutionize our... politics David Plouffe not only led the effort that put Barack Obama in the White House, but he also changed the face of politics forever and ... (more) The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of ...

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swamppolitics.com - 25 days ago
Obama's manager: FOX News-ready
— swamppolitics.com — by Mark Silva In the cause of a certain book's promotion, it appears, a waiver is being... granted in the White House's war with FOX News. That book is Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's The Audacity to Win . President Barack Obama, whose ... (more) Obama's manager: FOX News-ready

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TPM Election Central:  Remember When? White House Staff (And President) Relive Campaign As OFA Plans Reunions

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Remember When? White House Staff (And President) Relive Campaign As OFA Plans Reunions
TPM Election Central — ... in politics. And one of the reasons I thought it was important for us to win is to keep them involved. Not just in politics, but in our civic life. So, it was a very, very powerful moment. And it really-- struck me." Over the last few days, some excerpts of Plouffe's book have come out, revealing Team Obama's thinking about the vice presidential choice, Sen. John McCain picking Palin and being a "different" kind of campaign. Read them here, here and here. Speaking of Palin, her book is out later this month. ...

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politicalwire.com 26 days ago — "I think we should thank John McCain for picking her, in terms of how it helped us win in 2008." -- Obama campaign manager David Plouffe, in an interview on Meet the Press , on Sarah Palin. Plouffe was discussing his new book, The Audacity to Win ...
Obama Refused Deal with Edwards
politicalwire.com 26 days ago — George Stephanopoulos got an advance copy of David Plouffe's new book, The Audacity to Win , and learns that John Edwards "is as craven as you think." "Sometime after the South Carolina debate Plouffe got a call from a senior Edwards advisor who ...
Plouffe Book: Bill Sunk Hillary's V.P. Chances
blogs.abcnews.com 29 days ago — Did Bill Clinton sink Hillary's VP chances? That's certainly the impression that David Plouffe leaves in his new book.
GEORGE: Read It Here First: Plouffe's Book
blogs.abcnews.com 28 days ago — The Bottom Line has obtained a copy of the new book by Obama campaign manager David Plouffe, here are ten revealing nuggets.
Plouffe Time — The Atlantic Politics Channel
David Plouffe, the Obama tactician, has a new book out and it's excerpted in Time . Crossing genres between political memoir and business advice book, it's called "The Audacity to Win." The new excerpts seem appropriately kind to the boss who brilliantly takes charge of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright ...
Sarah Palin Was A Godsend — For The Obama Campaign — Below The Beltway
David Plouffe, who managed Barack Obama’s Presidential Campaign, was on Meet the Press this morning discussing his new book The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama’s Historic Victory and I thought this segment was particularly interesting: Visit ...
VIDEO- Plouffe: "Thanks John McCain" for picking Palin + John Edwards "as craven as you think." — The Political Carnival
By GottaLaff Ouch: George Stephanopoulos got an advance copy of David Plouffe's new book, The Audacity to Win , and learns that John Edwards "is as craven as you think." "Sometime after the South Carolina debate Plouffe got a call from a senior Edwards advisor who said Edwards was willing ...
"I still think Hillary has a lot of what I am looking for in a VP." — Althouse
"Smarts, discipline, steadfastness. I think Bill may be too big a complication. If I picked her, my concern is that there would be more than two of us in the relationship." David Plouffe, in his new book "The Audacity to Win."
David Plouffe Book: "The Audacity To Win" On VP Pick, Race Speech — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Time Magazine has an exclusive four page excerpt from David Plouffe's new book , The Audacity to Win . "Hopefully, there will be some lessons on how to put together a three-quarters of a billion dollar operation," Plouffe said when he announced that he was writing the book last December . He ...
Plouffe The Magic Delawarean — Political Punch
Excerpts of Plouffe's new book about the campaign, The Audacity to Win, were published this morning by Time.com.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Hillary Would Have Made a Terrific Vice President, Bill Notwithstanding — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
