David Plouffe - Obama Presidency Oral History David Plouffe Index / People Transcripts Pete Rouse ...was meeting, it was myself, Axelrod, David Plouffe , Robert Gibbs, Alyssa, Valerie... ...a priority for us, and I my guess is, David Plouffe didn't spend much time thinking abou... ...couple things about Iowa. One, clearly Plouffe and Axelrod and the strategists, we ha... ...just not moving in the polls. I know Plouffe will say that's okay because we'r... ...somebody, whether it was Gibbs or Plouffe or Axelrod or Dan Pfeiffer, o... ...despite good poll numbers, writing to David Plouffe , “There's something about this tha... ...at the end of the day, where Axe and Plouffe and myself and Gibbs, Valerie, Anit... ...let this sit out here.” I think Axe and Plouffe and others did the typical staff thin... ...I was in Chicago, and he called up Plouffe and said, “I want to have a staf... ...this to be true. I said, “Well, look. David Plouffe is doing a great job running th... ...The team of Axelrod, Alyssa, Gibbs, and Plouffe —you couldn't have anybody better... ...I don't remember specifically. I think David Plouffe , obviously, is the person you need t... ...raise? So again, you'd have to talk to Plouffe , in particular, I think, about th... ...The political team, most notably Obama, David Plouffe , David Axelrod, Jim Messina, felt tha... ...Axelrod, the communications director; David Plouffe as the senior advisor and politica... ...central driver of that. I mean, I think David Plouffe , David Axelrod, Jim Messina, Stephani... Show more... Shailagh Murray ...did. I think we probably ought to give David Plouffe a heads up about that.” Anyway, it al... Nancy-Ann DeParle ...just tell you. I'm no David Axelrod or David Plouffe , but I can tell you, it is unpopular... ...Ohio a bunch. And actually, I said to David Plouffe later—I told him that story after m... ...happy. We did a briefing. Kathy and David Plouffe and I did a briefing for reporters. ... ...a briefing for reporters. I remember David Plouffe was very excited, because he though... ...and then gas prices were shooting up. David Plouffe —I mean, I was sending him a daily mem... ...where he said he was supporting it, David Plouffe saying, “Okay, well, that changes th... ...during the campaign, either David Plouffe or Jim Messina would call me and say... ...him a lot. And I had time with him. David Plouffe , I remember, he and I were on a tri... ...were looking pretty good, and my friend David Plouffe thought there would be a second term... Show more... Jon Favreau ...But I was obsessed, and I remember [David] Plouffe yelling at me a couple times in ... ...“Pennsylvania still looks close,” and Plouffe would be like, “We're going to wi... ...final speech to me, Valerie [Jarrett], Plouffe , Axelrod, and said, “Favs can chang... ...Valerie Jarrett or Robert Gibbs or David Plouffe would be able to weigh in with edits... ...talking to me talking to Axelrod, or Plouffe , at the time, and a handful of othe... ...we wanted to convey a president who— Plouffe always used to say this—would ru... ...us and the speechwriting team and Ax or Plouffe at the time. I remember when he said h... Show more... Cody Keenan ...pill to swallow for a lot of people. As Plouffe kind of bluntly put it early on, bu... ...on what we did get done, I agree with David Plouffe where he says twenty years from now... ...Power Plan done. And all that's true. David Plouffe put it a lot more succinctly an... ...else's opinion of it. I remember David Plouffe running into the spin room during th... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere go to the Financial Crisis and the Economy Financial Crisis and the Economy go to the East Wing East Wing go to the Public Health Public Health go to the Veterans Veterans