CNN’s Candy Crowley Grills Obama Adviser David Plouffe: ‘Not a Plan’
- Posted on June 17, 2012 at 8:48pm by
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Top White House adviser David Plouffe took to the Sunday shows today, defending Obama’s record and his re-election strategy.
On CNN with Candy Crowley, he encountered what was, for many, an unexpectedly no-nonsense interview. Though certainly not acrimonious, Plouffe was visibly frustrated by the end of it.
Crowley began: “Is the fact that the president is saying virtually the same thing that he said four years ago when he was campaigning, a recognition that he has not been able to achieve his goals?”
As Plouffe responded, she interrupted: “Is that the, is that your economic message? ‘We have more work to do’?”
Crowley then let Plouffe finish his points, before saying, “So, those are goals that he’s setting out, but it’s not a plan. What does the next four years look like? What’s the big idea that people are going to vote on in November?”
She added that they’ve had “four years to do that,” eyebrows raised, when Plouffe tried to respond.
Watch the clip below, via Mediaite:
Later in the interview, Plouffe said that “This Congress is standing in the way [of jobs],” after lambasting Republican politicians who have allied themselves with Mitt Romney.
Crowley pointed out: “[You think there will be] a better Congress [after the election]? I just…there is nothing that looks in the cards, to me, [that indicates] somehow there is going to be a big change in the mix of Congress. In fact, you might have a Republican Senate. So why do you think what the president has been proposing since last September has any better chance in February?”
Plouffe then endeavored to say that, actually, Republicans are becoming more reasonable, before Crowley asked whether the appropriate place to make Friday‘s immigration decision wasn’t actually in Congress, rather than by Barack Obama?
“He went around Congress is the point…[I understand] the reasons of it,” she dismissed, when Plouffe began explaining Obama’s motives.
“There’s three branches of government, you know how this works.”
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Comments (229)
ShyLow
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:56pmShould we applaud her for putting her shoes on the right feet?…We can only hope this becomes contagious and doesn’t turn in to team-Bush agianst team-Obama but right against wrong and truth against lies and deception…She should had been on team-truth from the get-go
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 10:34pmYes, that was a bit surprising coming from CNN.
Report Post »1947
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 10:36pmCandy you did a great job…… For the first time since Obama has been in office an individual comes out of the wood work showing what a broken record sound like coming form the Obama support team
Report Post »RebelPatriot
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 11:03pmCNN has the RNC doesn’t it? They are just pandering for viewers, hoping there ratings won’t be dragged down by pro-King Hussein rheteric leading up to the convention.
It’s about ratings for sure. Ownership hasn’t changed the puppet masters are still pulling the strings. They like money because it equates to power. They don‘t want to lose money carrying the convention because they can’t sell tv ads.
Report Post »majorsco
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 11:17pmHow dare this CNN model of leftward thinking reporter actually do an objective, no nonsense piece of journalism?? Her job is not to get the truth. Her job is to prop up the President any way she can. That’s what CNN stands for!!! If she keeps up this type of journalism where in depth questioning and seeking answers that come from truth she’ll be fired from CNN and have to go to work at some place like Fox News where truth and fairness in reporting are required.
Report Post »glashole
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 11:21pmTalking points, the answer to every question. Back to the plantation for them, good job Candy!
Report Post »joe conservative
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 11:37pmI‘m not sure what’s gotten into Candy Crowley but she hammered David Axelrod last week over Obama’s “the private sector is doing just fine” comment. Like Rush always says…it’s a random act of journalism. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KYopiOWbjs
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 11:46pmEven the cowardly liberal media is beginning to realize how much the people resent and distrust them ….it shows in the ratings…….they became PRAVDA AND INVESTIA………ORGANS OF THEPARTY…NOTHING MORE…..
Report Post »Quack Addict
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 1:06amWow Candy turning the screws on another Obama lacky. Sweet!
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 1:21amMaybe we should applaud her but we sure can THANK HER for being FAIR, and encourage her to continue. Maybe, just Maybe the MSM have had a belly-full of this swill and know that it can’t end well, even for them.
Report Post »The more power this dope in the White House grabs for the more their very jobs are in jeopardy…finally!
I’m going to send her a KUDO!
MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 6:33amNo one likes to play ball with a cheater.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:03amShe certainly did a better job than Chris Wallace, he acted scared of him. She had him talking in circles, which is what liberals do well I suppose.
Report Post »SocialistSlayer
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 8:08amMaybe CNN is starting to wake up to the fact that they could very well be living in a Communist country soon if Obama is re-elected since he has no regard for our political system or our Constitution.
