The Audacity to Win
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David Plouffe
The inside story of a brilliant campaign, with lessons on how the Democrats can secure victory in the future--from the author of A Citizen's Guide to Beating Donald Trump. Since David Plouffe helped design the plan that brought candidate Obama to the White House, the lessons of that plan have become only more relevant. Today, conservative forces led by figures like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck threaten to derail the tremendous promise of Democrats' recent gains, making the next election--and the ones beyond it--even more crucial. Plouffe explains the secrets to winning elections in contemporary politics, and shows how Democrats can build on the historic campaign of 2008 to keep the country on the right path. Featuring a new chapter on the challenges of 2010, The Audacity to Win is political writing at its boldest and most essential.
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Author
David Plouffe
Pages
415
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2010
ISBN
0143118080 9780143118084
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"I'm crazy for politics so I had a blast reading Plouffe's book. He gets a little overly modest, and like any first-person oral history, I really wonder how accurate some of the comments are.<br/><br/>But the tale from his perspective is interesting because the Obama campaign always considered the main battle as the unstoppable HIllary Clinton machine. The general election versus McCain-Palin is covered in the last 20% of the book and little is made of the Palin caricature beyond the populist boost she gave McCain.<br/><br/>Like many similar books, this one ends as the fairy tale comes true. We all know how the story ends, but the book's ending is abrupt given the meandering path through several hundred pages."
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