In his spicy, tantalizing, tell-all inside the belly of the Obama campaign book, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe says that Obama toyed with picking Hillary Clinton as his running mate and then junked it because hubby Bill posed too many complications. In less polite terms, the thinking ...
David Plouffe: Dems Should Thank John McCain For Picking Palin — Huffington Post
Barack Obama's campaign manager accused former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on Sunday of co-opting the Republican Party and driving it toward the ideological fringe. In an appearance promoting his book on NBC's "Meet the Press," David Plouffe said that Democrats should "thank John McCain for ...
Plouffe Unloads on Edwards — Taylor Marsh
George Stephanopoulos has a “read it here first” post up on David Plouffe’s new book before David Gregory has him first on “Meet the Press.” Plouffe is still the most popular guy at the political party. But get this, I called it right about Wright, ...
Plouffe, Wright, and Edwards — Taylor Marsh
George Stephanopoulos has a “read it here first” post up on David Plouffe’s new book before David Gregory has him first on “Meet the Press.” Plouffe is still the most popular guy at the political party. But get this, I called it right about Wright, ...
Plouffe, Wright, Clinton, and Edwards — Taylor Marsh
updated George Stephanopoulos has a “read it here first” post up on David Plouffe’s new book before David Gregory has him first on “Meet the Press.” Plouffe is still the most popular guy at the political party. But get this, I called it right about ...
Plouffe Book: Bill Clinton 'Complications' Doomed Hillary as VP finalist, and Obama Predicted Palin Choice Would Backfire — Politics Daily
The juiciest parts of advance excerpts from the new book by David Plouffe, President Obama's 2008 campaign manager, concern the vice presidential selection process in both parties. Obama seriously considered Hillary Clinton but concluded Bill Clinton posed too many complications, Plouffe writes. ...
Audacity to Win: Obama’s 2008 Victory — The Hollywood Liberal
Audacity to Win: Obama's 2008 Victory David Plouffe, TimeIn a new memoir, The Audacity to Win, David Plouffe, who managed Barack Obama's 2008 race for the White House, provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse inside the campaign. Here's an excerpt:Agony. Ecstasy. The [Rev. Jeremiah] Wright ...
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Plouffe Book: Bill Sunk Hillary’s V.P. Chances Obama campaign manager David Plouffe writes in his forthcoming book about the 2008 race that the future president was “clearly thinking more seriously” about picking Hillary Clinton as his running mate than Plouffe or advisor David ...
Ex-aide to Obama says he really did consider Hillary as VP but Bill Clinton's presence quashed it — Top of the Ticket
Yes, it's holiday book-publishing-buying time. But before we get to Sarah Palin's book in two weeks, we have David Plouffe 's book. You'll remember him as campaign manager for that audacious Illinois guy who creamed the Palin-McCain Republican ticket last year, talking about change to ...
Audacity to Win: Obama's 2008 Victory — RealClearPolitics - Homepage
David Plouffe, Time In a new memoir, The Audacity to Win, David Plouffe, who managed Barack Obama's 2008 race for the White House, provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse inside the campaign. Here's an excerpt:Agony. Ecstasy. The [Rev. Jeremiah] Wright story broke on a ...
Tim Kaine, Mensch — The New Republic blogs
Time has excerpts from David Plouffe's new book. The section about the whirlwind day he and Axelrod spent interviewing the three veep finalists--Biden, Bayh, and Kaine--is the most interesting. He has some gentle fun at Biden's expense: read more
Plouffe Speaks — Real Clear Politics - TIME.com
A couple of interesting nuggets from the excerpt of David Plouffe's new book appearing in the current issue of Time. First, his description of his (and David Axelrod's) meeting with Joe Biden to...
Why Obama Didn't Pick Hillary as Veep — Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
In his new book , David Plouffe "seems to confirm what a lot of us suspected during last summer's VP deliberations: that Barack Obama wouldn't pick Hillary Clinton because he couldn't figure out how to make a former President named Bill part of his White House family," ABC News reports. Said ...
'Audacity to Win': Excerpt by Plouffe on Obama Campaign (Time.com) — Yahoo! News: Politics News
Time.com - In a new memoir, The Audacity to Win, David Plouffe, who managed Barack Obama's 2008 race for the White House, provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse inside the campaign
Book: Obama closely considered Clinton for VP — msnbc.com: Politics
President Barack Obama seriously considered Hillary Clinton for the vice presidency, even though his top aides were not enthusiastic about it, his presidential campaign manager says in a new memoir.