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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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blogs.abcnews.com - 27 days ago

GEORGE: Read It Here First: Plouffe's Book

— blogs.abcnews.com — The Bottom Line has obtained a copy of the new book by Obama campaign manager David Plouffe,... here are ten revealing nuggets. (more) GEORGE: Read It Here First: Plouffe's Book

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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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Real Clear Politics - TIME.com:  Plouffe Speaks

Althouse:  "I still think Hillary has a lot of what I am looking for in a VP."

Ben Smith's Blog:  Plouffe, under the bus

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Hot Air » Top Picks:  Obamateurism of the Day

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The Audacity to Win http://bit.ly/3TZeTJ 27 days ago

RT @rogupta: Fascinating excerpts from Plouffe's memoir on the Obama campaign http://bit.ly/4G9gZ3 (via @jaketapper) 28 days ago

Plouffe tidbits.... http://bit.ly/3TZeTJ (thanks @chucktodd) 29 days ago

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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 discuss the VP slot: The [first] meeting started with Biden launching into a nearly 20-minute monologue that ranged from the strength of our campaign in Iowa ("I literally wouldn't have run if I knew the steamroller you guys would put together"); to his evolving views of Obama ("I wasn't sure about him in the beginning of the campaign, but I am now"); why he didn't want to be VP ("The ...

"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." ...

Plouffe, under the bus
Ben Smith's Blog — ... Obama got criticized on the trail occasionally for a tendency to blame staff for errors, and that was apparently a concern internally as well, as this fairly candid passage from Plouffe's new book suggests: ...

Obamateurism of the Day
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... This one’s a flashback Obamateurism of sorts in that it happened over a year ago, but we’re just finding out about it now, thanks to Time Magazine’s excerpts from David Plouffe’s campaign memoir this week. [...] ...

10/30 Shabbat Reading
NJDC Blog — Here are some interesting articles from the past week. These links are designed to be printed out and enjoyed over a restful Shabbat. Feel free to join the conversation by following and contributing at #shabbatreading every Friday on Twitter.   NYTimes: The Obamas’ Marriage Time: How They Did It: David Plouffe on Obama’s 2008 Victory TNR: Seeing and Believing FP: Pragmatists in Tehran Newsweek: ‘Peace Out of Necessity’ ...