Report Post »yougottabekidding
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 8:55amIt’s about time they do their job!
Report Post »Now ask why dictator Hussain has signed executive orders for martial law!
Hurry there is only 4 months left, you can do a lot more damage to this country if you hurry.
People wake up now!!!!!
shogun459
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 10:22amSlow news week or they can’t always sound like the Obama Chorus line. They think that changing thier coverage style for one or two stories will pull the wool BACK over peoples eyes.
It will for some because “there’s a sucker born every minute” as the saying goes.
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 11:14amDavid Plouffe is as much of a tool as Debbie Wasshername Shulzenburger is. I watched Meet The Press on Sunday and he said basically the same thing there that he said here. These are nothing more than talking points from a bunch of people that have no plans directed to a bunch of people who are simply brain dead and won’t think when they go to the polls come November.
Hopefully there will be enough people who will not be fooled by David Plouffe and his propaganda machine buddy gas bags.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 11:21amAnd , NOW, she will be “let-go” from CNN….and immediately hired by GB-TV! She( really) wanted to “tear his head off” verbally, but due to CNN’s not-so-neutral policies, she really had-to “tone-it-down”.
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:18pmObama is trying to mend fences with the latino voteers over the attacks against Zimmerman. All the Latinos I know are going to vote against Obama for not standing up for a man who was trying to save his own life. No one in America should just lay on the ground and let some thug beat them to death, unless it’s a phedophile molesting a mans 5 year old daughter.
Report Post »johnsnare
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 2:24pmThey can posture any way they wish, but the facts are hard and cold. Obama, has been a total disaster. He cannot promise anything with validity. The idea that Republicans stand in the way is total B.S. He had a Democratic Congress, the first two years of his Presidency, and he did zero, Nada nothing. Out, with this empty suit, and foreign invader.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 2:45pmHERE IS HER TWITTER ADDRESS: https://twitter.com/#!/crowleyCNN
Report Post »jtmfc
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 5:36pmDon’t tell me the media is falling out of love with the man they gave kid glove treatment too for the past three plus years? Maybe they woke up to the fact that they have lost their credibility with the large audience they once had. It was all sweetness when they gushed over him,while keeping his many mistakes and attacks on the US constitution secret.. I commend Candy for standing firm with Plouffe, who Obama hopes is a Magic Dragon and will spin a story line to make Obama, oops- sorry, I can’t say Saint, because anything Christian is a no no to the lefties, The name I think Mr. O wants to be known as, is the Greatest man that ever lived, NOT-
Report Post »gena t
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 11:10pmIt was very nice and refreshing to see a reporter from CNN ask some real questions to one of the Obama team and not just accept talking points. I do not think this man was prepared to face a person who would not just sit back and nod her head to every inane remark he made. Kudos to Ms. Crowley (sp?). Hope the trend continues, for honest real debate about what is going on in the political world.
Report Post »Nedarc
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 12:20amIt has been a long time since I have had any empathy for a liberal but I feel a little sorry for this guy, how can you defend a track record like Obama’s, even CNN with its low ratings can see the light. They aren’t quite in the lifeboats yet but they do have the Titanic life vests tightly buckled….Too bad they have not realized that all the lifeboats are already filled up with Independant Voters, but not to worry I hear that Obama will arrive on the Carpathia to save you all.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:50pmI saw this earlier today and thought; CNN = Cindy the Neutering News-lady.
I really, really hope this continues on CNN and BSDNC gets infected with the truth, even just for ratings.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 1:24amO‘Blamer’s record goes ..Plouffe… I like it when someone ask
Report Post »these BO Clowns, how Obama intends on moving the Economy..
and the first words out of their mouth is, “Well Romney did” …….
four years of this SHI*, …NO PLAN, JUST BLAME…and he needs
more time.. FOUR YEARS OF FINGER POINTING, He also said
if he didn’t have it fixed in three years he would be a one term Prez.
So that makes HIM A LIER TOO !!!
MRMANN
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 5:31amYes, I, too, hope that CNN will be changing its tune. However, I doubt that that’s the case–this interview was a mere fluke.
Report Post »koyettsu
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:50pmI don’t know anything about this Candy lady, but this is the second time that I have seen her challenge politicians and honestly it is really nice to see journalists actually doing their job.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 10:02pmDid you notice how he started, at first, giving Cindy the “little thumbs up” sign as a warning that “we are on the same side” and then he went “full thumbs up”? Then he went “full index finger up” as a protest sign?
