Word: campaigners
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...It’s a wonderful thing—even small things, like picking my son up from school or having breakfast with my family, are highly meaningful. When you break out of [the campaign], it’s an eye-opening experience because you remember, ‘Wow, this is what life is like...
...Harvard Crimson: Barack Obama called you the “unsung hero” of the 2008 Presidential Campaign. What do you think were the most successful aspects of your strategy...
...David Plouffe: I think the unsung heroes of the presidential campaign were all of our millions of grassroots supporters who made this victory happen. We had sound electoral strategy in both the primary, which was to try to win Iowa and win delegates from as many places as possible and in the general election. But your success starts and ends with the candidate, and we had a unique candidate who met the times...
...something in the American people at the grassroots level that can help win an election and potentially change the country. He showed that you could win being who you are, and that the American people are willing to be leveled with and spoken to honestly… Not every campaign will have the success we did in igniting the grassroots and having them play such an important role in the campaign and the ultimate victory. But campaigns should try, because having people involved in their government is very good for this country...
...What was a typical day like on the campaign...