White House reportedly recruits David Plouffe to take on an expanded role as an outside adviser just days after Brown election. David Plouffe, Barack Obama's campaign manager during the 2008 Presidential election, will take on an expanded role as an outside adviser to the White House, the Washington post reported Saturday.
The news comes just days after Republican Scott Brown won a Massachusetts Senate special election in an upset over Democrat Marcia Coakley, leading to speculation that Plouffe is stepping into an advisory role in order to bolster Democrats’ political operations in the upcoming 2010 elections.
In an opinion piece scheduled to appear in Sunday’s Washington Post, under the heading "No bed-wetting," Plouffe wrote that in order for Democrats to win in 2010, they must "prove that we have more than just the brains to govern -- that we have the guts to govern. Let's fight like hell, not because we want to preserve our status, but because we sincerely believe too many everyday Americans will continue to lose if Republicans and special interests win."
After Obama’s election, Plouffe did not join the White House staff, choosing instead to focus on writing his memoir of the campaign, "The Audacity to Win."
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs called Plouffe "somebody whose advice and counsel [Obama] both seeks regularly and believes David is an exceptionally smart advisor who understands the type of anger and frustration that he's seen."
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...Plouffe wrote that in order for Democrats to win in 2010, they must "prove that we have more than just the brains to govern -- that we have the guts to govern...
Like so many lefties, this self-important,smug, pr**k presumes that he and his other "progressive" pals are oh-so smart and that the only flaw they have is not simplifying their genius enough for the rubes to recognize it to be brilliant leadership. This Plouffe guy didn't exactly invent penicillin. All he did - with the help of a humongous campaign budget, I might add - was to successfully package an empty suit as a je ne sais quoi product named "change." Plouffe is a very good salesman, I'll give him that.