There is zero chance that Donald Trump would ever be hired by the American people. I saw Donald Trump kind of rising in the polls and given his behavior and spectacle the last couple of weeks, I hope he keeps rising. There may be a small part of the country that believes these things, but mainstream Americans think it’s a sideshow. That’s not leadership, that’s kind of sideshow behavior. - David Plouffe
“There is zero chance that Donald Trump would ever be hired by the American people. I saw Donald Trump kind of rising in the polls and given his behavior and spectacle the last couple of weeks, I hope he keeps rising. There may be a small part of the country that believes these things, but mainstream Americans think it’s a sideshow. That’s not leadership, that’s kind of sideshow behavior.”
David Plouffe told ABC’s “This Week with Christiane Amanpour. - NYDN
Axelrod departure, Plouffe arrival moved up - POLITICO
David Axelrod’s long-anticipated departure from the White House is happening a little earlier than expected – right after President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech in late January or early February – so the senior adviser can “recharge his batteries,” according to a senior administration official.
David Plouffe — Obama’s 2008 campaign manager and most skilled organization builder - will be joining the West Wing staff in early January, also a bit earlier than predicted, to help a reeling White House cope with the biggest midterm rebuke any president has suffered in decades.
Axelrod’s mildly accelerated departure, first reported by CNN Monday night, immediately stoked speculation among some congressional Democrats that the White House is planning a more sweeping overhaul of the West Wing than was expected.
“She [Sarah Palin] was our best fundraiser and our best organizer.”
David Plouffe with CBS’ Bod Shieffer
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“Let me get this straight,” summed up one of our colleagues. “We should work for the candidate with no chance, no money, and the funny name?”
“As I keep telling you guys,” [David Axelrod] wryly replied, “I am a terrible businessman.”
The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama’s Historic Victory
By David Plouffe
“He (Barack Obama) had told me in the middle of the Rev. Wright episode during the Pennsylvania primary that he would end his candidacy if he honestly thought Hillary had a better chance of winning and that he really was damaged electoral goods.”
David Plouffe - ’Audacity To Win’ Book
via TPM
david plouffe, the mastermind behind obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and the author of a new book on the subject, chats with the google folks about the experience. (via ezra klein)
marking this under “watch later”… as soon as i finish this paper. also need to pick up his book as soon as possible.
via johnxavier
“We did much less of this than other campaigns did,” Plouffe writes, “but there were times we indulged — it was our researchers who found John Edwards’ infamous $400 hair cut expenditures.”
Obama campaign manager David Plouffe.
“He’s (Obama) a chess player in a town full of checkers players.”
