The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory

“If you look at the mechanics of our campaign,  how we raised money, how we turned out votes, how we managed the caucus process-all these piece were incredibly complex, and we had to build it from scratch …. There is nobody I trust more.”

-          President Barack Obama on David Plouffe (from Esquire)

“Plouffe is the unsung hero…. (He has) an unparalleled understanding of the (campaign) process, which proved absolutely critical.”

-          David Axelrod, senior adviser to President Obama