David Plouffe - Obama Presidency Oral History Back David Plouffe Index / People Transcripts David Axelrod ...to organize was really innovative. David Plouffe and I both worked on it. David was m... ...Alyssa Mastromonaco, Gibbs, myself, and Plouffe , who was my partner. And that was it... ...caucuses. We had a great operation. Plouffe is a tremendous field guy an... ...prospects in the state, writing to David Plouffe , “There's something about this tha... ...a problem.” He called me, and he called David Plouffe , our campaign manager, and he said, “... ...When the race was called, three of us— David Plouffe , Robert Gibbs, and I—went over to th... ...About Biden. I went to talk to Biden; David Plouffe and I went to interview him and tw... ...could go by before I talked to him. David Plouffe had replaced me. There was a new cas... ...go very well. We got to the arena, and David Plouffe and I went in to see him, to give him ... ...in. We left that room, and I said to Plouffe , “We're going to get our asses kicke... ...have an intervention. Klain and I, and Plouffe , and, I think, Jack Lew, who was b... ...the dressing room, the locker room, Plouffe and I. And this time, he was there wit... ...cool thing. I took a few minutes with David Plouffe , my old business partner, and w... ...polls. Donors wanted to purge me and [David] Plouffe and some of the other leaders of th... ...on Wright. He called me, and he called David Plouffe , the manager, and said, “I want to d... Show more... Scott Gration ...who—I know that [David M.] Axelrod, and David Plouffe , and all those guys, they spent a lo... Gregory Craig ...think you ought to talk to Axelrod and [David] Plouffe about it. And you should do it, an... ...could do each one of our jobs better. David Plouffe said that, famously, once. “Senator, w... ...room, five of us, in debate prep. And Plouffe was always there. Axelrod was there... ...stuff that I was part of, and certainly Plouffe never did. I just didn't know tha... Austan Goolsbee ...very beginning I met with Axelrod and [David] Plouffe , and they said, “Well, how much wil... Kathryn Ruemmler ...decided to go and work on the campaign. David Plouffe came into the White House, so there wa... Jay Carney ...sitting down and being interviewed by David Plouffe and Dan Pfeiffer, and then going to se... ...as I remember. But people were great. Plouffe , who became a really good friend, an... ...M. Axelrod] was in the White House, and Plouffe got reacquainted with his family an... ...these conversations, but Pfeiffer and Plouffe , we would talk about creative idea... ...we were traveling and I was with David Plouffe and the president in the president'... ...But there was also recognition by Plouffe and Dan Pfeiffer and others that we ha... ...an email, a cryptic email—and I guess David Plouffe did too—from Ben Rhodes in Nationa... ...to the White House. Rhodes sat me and Plouffe down in my office and told us about th... ...bin Laden had been killed. I remember David Plouffe sitting on my sofa just going, “Oh m... ...and he said explicitly to me and Plouffe that he had us and our wives come fo... ...somebody calling me—it might've been David Plouffe ; it might've been Da... ...off, and Axe was there, probably Plouffe , and the president saying, “I thin... ...I remember at one point reaching out to Plouffe later in the day. He was reassuring, s... ...disregard for either my advice or David Plouffe 's advice or Dan Pfeiffer's advic... Show more... Neera Tanden ...I became CEO, I came in to meet with David Plouffe and others. I kind of just knew people... Chris Hughes ...the plane as it's taking off, as David Plouffe used to often say. Where those firs... ...have come from [David] Axelrod and Plouffe . I'm not really sure. But it was ... ...was an Iowa obsession, and it came from Plouffe on down. It was the filter throug... ...Steve Hildebrand had done, and I think Plouffe had foresight on this too, had seeded ... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Gun Control Gun Control go to the Education Education go to the Republican Opposition Republican Opposition go to the Counterterrorism Counterterrorism go to the Public Health Public Health