Watch it again and watch his hands as well as his facial expressions at the same time. Too funny.
Report Post »Micmac
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 10:14pmBut he was thinking middle finger.
NoBama 2012
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 10:30pm@Micmac
He was thinking more than that. I think the “index finger pointing up” jester now means, in this Administration, shut up look out for drones in the skies.
Report Post »Whackajig
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 2:29pmWhy on earth would you make the mistake twice of opting for the Communist News Network? There are places where unbiased news is available.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 3:13pm@Whackajig
I watch all the news programs (after I do my morning job search) + the 3 CSPAN’s and I get several newsletters like NewZeal.
When I see something really good I send it to Glenn and/or The Blaze depending what it is.
It helps pass the day waiting for replies from resumes I sent out.
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:46pmThe rats starting to jump ship. She deserves no respect for being silent for so long. Reminds me of Limbaugh carying Bushes water up till the last minute
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:45pmIts soooo fun seeing this arrogant slimy guy look nervous and sketchy like the weasel that he is… running out of lies and blame game David Plouffe are we?
Back to selling used cars I guess
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 11:18pmexactly
Report Post »ExhaustingPassion
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:53amNormal person–”What is your plan to strengthen the country?”
Report Post »Obama member–“We have done great things and have great ideas”
Normal person–”That’s not a good answer, what is your specific plan?”
Obama member–“We have done great things and have great ideas”
Normal person–”What are your thoughts on the Middle East?”
Obama member–“We have done great things and have great ideas”
It’s hard to converse with STUPID! Is it any wonder more people are abusing medication these days? If 75% of these criminals are not in prison within the first 2 years of Romney, then we use Romney as a stepping stone to get what we really want, a leader with a brain, the understanding that we are AMERICANS and NOT ???-AMERICAN, and the ability to READ and UNDERSTAND THE CONSTITUTION.
routnom23
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:44pmThey don’t have a plan, so lets just run against George Bush again. that worked the last time it should work this time. Forget that everything they tried has failed.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:42pmElection 2012
A Giant Douche vs a Turd Sandwich.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 10:44pm@Mutiny
And Ron Paul did a real good job with all his “earmarks” too. Right?
He spends just like the rest when he has the power to do so.
And talk about Honor?
RP will add his earmarks to a Bill he knows will pass and then either does not vote or votes no just to be on the record for not voting for the Bill.
And he STILL gets the earmark.
Dr. Ron Paul is a lying, dishonorable politician just like the rest of them.
Talk about an earmark sandwich. RP fits the Bill….. literally.
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 11:10pmMonk-
Report Post »And the other Republicans are just as big of communists as Obama is and you keep electing the most inferior to represent you and then wonder where our freedoms went. All of the bills assaulting our freedom have been sponsored by Republicans…When the lead finally flies, the gallows will be the first sign of unity this nation has seen in a 100 years, democrats hanging next to their commie brother republicans.
Mutiny
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:18am@monk
Bring that up show a clear lack of understanding on your part. Money that goes to ear marks is appropriated. That money is going to be spent. When tax payers pay their taxes, there isnt a break down to where it goes. Some of that money goes to bridges and roads. Putting in the ear marks was a way to return tax money back to his district.
How many of those bills had passed had everyone followed the Constitution like Ron Paul? None. Road and Highway ear marks would happen under the Constitution its the shrimp treadmills and pig crap research that ****** people off.
Report Post »rawdog
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 2:43pmThe “Douche” would leave a better aftertaste, i would imagine…
Report Post »cykonas
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 2:49pm@THE_MONK
Dr. Ron Paul is a lying, dishonorable politician just like the rest of them.
Okay then I’m going to write in Mrs. Chambers. She runs the local grocery store here in town. She hates politics and politicians and she is very, very honest. I’d rather have her as my President than Romney.
Your relative analyses, and constant attacks on RP supporters lacks intellectual rigor.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:41pmNo pudding for crowley tonight….and if she asks another question that embarasses the obama propaganda machine she’ll be wrestling midgets on TBS with Tonya Harding.
Report Post »frogg
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:29pmThis Guy is a lier from the get-go. Time to put all these people in Jail
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:40pmAll he does is keep repeating lies and talking points .. I agree .. too bad there are no investigative journalists anymore .. or at least who would “go after” anything Obama.
Report Post »demokratikhundscheisse
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 1:08pmDavid Pouff Goebbels is a liAr also!
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:24pmI had to keep checking the callsign for the network, that was actually CNN and they actually grilled this guy and she shot back on him on most of what he said, bravo!!!
