David Plouffe - Obama Presidency Oral History Back David Plouffe Index / People Transcripts Stephanie Cutter ...What was that move like? You know, [David] Plouffe was coming in to take Axe's place. ... ...was at the White House. I want to say Plouffe was at the White House. He could hav... ...us, so I think maybe the fourth one was Plouffe , but I'm not sure. We all just wen... Dan Pfeiffer ...of hiring a new press secretary, and David Plouffe , who had just come into the Whit... ...making for a second. I think it was David Plouffe who said that your role was often a... ...And then some outside people, like if Plouffe had not yet come to the White House... ...left to go work on the campaign. David Plouffe came in. Bill Daley became the chief o... ...House in 2012, among others, it was David Plouffe , myself, Alyssa Mastromonaco, and Jo... ...that issue. The president came to David Plouffe , Jon Favreau, myself, Alyssa, the tea... ...do after the election. And I knew that David Plouffe , who had been the senior advisor, wa... ...because the White House was empty. Plouffe took me to lunch and asked me what m... ...door sooner rather than later. The way Plouffe said it was “someone who can keep fait... ...working relationship. But people like David Plouffe and David Axelrod are on a differen... ...stakes here. Right before Christmas, Plouffe declares he's going on vacation t... ...And he's like, “You're in charge.” Plouffe , I think he had promised his kids h... ...world, he certainly would have had with Plouffe , he was having with me. I had to mak... ...up to the sort of advice that Plouffe would give him. What does it look lik... ...was a senior advisor in one way. David Plouffe was a senior advisor in a certain way... ...it—which is similar to how Ax and Plouffe did it, in a lot of ways—was, you ar... Show more... Jennifer Palmieri ...I talked to Dan. And then I talked to Plouffe . David Plouffe asked me to come mee... ...to Dan. And then I talked to Plouffe. David Plouffe asked me to come meet with him. I thin... ...like, Oh, great. And then I talked to Plouffe , and Plouffe said, “Look, it's 2011... ...And then I talked to Plouffe, and Plouffe said, “Look, it's 2011. Come for ... ...And I was like, All right. Like, if David Plouffe , to tell me, “We just need you to d... ...both Dan and David—so both Pfeiffer and Plouffe —promised, “You'll be considered senio... ...too. Then there's another meeting, with David Plouffe in this case, whoever that person is... ...people. I was like, Oh, okay. It was Plouffe , Pfeiffer, Jay Carney, and the... ...and they'd be like, “Well, Pfeiffer and Plouffe just talked the whole time.” And I wa... ...remember if you said it was Pfeiffer or Plouffe said that— It was Plouffe. Do it fo... ...Pfeiffer or Plouffe said that— It was Plouffe . Do it for a year and if you hate i... ...from Pfeiffer, [laughs] bad stuff from Plouffe , about how it was going. I stil... Show more... Josh Earnest ...thing, and part of the philosophy of David Plouffe , who was the campaign manager. Thi... ...to Plouffe”—because his expectation of Plouffe was that Plouffe was going to hel... ...his expectation of Plouffe was that Plouffe was going to help filter that stuff fo... ...Valerie [Jarrett] was heavily involved, Plouffe , Gibbs. Jon Favreau, who'd been ver... ...and interviewing with Axelrod and Plouffe . I did not interview with Presiden... ...time a little bit more, people like David Plouffe and Dan Pfeiffer, who assiduousl... Show more... Patrick Gaspard ...I was on, or some public policy effort. David Plouffe , his campaign manager, was in th... ...Rahm Emanuel, Messina—I don't believe Plouffe was in the conversation, I think it wa... ...folks, plus you have the ever-present David Plouffe on the outside; you have Jim Messin... ...model. Interestingly, I think that if David Plouffe came into government in the firs... David Simas ...Axelrod. Right? David Axelrod and then David Plouffe , and I—in the first term I had th... ...minutes of actionable guidance from David Plouffe , it would probably be a thirty-secon... ...other hand, sometimes you would see the Plouffe and the Axelrod. He could very easil... ...went down that path is that Axelrod and Plouffe were the two most trusted advisors tha... ...Because of my proximity to Axelrod and Plouffe , and because of what I was doing, i... ...the foundations for the reelect. He and David Plouffe got in touch with me and said that the... ...work that I had been doing and how both Plouffe and Axelrod trusted me, and he truste... ...of the station wagon. I swear to you, David Plouffe and I would be doing these back an... ...it, the list of horribles. And then Plouffe emails me and he's like, “Would you as... ...that was a really hard moment. Plouffe and Axelrod were the ones who tol... ...apocalyptic in his reaction to things. Plouffe , less so. And so, when Obama hear... ...it was a disaster.” When he heard Plouffe say it was a disaster, “Why?” Right? ... ...system that was built in. But in class David Plouffe parlance, the bedwetting the next week... ...to me, Jim, I think, had called Plouffe or someone in the West Wing. And the... ...the DNC and given the structure that David Plouffe essentially had studied. I think usin... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the East Wing East Wing go to the The People's House The People's House go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Hawaii Hawaii go to the Human Rights Human Rights