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David Plouffe Book Tour: St. Louis

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:16:24 +0000

Friday night, my wife and I attended an event at the headquarters branch of the St. Louis County Library, featuring David Plouffe, the manager of Obama’s campaign for the White House. Plouffe was in town for the second to last stop of a tour promoting his book, The Audacity to Win , ...

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Plouffe Shocker: Edwards Camp Offered To Endorse If Obama Would Pick Him As VP

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:19:08 +0000

In the thick of the Democratic presidential primary, a top operative offered up John Edwards' withdrawal from the race and endorsement - on the condition the person he endorsed would offer him a spot on the ticket. David Plouffe details...

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David Remnick: Gap Year

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:57:22 +0000

A year after he stood to the side of the stage at Grant Park and watched his client, the newly elected President, declare America “a place where all things are possible,” the political strategist and steel-eyed disciplinarian David Plouffe was relaxing over eggs and coffee in ...

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A deal with Edwards

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:44:52 +0000

Greg Sargent gets confirmation from an Edwards aide of another anecdote from Plouffe's book: That an Edwards emissary floated the notion of his endorsing Obama in exchange for the Veep slot. Plouffe wrote that after New Hampshire contest, "I got a call from a senior Edwards ...

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A firing offense?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:51:24 +0000

Obama, speaking to CBS in Beijing, says he's "furious' about the stream of leaks characterizing the Afghanistan deliberations. THE PRESIDENT: “I think I am angrier than Bob Gates about it, partly because we have these deliberations in the Situation Room for a reason – because ...

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Joe Trippi Challenges Plouffe’s Claim That Edwards Offered Secret Veep Deal

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:01:55 +0000

One of the most interesting claims in Obama adviser David Plouffe’s new book about Campaign 2008 is that John Edwards’ team offered him a secret deal before the South Carolina primary: Edwards would drop out if he were made the Veep candidate. But in several emails to me, senior ...

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Like An '08 Flashback: OFA Targets Sarah Palin As 'Dangerous'

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:58:22 +0000

Organizing for America, the DNC's campaign arm set up to support President Obama's agenda, has a familiar target today: Sarah Palin. Mitch Stewart, OFA's director, told supporters in an email just now they need help to raise "$500,000 in the...

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OfA picks an ad

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:29:21 +0000

Organizing for America picks a winner, above, in its video contest. "The winning video shows that our supporters' creativity and passion is more than a match for the slick ads and partisan spin doctors on the other side," David Plouffe emails supporters, before conceding they'll ...

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Plouffe Was Right: Edwards Camp Did Offer Secret Veep Deal, Adviser Says

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:11:00 +0000

David Plouffe’s claim in his new book on Campaign 2008 that the Edwards camp suggested he be made Veep in exchange for dropping out of the race is accurate, the Edwards adviser who had the conversation with Plouffe tells me. As you know, Plouffe’s book offers the fascinating ...

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A haircut tip

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:39:31 +0000

November 10, 2009 A haircut tip I was always interested in candidate Obama's relationship with the dark(er) political arts and asked him at his first campaign press conference why he'd hired opposition researchers; he responded that they were to check out the candidate himself and to examine ...

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The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory (9780670021338): David Plouffe: Books

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:22:10 +0000

"[Plouffe] gives readers a visceral sense of the campaign from an insider's point of view...He offers acute assessments of the larger dynamics at play in the 2008 race, and he is frank about missteps that the Obama campaign made along the way...A detailed and revealing account." - Michiko ...

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