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NEWS ABOUT: David Plouffe

David Plouffe stories: 27 news summaries

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TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Clinton: Karzai on the Hot Seat 

White House 'will expect more,' focused on defeating 'those who attacked us'

Nov 15, 09 10:51 AM CST
(Newser) - It's time for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to put up or shut up, Hillary Clinton said today, underscoring the White House's heightened expectations of Kabul. "We are expecting there to be a major crimes tribunal, an anti-corruption commission," she told This Week, adding that the original Afghan... More »

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Afghanistan • Hillary Clinton • Rudy Giuliani • Harry Reid • Hamid Karzai • Mitch McConnell • David Plouffe • George Stephanopoulos • David Axelrod • Sarah Palin • terror trial • Eric Holder • 9/11 attacks • President Obama • Sunday morning talk shows • Going Rogue

feud? what feud?

 White House 
 Warns Dems 
 to Avoid Fox 

Strategist reports intimidating phone call after appearance

Nov 6, 09 4:50 PM CST
(Newser) - The Obama administration has toned down its war of words against Fox News, but behind the scenes, it's warning Democratic strategists not to appear on the network. One consultant who made a recent appearance says he received a call afterward from a White House official who told him, "We... More »

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White House • feud • Fox News • David Plouffe • television news • Anita Dunn • political consultant

Arianna Huffington

 Hey, Barack: Yes, You Still Can 

Plouffe book recalls a historic campaign that got lost in transition

Nov 3, 09 10:24 AM CST
(Newser) - 'Yes, we can" was the rallying cry of a game-changing campaign that swept Obama to victory on the shoulders of a grass-roots tidal wave one year ago—and President Obama would do well to remember Candidate Obama, writes Arianna Huffington in a lengthy look at David Plouffe's new campaign memoir.... More »

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Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • memoir • David Plouffe • Arianna Huffington • Barack Obama supporters • President Obama • Obama campaign • The Audacity to Win

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Rush: Obama 
 Doesn't Care 
 About War in 
 Afghanistan 

Furthermore, prez is intentionally killing economy, says Limbaugh

Nov 1, 09 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Ever-reticent talking head Rush Limbaugh took to the airwaves today, telling Fox News Sunday that President Obama "doesn't care much about" the war in Afghanistan, and his recent salute of slain soldiers "was a photo op precisely because he’s having big time trouble on this Afghanistan dithering... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • Fox News • John Boehner • David Plouffe • Sarah Palin • Afghanistan war • Afghanistan exit strategy • Sunday morning talk shows • Dede Scozzafava • 23rd District

CAMPAIGN MEMOIR

 Bill Sank Hillary's 
 VP Chances: Plouffe 

Clinton was still in contention in June: new memoir

Oct 29, 09 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama campaign seriously considered Hillary Clinton for vice president, but ultimately the perception that her husband was "too big a complication" combined with bad memories from the primary campaign to sink her chances. Barack Obama “said if his central criterion measured who could be the best VP,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • vice president • memoir • David Plouffe • David Axelrod • Election 2008 • vice presidential candidate • President Obama • excerpt • The Audacity to Win

(Newser) - President Obama’s campaign manager says he’s a “wee bit queasy” about a possible election challenge from Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman in 2012, Salt Lake City’s KTVX-TV reports. “I think he’s really out there speaking a lot of truth about the direction of the party,... More »

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Michigan • Utah • Jon Huntsman • David Plouffe • governor • Republican presidential primaries • Obama administration • Election 2012 • President Obama • challenger

Rove and Plouffe Go
Negative at Book Event

Old-school politicos can't help but go at it

May 5, 09 9:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Old campaign hacks never die; they just bicker at events to boost book sales. Last night Obama campaign geek-in-chief David Plouffe and Bush hatchet man Karl Rove went at it in Monterey, California, only half-playfully, the Huffington Post reports. Rove attacked Obama’s commitment to bipartisanship; shot back Plouffe, “... More »

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Karl Rove • David Plouffe • Election 2008 • Obama administration

(Newser) - The man who ran John McCain's campaign said his defeat was nearly preordained, reports Politico. It was "the strategic equivalent of throwing a football through a tire at 50 yards,” said Steve Schmidt. Given the ascendancy of Barack Obama—"the unfinished Bobby Kennedy campaign"—the unpopularity... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • presidential campaign • campaign adviser • University of Delaware • David Plouffe • Steve Schmidt

Condi Commands Same Speaking Fee as Ex-Boss

$150,000 price tag shows Bush may not be  biggest star of his own administration

Apr 17, 09 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice isn't playing second fiddle to George W. Bush any longer: The former secretary of state charges a $150,000 speaking fee—the same as her old boss, The Hill reports. Rice will even get a jump on the former president later this month when she addresses the Economic... More »

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Bush administration • Condoleezza Rice • Laura Bush • David Plouffe • Tucker Carlson • speaking engagements • Paul Begala • George W. Bush • speaking fee • Washington Speakers Bureau

ANALYSIS

Obama Army's New Mission: Pass the Budget

Prez calls on legion of campaign supporters, but will they follow?