Hey CNN…. you start doing REAL news like that and actually do fair and reasonable news, I just might watch you.
Report Post »Cosmos102
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:52pmI agree. CNN is a fast sinking ship and now they’re throwing out some life preservers by having a reporter or 2 do actual interviews on the facts rather than stick to the usual propaganda.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:22pmCandy Crowley plays the game well – her “I’m an objective reporter” kabuki will quickly come to an end, and she will soon be back on team obama, just as she was in 2008 – she is a paid obama propagandist – nothing more.
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:22pmThe Obama Administration renamed – The Groundhog”s Day Administration.
Report Post »lwillis59
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 11:19pmHa!!! groundhog day…good one :) Hello Romney campain are you listening? you should use this one… the people will understand that
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 2:24amThe anti-Obama ads .. almost write themselves .. they should come out with humorous ones … people always remember those … Groundhog Day would be a great one!
Report Post »GramSam
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:21pmCNN is actually asking tough questions. That might just improve their ratings. Of course it’s not political. Notice how all he wanted to do was bash Romney, not explain their plan. Just spin and lies.
Report Post »How do these people sleep at night?
jp2feminist
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:20pmThis guy is creepy. Axelrod is creepy. Gibbs is creepy. Burton is creepy. Are the American people going to fall for this same con game again???
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:41pmObama is creepy.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:41pmThe Noverber votes are being counted as we speak.
Report Post »siquijorisland
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:18pmcnn and the truth shocking
Report Post »roadhog
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:11pmFat Ass Candy is living high on the Hog on the failed Obama Network
Report Post »marine249
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 10:22pmThat;s Clinton News Network. But you may be right, Wille – - B.O.
Report Post »same thing.
Globmgmt
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:10pmI said some weeks ago that you will see CNN drift Center-Right as Obama’s loss grows closer and closer. It’s economic survival for them ….. not necessarily ideology or ethics.
Report Post »madvlad
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 11:30pmI pray you are right.
Report Post »smartgirl
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:09pmOMG! There’s someone on CNN who has critical thinking skills and actually dares question “Fluff”. I have felt so let down by the fourth estate. Do you think maybe, just maybe, they are finally going to look at who Obama really is and what he is trying to accomplish?
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 10:22pmThere may be hope, but don’t hold your breath.
Report Post »GramSam
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:09pmHe’s the Dictator in Chief. Finally it looks like some on the left are seeing through the smoke and mirrors. There is no plan, its all utopia for them and serfdom for us.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:08pmObama is in deep trouble.
So is Romney.
So is our Republic.
So is the world.
————————
American’s know this scenario and how to handle it and how resolve it; it is in their DNA and, since their is no better metaphor, in their souls.
We got this.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:37pmThe only place that Americans can bring back the Constitution is at the Convention. Let the people have a choice in their candidates. Voting for the lesser of two evils isn’t a choice.
Report Post »rawmilker
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:39pmPloof….your non-plan is not the way the nation needs to go….your goals are anti american, anti freedom & anti liberty for all….
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 10:07pmWe’ll see about that, rawmilker.
But I’d bet on the general American populace, proletariat and bourgeoisie to come together in ways unimaginable in 1848, 1968 or 2008.
“non-plan” is a dismissive of a very real instinctual feeling…
yf many.
Ignore it at your own internet leisure…
but a change is a comin’..
Report Post »possom
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:05pmFour more year,s of Failure and blame and we’re toast!
Report Post »sooner12
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:05pmCrowley was trying to be a true journalist. Her numbers are so low she had to do the right thing.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:03pmMs.Crowley Barrys plan is to destroy our economy but the Pluffer couldn‘t tell you the truth but even a simpleton Obama voter can figure out by now that’s what Barry’s goal is.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 8:59pmGee David……the friendlies are shooting at you.
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 8:55pmSuch a rarity!!!!!
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 8:54pmthe book or mormon has an economic plan and its called socialism.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:07pmSO? what does that have to do with the price of beans?
Report Post »DGuy
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 9:51pmidiot…
Report Post »Toby441103
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 10:11pmSO you have read the Book of Mormon? Or you are just repeating someone else’s propaganda? I have read it, didn’t find it. There is a difference between helping people on your own (charity) and being forced by the government to hand over all you have and getting to keep what the government thinks you need or deserve.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 11:37pm@Individualism
Posted on June 17, 2012 at 8:54pm
the book or mormon has an economic plan and its called socialism
Report Post »***
Hey Indi! Did someone switch book covers on you again, that was mao’s little book you were reading!