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If you didn't get the email, be sure to sign up. This week, thousands of folks have shared how $40 less in every paycheck would affect them if Congress didn't extend the payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans. This afternoon, lawmakers got this done.
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But of course Democratic presidents are obsessed with talking about small business. Click here, here, here, and here for Democratic presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, and Clinton saying at least as much or more about small business as Ronald Reagan...
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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney (R), U.S. President Barack Obama's political strategist David Plouffe (L) and Obama's chief speechwriter Jon Favreau (C) step off Marine One as they follow Obama (L) to Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base near... View Photo »
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Obama refused to reveal any details about the gift itself, even declining to say which Amazon category he will ordering from. “I want it to be a surprise,” he said. Obama acknowledged he had underestimated how much Catholics care about their religion. ...
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If you didn't get the email, be sure to sign up. Do you remember the "40 dollars" stories back in December? Congress was about to let a tax cut for millions of middle class families expire. Then you shared your stories. You talked about how a little...
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US President Barack Obama (R) speaks with Senior Advisor David Plouffe as he returns to the White House in Washington, DC, January 13, 2012. View Photo »
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TDS Co-Editor William Galston: Why Obama Would Be Glad If the Culture War Is a Major Election Issue
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That may indeed be his considered view. It may also reflect election-year imperatives of base mobilization, especially women and pro-choice groups. And apparently it was bolstered by a political cost/benefit analysis. Politico reports that the...
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White House. Vice President Joe Biden, then-chief of staff Bill Daley and deputy national security adviser Denis McDonough, all Catholics, raised concerns about how the administration proceeded on the policy. On the other side, senior White House...
About David Plouffe
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David Plouffe (pronounced /plʌf/, born 1967 ) is an American political strategist best known as the chief campaign manager for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign in the United States. A long-time Democratic Party campaign consultant, he is a partner at the party-aligned campaign consulting firm AKP&D Message and Media, which he joined in... Full Article
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DENVER, CO - SEPTEMBER 27: U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar speaks with senior advisor to the President David Plouffe before President Obama addressed Coloradans about his $447 billion jobs plan at Abraham Lincoln High School on September 27, 2011 in Denver, Colorado. Obama accepted...
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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney (L) and senior adviser David Plouffe (R) walk to the Marine One helicopter to depart with U.S. President Barack Obama for a trip to Washington State, California and Colorado, from the White House in Washington September 25, 2011.
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WASHINGTON - JULY 7: In this handout provided by the White House, President Barack Obama (L) talks with members of his staff (L-R) Chief of Staff Bill Daley, Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, Bruce Reed, Chief of Staff to the Vice President, National...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 31: In this handout from NBC NewsWire, David Plouffe, White House Senior Adviser, appears on NBC's 'Meet the Press' July 31, 2011 in Washington, DC. Plouffe has been speaking about possible agreement to raise the U.S. debt ceiling.
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US President Barack Obama (R) speaks with Senior Advisor David Plouffe as he returns to the White House in Washington, DC, January 13, 2012.
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WASHINGTON - JULY 22: White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley (L), White House Press Secretary Jay Carney (2L) and Senior Advisor David Plouffe (2R) listen while President Barack Obama speaks to the media in the briefing room of the White House July 22, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 11: White House Senior Advisor David Plouffe listens to U.S. President Barack Obama during a news conference at the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House July 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama discussed the ongoing budget and debit limit negotiations with...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 29: (L-R) White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer, Deputy White House Communications Director Jen Psaki, Senior Advisor to the President David Plouffe and White House Press Secretary Jay Carney listen to U.S. President Barack Obama during a news...
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President Barack Obama, right, embraces his campaign manager David Plouffe, left, at a DNC fundraiser at Nob Hill Masonic Center in San Francisco, Calif. , Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Stepping away from Washington's contentious fiscal debates, President Barack Obama is making a West...
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US President Barack Obama is greeted by political strategist and advisor David Plouffe (L) after his introduction on April 20, 2011 during a Democratic National Committee (DNC) fundraiser at Nob Hill Masonic Center in San Francisco.
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CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 14: Senior White House Advisor David Plouffe speaks to supporters of U.S. President Barack Obama during a campaign fundraiser at Navy Pier April 14, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. The event was one of three fundraisers the president attended today in Chicago to help...
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White House Senior adviser David Plouffe blows kisses as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 14, 2011, as he accompanies President Barack Obama to Chicago.
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White House senior advisers David Plouffe, right, and Valerie Jarrett, walk across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 14, 2011, as they accompany President Barack Obama to Chicago.
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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 16: David Plouffe, Senior White House Advisor, introduces U.S. President Barack Obama during a DNC meeting on March 16, 2011 in Washington, DC. As his second fundraising event of the week, Obama spoke to members of the DNC's national advisory board and finance...
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US President Barack Obama greets senior advisor and former campaign manager David Plouffe (L) during a Democratic National Committee (DNC) event in Washington, DC, March 16, 2011.
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US Press Secretary Jay Carney (R) speaks with President Barack Obama adviser David Plouffe as they make their way to Marine One as Obama departs the White House in Washington on March 8, 2011 for Boston where he will deliver a speech on education and attend a fundraiser.
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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama's political advisor David Plouffe are pictured as Obama visits the Whiteside County Fair in Morrison, Illinois, August 17, 2011. Obama is on a mid-west bus trip through Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois.
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In this image released by NBC's Meet the Press, White House adviser David Plouffe appears on NBC's "Meet the Press" in Washington, Sunday, July 31, 2011. The U.S. Senate plunged on Sunday into what many lawmakers, the White House, and millions of Americans hoped would be an...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 11: (L-R) White House Chief of Staff William Daley, Press Secretary Jay Carney, Senior Advisor David Plouffe and Communications Director Daniel Pfeiffer listen to U.S. President Barack Obama during a news conference at the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 11: (L-R) White House Senior Advisor David Plouffe and Communications Director Daniel Pfeiffer listen to U.S. President Barack Obama during a news conference at the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House July 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama discussed the...
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President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 11, 2011, as, from left, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, senior adviser David Plouffe, and Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer, look on.
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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, left, and senior adviser David Plouffe walk towards the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 15, 2011, as they returned with President Barack Obama after a trip to Chicago.
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In this photo released by NBC, David Plouffe, White House Senior Adviser, is interviewed on NBC's "Meet the Press" in Washington Sunday, April 10, 2011. Plouffe said President Barack Obama will lay out new plans this week to reduce the federal deficit in part by seeking cuts to...
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In this photo released by FOX, White House Senior Adviser David Plouffe talks about the averted government shutdown on FOX News Sunday in Washington Sunday, April 10, 2011.
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U.S. President Barack Obama gets a hug from senior advisor David Plouffe as he arrives to speak at a DNC event in Washington, March 16, 2011.
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