Democratic National Committee - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Democratic National Committee Index / Organizations Transcripts Anne Filipic ...the Deputy Executive Director of the Democratic National Committee [DNC] . In 2011 she returned to th... ...of the Democratic National Committee [ DNC ] . In 2011 she returned to th... ...at which you transitioned out to the DNC ? Let's see. I think at the end o... ...Memorial Day of 2010, moved over to the DNC , as you were referencing. Well, fo... ... So what precipitated the move to the DNC ? I think a couple things. So, one—s... ...was the executive director at the DNC . As I mentioned, I had worked for he... ...by my interest of going to work for the DNC , but I did feel that it was a... ...for America existed within the DNC , and so Mitch Stewart and Jeremy Byr... ...elections in your position at the DNC ? So, I joined in right aroun... ...of 2010, and so the main focus of the DNC at that point was preparing for th... ...appealing to me about working at the DNC was the deep connection to th... ...to—thought I could contribute at the DNC for the midterms. What did your wor... ...midterms. What did your work at the DNC look like during—I think you were ther... ...with Jen as she set the vision for the DNC , really just sort of taking o... ... And what was that vision for the DNC in that period? Yeah. So, well, ... ... And, you know, when I went to the DNC , I always really envisioned it to be ... Show more... Cornell Belcher ...for the campaigns, he worked as the Democratic National Committee [DNC] 's pollster. He is also author o... ...as the Democratic National Committee [ DNC ] 's pollster. He is also author of th... ...Brilliant Corners and working for the DNC ? What's your path there? [Laughs] ... ...gearing up to run for chair of the DNC . It's not like it is now, where th... ...actually had power. The members of the DNC had to elect you. So it was a rea... ...was gearing up to run for chair of the DNC . For some reason, the Colored Girl... ...Went from there working, became the DNC pollsters, became Dean's pollster a... ...became Dean's pollster at the DNC , which was groundbreaking, and stil... ...the pollster for the national part, for DNC . We were a ragtag team, and my pollin... ...all that that we were working on at the DNC —well, a lot of that was also th... ...were also in Chicago, and the DNC folks were in Chicago. I remember goin... ...hadn't been done before. And at the DNC , he certainly established this ide... ...folks from the campaign, folks from the DNC . It was euphoric. Because, look, w... Show more... Chris Lu ...the Democratic National Convention [ DNC ] in Boston and seeing him, and jus... ...put a lot of pressure on him to be the DNC chair. Tom told me, this White Hous... ...when he announced he was running for DNC chair, but I think it was before h... Harry Reid ...the DSCC, I talked to the head of the DNC [Democratic National Committee], ... ...DSCC, I talked to the head of the DNC [ Democratic National Committee ], I talked with the chief of staff a... Danielle Gray ...at that point, he had given the DNC [Democratic National Convention... Kevin Lewis ...which is the congressional arm of the DNC [Democratic National Committee], i... ...is the congressional arm of the DNC [ Democratic National Committee ], in compliance. I was working for th... Mitchell Stewart ...and he had a prominent role at the DNC [Democratic National Committee] tha... ...he had a prominent role at the DNC [ Democratic National Committee ] that was helping coordinat... ...to be the executive director of the DNC .” I'm like, “Congrats, you're going t... ...how did the decision to nest OFA at the DNC effect that calculation? I totall... ...was we were a special project of the DNC [laughs] was the official. Althoug... ...Although legally, we were part of the DNC , but we had the disclaimer we were ... ...we were a special project of the DNC . This decision had been made prior t... ...support it. You also recognize that the DNC is now the president's party. This i... ...I moderated with President Obama at the DNC . He certainly did fundraisers for OFA... ...we called it a special project of the DNC , but I reported, a hundred percent, t... Show more... Robin McGehee ...It was the speech that he gave at the DNC [Democratic National Convention... John Brennan ...Campaign Committee] and the DNC [Democratic National Committee... ...Campaign Committee] and the DNC [ Democratic National Committee ] servers, and then released, throug... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Elections and Campaigns Elections and Campaigns go to the Agriculture Agriculture go to the Supreme Court Supreme Court go to the Russia Russia go to the Native America Native America