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14. THIS David Plouffe?

Reply to ChoppinBroccoli (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:35 AM

Nov 5

A lot of people were wrong about the 2016 election, but David Plouffe face-planted harder than most.

An instrumental adviser to Barack Obama’s two presidential campaigns, Plouffe calmed worried liberals — whom he sometimes jokingly called “bedwetters” — throughout the fall of that year with his repeated assurances that Hillary Clinton had a “100 percent chance” to win. The day before the election, he predicted a “worst-case” scenario for Clinton was ending up with 324 electoral votes. She got 232. And he dismissed concerns about tightening races in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan: Maybe Clinton would win by just 3 to 5 points, Plouffe assured, instead of 6 to 8.

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David Plouffe: Kamala Could Win All 7 Swing States [View all] ChoppinBroccoli Nov 5 OP

Wow cilla4progress Nov 5 #1

I hope hes right! N/T gay texan Nov 5 #2

WooHoo!!! milestogo Nov 5 #3

david is not infallible.... nt msongs Nov 5 #4

nobody is infallible. But i'd trust him more than i trust most other ppl when it comes to successful elections. onetexan Nov 5 #7

Who is infallible? Kind of a high bar. BannonsLiver Nov 5 #8

spouse says "you're always right!"... ret5hd Nov 5 #20

LOL SunSeeker Nov 5 #34

That's probably why he said she "could" win all seven Mariana Nov 5 #26

Would not surprise me in the least!! InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 5 #5

He doesn't seem like the type of guy who talks out his ass. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 5 #6

Hope he's right. For those of us who have voted, the country's fate is in the hands of those who wake up Silent Type Nov 5 #9

Not a question he can answer any other way. Hopefully he's right. tman Nov 5 #10

I Love the Optimism, Far Preferable to What the Fake News Folks Are Doing to Preserve the Horse-race The Roux Comes First Nov 5 #11

It's gonna be a blowout! Glamrock Nov 5 #12

Plouffe is not a bullshitter jcgoldie Nov 5 #13

THIS David Plouffe? WarGamer Nov 5 #14

Yikes Polybius Nov 5 #18

I think that was Sam Wang Rstrstx Nov 5 #21

A bit unfair. No one foresaw people who were new and sporadic voters coming out Deminpenn Nov 5 #28

David Plouffe was not a part of Hillary's campaign Wanderlust988 Nov 5 #36

I remember but he was not working for Hillary. He did not know the inside information. helpisontheway Nov 5 #37

Isn't Harris's campaign manager the who correctly went after Georgia in 2020 AZSkiffyGeek Nov 5 #15

Interesting! MaryMagdaline Nov 5 #22

Quentin Foulks, her deputy campaign manager, Deminpenn Nov 5 #29

Well... not really FBaggins Nov 5 #32

Well then Trump could get Kamala elected.nt helpisontheway Nov 5 #38

He was Blue_Roses Nov 5 #16

not an advisor jcgoldie Nov 5 #17

I stand corrected Blue_Roses Nov 5 #19

I just remember that group jcgoldie Nov 5 #23

Exactly and well said!! Blue_Roses Nov 5 #25

Nice. I hope you're not just choppin broccoli. nilram Nov 5 #24

This is the scenario that could banish Trump for good DSandra Nov 5 #27

Finger's crossed. gixxerlee Nov 5 #30

This hermit will still brave civilization to vote all blue. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 5 #31

If the polls are off the same as 2022 She wins all 7, if they are off same as 2020 he wins all 7 krawhitham Nov 5 #33

Of course he's going to say they can win all seven. Self Esteem Nov 5 #35

GOTV Aepps22 Nov 5 #39

This guy knows his stuff and doesn't just throw out comments! Yeah PortTack Nov 5 #40

He was a little off Renew Deal Nov 7 #41

just a smidget lol In It to Win It Nov 7 #42

This did not age well LeftInTX Nov 7 #43

I am so pissed at this guy right now. Maybe him most of all. Tbone421 Nov 7 #44