Friday, November 07, 2008

Obama Aides on 60 Minutes Nov. 9

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Obama's aides talk about the campaign this Sunday on 60 Minutes
Swamp: "Not getting obsessed about Barack Obama's race was one of the secrets'' of a campaign that will deliver the first African American president to the White House, aides tell CBS's Steve Kroft. The president-elect's four top campaign aides, political advisors David Axelrod and Anita Dunn, Campaign Manager David Plouffe and Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, spoke with Kroft on election night for 60 Minutes this weekend.

Answering Kroft's question about whether race was a part of planning the campaign, Plouffe replies, "No, honestly, you had to take a leap of faith in the beginning that the people will get by race. And I think the number of meetings we had about race was zero.''