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November 11, 2008
David Corn On Board With Plouffe
Corn makes a strong case for David Plouffe as DNC chair here.
As the manager of Obama's campaign, Plouffe steered the best-run presidential campaign in years. He put together an effective campaign structure. He efficiently matched man, message, money, and machine. Developing his own version of Dean's 50-state strategy, Plouffe expanded the electoral map for Democrats. In public, he projected an image of calm, confidence, and competence. His public spin was always tethered to reality. He came across a master mechanic who believed in the mission, not an ideologue or a grandstander. And he beat the toughest, most experienced operation in politics: the Clintons.
It all makes perfect sense. Who better to build on Dean's success than Plouffe? As I wrote yesterday when I first suggested Plouffe, Senator McCaskill is an outstanding senator, but we don't need a good spokesperson or surrogate for the DNC right now. We have the White House for that, and, you know, a hugely popular president-elect. The Democrats need to parlay their gains in the south and west while continuing to secure Latinos, Ohioans and Virginians.
UPDATE: Never mind. Ambinder is reporting that Plouffe doesn't want the gig. He might need some time to decompress and anything is possible, so I'm not entirely convinced it won't happen. Optimism!
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Posted By Bob Cesca | November 11, 2008 7:59 AM
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The Democrats need to parlay their gains in the south and west while continuing to secure Latinos, Ohioans and Virginians.
I agree with that.
Posted by: Poleezz ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.bobcesca.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at November 11, 2008 8:41 AM
howard dean on stage or in front of cameras and microphones:bad.
howard dean behind the scenes strategerizing and being an evil genius:very very good.
Posted by: 24hourjack at November 11, 2008 8:50 AM
Too bad about Plouffe not wanting the job. Unless it's sorta like that VP thing where you have to say that before getting the job...
A procedural question: Bob, any chance you can have your links default to opening in another tab or window instead of navigating away from your page?
QT
Posted by: QueenTiye at November 11, 2008 9:39 AM
@QT
in the meantime you can just right click on the links and select "open in new tab" or "open in new window"
Posted by: LiveFreeOrDie08 at November 11, 2008 12:21 PM
@LiveFreeOrDie08
CTRL-click will do that, too (open it in a new tab.)
The code in the tag for opening in a new window is target="_blank"
Posted by: Eclectablog at November 12, 2008 6:42 AM
Sorry, the code in the tag is target="_blank"
Posted by: Eclectablog at November 12, 2008 6:44 AM
Sorry, the code in the tag is target="_blank"
Posted by: Eclectablog at November 12, 2008 6:46 AM