Mar 18, 09 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four months after propelling Barack Obama to victory, his millions-strong army of volunteers is being asked to help out again, writes Jeff Zeleny in the New York Times. Anyone who contributed $5 or more to the campaign has been enlisted to support Obama's effort to pass his 2010 budget, which... More »

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Barack Obama • budget • David Plouffe • Barack Obama supporters • campaign volunteers

ANALYSIS

 Axelrod Still Obama's 
 Guardian, Attack Dog 

Strategist turned senior adviser enjoys unparalleled access

Mar 9, 09 9:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s coterie has grown substantially since taking office, but nobody has as much access as David Axelrod, campaign strategist turned special adviser. Though he spends his days fine-tuning every speech, poring over polls, and orchestrating political battles, the New York Times reports, Axelrod is wary of any comparison... More »

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Barack Obama • Karl Rove • White House • David Plouffe • David Axelrod • Obama administration • President Obama • media strategy

OPINION

'Minority Leader Limbaugh' Will Sink GOP

Obama's campaign manager takes a swipe at Republicans

Mar 4, 09 8:52 AM CST
(Newser) - The 2008 election sent many signals, but chief among them was that America is sick of partisan pettiness, writes President Obama’s former campaign manager David Plouffe in the Washington Post today, He faults the GOP for somehow missing that memo, joining Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel in declaring... More »

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Barack Obama • Rush Limbaugh • Republican Party • David Plouffe • political strategy • Eric Cantor • Michael Steele • Bill Maher Grid

(AP) - Barack Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, has agreed to a 7-figure deal to write a book about last year's presidential election. The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory will be published by Viking next fall. Two publishing executives said that bidding for the... More »

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politics • Viking • Obama 2008 • memoir • David Plouffe • campaign manager • Election 2008 • President Obama • book deal

glossies

 The Plouffe Plan 
 That Terrifies 
 Washington 

Senior adviser plans to turn Obama's campaign machine into Obama's governing machine

Feb 2, 09 8:35 PM CST
(Newser) - The shy middleman who spearheaded Barack Obama's campaign now plans to morph it into a powerful netroots organization, Lisa Taddeo writes in Esquire. Drawing on his unprecedented 13-million-name contact list, David Plouffe says he will soon unveil Organizing for America, a group aimed at drumming up support for policy initiatives.... More »

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Barack Obama • social networking • email • netroots • David Plouffe • grassroots • special interests • Barack Obama supporters • Obama administration

(Newser) - Barack Obama is determined to turn the legions of Facebook friends and Twitter subscribers that got him elected into an effective force for his administration, the New York Times  reports. He’s already begun issuing his weekly addresses via YouTube video, rather than radio, and crafted a new group called... More »

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Barack Obama • social networking • Internet • YouTube • netroots • David Plouffe • grassroots • Obama administration • President Obama

Obama Team Clogs Inboxes, Elicits Backlash

Mugs to donations,
that David Plouffe emails incessantly

Dec 17, 08 1:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama and his various Internet organs are hawking everything from civic engagement and disaster relief to coffee mugs and fleece scarves, causing fatigue among supporters, Politico reports. And while some are just tired of incessant emails from the likes of David Plouffe, watchers are concerned about how the president-elect... More »

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Barack Obama • Internet • David Plouffe • campaign fundraising • transition • inauguration • change • DNC • President Obama • donor fatigue

Glossies

 Plouffe: This Was About Obama 

Still ostentation averse, Plouffe credits teamwork and focus

Dec 14, 08 11:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Stepping out from behind the curtain where he directed Barack Obama's earth-shaking campaign, David Plouffe quietly professes pride in the historic achievement to Lloyd Grove in Portfolio, and talks about a race where stability and consistency won the day and "Clinton might have won the nomination if she had... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • caucus • David Plouffe • campaign manager • Election 2008

 Plouffe Plans 
 How-to Book 

Audacity to Win more strategy than tell-all: Plouffe

Dec 4, 08 11:14 AM CST
(AP) - Barack Obama's media-evading campaign manager is writing a book about the historic election victory, and has retained his old boss' literary rep to shop the proposal to publishers. The Audacity to Win will give an inside look at the Obama run and also advice for how to manage a large... More »

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Barack Obama • David Plouffe • book • campaign manager • Election 2008 • President Obama

Plouffe: the Other Big Winner in the Obama Victory

Campaign manager's unswerving strategy praised; administration role uncertain

Nov 6, 08 11:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama, in his victory speech Tuesday, called campaign manager David Plouffe the effort’s “unsung hero,” and his steady strategy is earning praise from Democrats, Republicans, and academics, the Wilmington (Del.) News Journal reports. Plouffe, 41, said he’s not planning on a White House post,... More »

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Barack Obama • presidential campaign • Obama 2008 • David Plouffe • campaign manager • Election 2008

 Obama Steps Up 
 Assault on McCain 

Candidate to go on the attack as party frets about Palin

Sep 12, 08 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Barack Obama campaign kicks off its leaner, meaner approach today, reports the New York Times, going on the offensive with a New Hampshire speech and new ads in an attempt to wrest momentum back from the GOP. The candidate's strategists say it has long been the plan to get... More »

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Barack Obama • David Plouffe • campaign • negative campaigning • campaigning • Election 2008 • Steve Schmidt

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