| David Plouffe, who is now Forty One years old, | | | | who worked with Barack Obama on his 2004 |
| grew up in Wilmington Delaware. His course of | | | | Illinois race. Now David before this campaign |
| study happened to be a Political Science degree | | | | started has had a long history of success in |
| from the University of Delaware, and was one of | | | | politics and business, so that goes for part of the |
| the top students there from 1985-88. David was | | | | reason this campaign was so successful. Plus over |
| about to graduate within just one semester when | | | | the years you tend to make connections, and the |
| he had a quick change of heart and decided to | | | | air time Obama received on the major television |
| pursue politics. | | | | networks didn't hurt things either. |
| David Plouffe started his political career working | | | | David was credited by the Chicago Tribune saying |
| for Senator Tom Harkin. It was his 1990 | | | | that David Plouffe was the brains and forerunner |
| reelection campaign and was a managing director | | | | in the Barack Obama Political Campaign master |
| for another campaign Tom Harkin ran in 1992 | | | | plan. Many other people including David Axelrod |
| which didn't turn out to be so successful. A few | | | | praised him as well. Winning a presidential election |
| years later he managed to raise over | | | | in this day and age is something that requires |
| $90,000,000 for house races all over the United | | | | more planning than most people could fathom. |
| States. | | | | Many people this year that voted went both |
| When Barack Obama joined forces with | | | | ways, but regardless of who your pick was for |
| AKP&D Message and Media and formed a | | | | this term, no one can deny that David Plouffe did |
| strategic alliance with this company in 2004, and | | | | a magnificent job. |
| this is where David Plouffe met David Axelrod | | | | |