David Axelrod

...to a new book. Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's book, excerpted in Time magazine, reveals he and senior strategist David Axelrod met with Biden, Bayh and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D), the three finalists for the job. During those...

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...of David Plouffe's new book appearing in the current issue of Time. First, his description of his (and David Axelrod's) meeting with Joe Biden to discuss the VP slot: It confirmed what we suspected: this dog could not be taught new...

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...was cut to three: Mr Biden, Senator Evan Bayh and Virginia governor Tim Kaine. Mr Obama made his choice after Plouffe and Mr Axelrod interviewed the trio. They decided the loquacious Mr Biden was a dog who could not be taught new tricks...

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...the status quo - but doubling down would make it twice as tough for us to roll this boulder uphill." Axelrod and Plouffe briefed Obama. "Well, it sounds like you both are for Biden, but barely," he said. "I really haven't settled this yet...

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...given all the complications and the toxicity during the primary campaign. As Obama headed to Hawaii for a vacation, Plouffe and Axelrod met with the three finalists. Biden, he writes, launched a 20-minute dialogue, about why he wouldn t want...

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...race, said in his memoir, portions of which were published by Time magazine Thursday. </p><p>"What surprised me was that Obama was clearly thinking more seriously about picking Hillary Clinton than Ax and I had realized," Plouffe wrote,...

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...and just maybe the luck to win a coin toss. According to the book, Obama gave no explanation for his final decision. Plouffe said he and Axelrod got a call and the eventual president elect said simply, "I've decided. It's Biden."

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...spring complicated ideas on him, Biden calls economic adviser Larry Summers "the smartest son of a bitch" and Obama political guru David Axelrod refers to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner as "that poor son of a bitch." Ryan Lizza, who wrote...

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...a first-come, first-served basis. Before he joined the Obama administration, Axelrod was senior adviser to the Obama-Biden presidential transition and senior strategist to Obama's presidential campaign. Copyright ©2009 Omaha World-Herald®.

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