David Plouffe Has Made All The Difference at the White House

The Buffett Rule Isn't About Mitt Romney. Or Is It? - NYTimes.com: "So it’s not the Romney Rule, but the Buffet Rule, that David Plouffe, a senior White House adviser, said would roll across the president’s Teleprompter: “We’re going to outline that specifically tonight, what that would mean, so that we make sure everybody in this economy is doing their fair share,” he said."

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I doubt many would come out and say it, but the presence of David Plouffe in an essentially right hand role in the White House has fundamentally altered the Obama Presidency. I will continue to insist as I did in 2008 that Plouffe would have made a difference from the gitgo had he been willing to do do., It was a tough call for him then and there are no ifs in history. We should be glad that he is there now.

Here's what I wrote on this at the start of President Obama's term.

An Open Note To David Plouffe | Stephen C. Rose: "But do wish you were more in the fray yourself. I have turned into a broken record on the subject. Obama needs you at the head of the Democratic Party, remoulding it. With all due respect to the OFA folk who have tried to take up the mantle, the results have been less than good.

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