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Dan Pfeiffer

出生: December 01, 1975 – Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Dan Pfeiffer is an American political strategist, author, and podcast host focused on Democratic politics, campaign strategy, media, and disinformation. A former White House communications director for Barack Obama, he co-hosts Pod Save America and wrote Yes We (Still) Can, Un-Trumping America, and Battling the Big Lie; he is a New York Times bestselling author.

传记与作者历程

Dan Pfeiffer emerged from Democratic campaign politics before becoming one of Barack Obama’s longest-serving advisers. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he graduated from Georgetown University and worked for Al Gore, Tom Daschle, Tim Johnson, and Evan Bayh before joining Obama’s presidential campaign at the outset. On the campaign he moved from traveling press secretary to communications director; in the White House he arrived in January 2009 as deputy communications director, became communications director later that year, and in 2013 was elevated to senior adviser for strategy and communications. Colleagues and official biographies have consistently described him as a strategist who helped widen the use of nontraditional and digital venues for presidential communication, an emphasis that would shape his later work in media and writing. ((https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/author/dan-pfeiffer?utm_source=openai))

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名言

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Politics is the art of persuasion
-Welcome to Message Box
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I wanted to provide my readers with the same message advice, political analysis, and polling analysis I used to provide President Obama and other politicians
-Message Box and the Battle Against MAGA
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Get off. Not only is it okay to ignore the polls, it’s advisable
-Why You Should Ignore the Polls
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Having Medicare negotiate drug prices is a great policy that is even better politics
-The Political Folly of Siding with Pharma
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That sort of victory is only possible if turnout among young voters is sky high all across the country
-New Poll: How to Fire up Young Voters
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Markey’s success can be primarily attributed to one issue: Climate Change
-A Big Green New Deal
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They are not on our team
-A Response to the Editor of the New York Times
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The only way to send that message to the Republican Party is through blunt political force
-Message Box and the Midterms
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This isn’t just bad policy—it’s political malpractice
-Trump’s Dumbest Economic Message Yet
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Candidates campaign in abstract possibility, but the prize for winning is governing in grudging reality
-The Return of the Green Lantern Theory

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