David Plouffe - Obama Presidency Oral History Back David Plouffe Index / People Transcripts 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... Ellen Moran ...there for two years, and worked with David Plouffe . I worked with him again in 2000, whe... Tommy Vietor ...And it was just so fun for me because David Plouffe and David Axelrod and President Obam... ...But what eventually happened is, David Plouffe had this brilliant strategy of no... Cornell Belcher ...way are important. By that time, one David Plouffe was the executive director at the DCCC... ...remember, I worked at the DCCC and David Plouffe . Then, I worked at the DSCC and Rober... ...with people along the way. Of course, Plouffe becomes the first campaign manager o... ...campaign manager of it. And I know Plouffe and have a good relationship wit... ...and have a good relationship with Plouffe . But, again, it's those chances alon... ...I remember having a conversation with Plouffe going, “Maybe we could've used thos... ...the day before, or maybe that day, Plouffe said, “We're not going to be sittin... ...That is a really important statement by David Plouffe , because it speaks to a real changin... Show more... Chris Lu ...outside political advisor, a guy named David Plouffe I'd never met in my entire life, an... ...kind of real. And I remember when David Plouffe laid out the strategy in January o... Danielle Gray ...we were maybe losing. But I remember David Plouffe really encouraged those of us who wer... ...some point right before Christmas, David Plouffe told everybody to get out of Chicago... Dennis Ross ...But he said, “You've got one speech.” David Plouffe also made that argument. He said... Kevin Lewis ...into the chief of staff's office, so David Plouffe at the time, and he had this lase... ...on different things. At one point, Plouffe , the campaign manager, had everyone g... Mitchell Stewart ...super hard to get Virginia. In fact, [David] Plouffe initially thought I should try to d... ...[Jim] Messina runs it. Pfeiffer and Plouffe , from the White House, certainly hav... ...and that's what happened. I think Plouffe picked 332 as well. You're alway... 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