Plouffe to White House, Axelrod may exit sooner

[cal04]

http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/22/plouffe-to-white-house-axelrod-may-exit-sooner/

President Obama is planning to bring former campaign manager David Plouffe onto the White House staff at the beginning of January to work alongside senior adviser David Axelrod for a brief time before Axelrod moves on to help run the re-election campaign, according to a senior administration official and a senior Democratic strategist familiar with the plan.

The sources added that Axelrod is now planning to leave his White House post as soon as immediately after the State of the Union address, which is an earlier departure date than originally expected and could be part of a new round of departures at the White House.

While there have been reports suggesting Plouffe will directly replace Axelrod, the working plan right now is actually for the two veterans of the 2008 campaign to work together for at least a short period as sort of a handoff, as the White House continues to reshape itself to deal with a Republican-controlled House and a shrunken Democratic majority in the Senate.

"I think there will be some overlap," the senior administration official told CNN about Axelrod and Plouffe working together next January.

[bigdarryl]

1. Plouffe needs to take over Communications that's there main problem right now

[marlakay]

2. If he hadn't promised him time off

to write book and be with his new baby i bet he would have begged him to take over sooner!

[GoldMedals4U]

3. Couldn't agree more

Why wasn't he put there in the first place?!

[Hippo_Tron]

5. Plouffe's background isn't specifically in communications

I'm sure he knows plenty about it because he's managed several campaigns. But he specializes in executive/management type roles and I think that his job in the White House will probably be to keep the staff focused.

[Clio the Leo]

4. Cant wait. nt