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Giannoulias to Get Fundraising Boost From Obama in Fight for Obama's Senate Seat
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyPresident Obama makes his first political visit to Illinois for the 2010 cycle on Aug. 5, when he'll headline fundraisers in Chicago to benefit Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias, running for Obama's old seat, and the Democratic National Committee. Giannoulias sorely needs the help. The Illinois state treasurer raised only about $900,000 in the quarter ending June 30, while GOP rival Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) hauled in $2.3 million. Giannoulias has about $1 million on hand compared to $3.9 million for Kirk. The Giannoulias camp struggled with donors during the first half of the ...
Obama Re-Election Effort Already Taking Shape
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyIt is never too early. Quietly, separated from the public business, President Obama's political aides are gathering information and lining up team players for his probable re-election bid in 2012, which likely will again be run out of Chicago, Politico reports. The closed-door planning focuses first on the midterm elections this year, with talk of a presidential campaign sandwiched into the private conversations. Politico's Mike Allen says that White House senior adviser David Axelrod may leave his West Wing office to rejoin his family in Chicago and resume his role as the campaign guru, ...
White House Denies Big Shake-Up
By not in system - AOL NewsPresident Obama is bringing back some of the team that helped him win the 2008 election -- including campaign manager David Plouffe -- to try and head off the kind of setbacks in this year's midterm election that the Democrats suffered this week in the Massachusetts senate race and last year's gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia. ...
Obama Asks Former Campaign Manager David Plouffe to Help with Midterm Elections
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyPresident Obama is bringing back some of the team that helped him win the 2008 election -- including campaign manager David Plouffe -- to try and head off the kind of setbacks in this year's midterm election that the Democrats suffered this week in the Massachusetts senate race and last year's gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia. Plouffe will work out of the Democratic National Committee where he will monitor and strategize the races this year for House, Senate and governors' seats, according to the New York Times. Thirty-seven states have governors' races this year with ...
Winning Health Care Ad Maker Eric Hurt's Creative Range
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyOrganizing for America Tuesday announced the winner of the Health Reform Video Challenge contest the Democratic Party conducted to choose an ad that will focus attention on the health care debate before Congress. The president's message arm plans to air the winning selection nationally in the next few weeks to show voters "that our supporters' creativity and passion is more than a match for the slick ads and partisan spin doctors on the other side." After screening nearly 1,000 submissions and winnowing to the best of 20 finalists, the judges at barackobama.com have chosen a short film titled ...
Plouffe Book: Bill Clinton Doomed Hillary's VP Chances, Obama Predicted Palin Choice Debacle
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyThe juiciest parts of advance excerpts from the new book by David Plouffe, President Obama's 2008 campaign manager, concern the vice presidential selection process in both parties. Obama seriously considered Hillary Clinton but concluded Bill Clinton posed too many complications, Plouffe writes. He also credits Obama with predicting why Republican John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin ultimately would backfire. Plouffe's book, "The Audacity to Win," is due in stores Tuesday. The author will be on NBC's "Meet The Press" on Sunday; the excerpts are out now in Friday's edition of Time magazine. The ...
Big Book Deals For Politicians!
By David Knowles - Politics DailyIf, for some reason, you were ever under the illusion that politics is a thankless job, you might consider the steady deluge of six and seven figure book deals being landed by those who have walked our nation's corridors of power. Indeed, it seems that one guaranteed perk of political service (or even a momentary brush with it) is the promise of a hefty advance to tell all--or selective bits, anyway-- of what it was like behind the scenes. Here then is a partial roundup of the political memoirs that will soon be heading to a bookstore (or online retailer) near you.David Plouffe, the guy who, ...
Barack Obama Makes (Another) Bailout Plea for Hillary Clinton
By David Knowles - Politics DailyJoe Biden just sent me an e-mail! Okay, right, by now I've learned not to get all that excited when I check my inbox and find a message from the president-elect, David Plouffe, the VP-to-be, or any of the other gang in that social network known as the new administration. What's interesting, however, about this rather impersonal appeal for cash, is that it comes on behalf of the newly appointed candidate for Secretary of State: Hillary Clinton. Here's the pitch:Our campaign pledged to help Senator Hillary Clinton--one of the vital members of our team and our future Secretary of State--retire ...
Barack Obama Is All About the Phillies
By Tom Fornelli - AOL NewsEt tu, Barack?Apparently the state of Pennsylvania has become very important in the campaigns of both Barack Obama and John McCain as they both run for President. Last week Sarah Palin was in Philadelphia to drop the puck at the Flyers home opener, and now this week Barack is saying that he's rooting for the Phillies to win the World Series.As a White Sox fan, I'm offended by this. I may have to reconsider my vote, though Barack did say that he's still a White Sox fan, and is only rooting for Philadelphia because he needs the votes his campaign manager, David Plouffe, "is a huge Phillies ...
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