https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/10/08/davy-plouffe-tries-to-manage-expectations/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 03:08:41 -0400<![CDATA[Plouffe took some time away from his current job &#8211; which is to say, rewriting the Democratic party&#8217;s rules so as to eliminate any chance of a successful primary challenge to the President in 2012 &#8211; to graciously define the Republican party&#8217;s November victory conditions for it. Apparently, according to Davy if we&#8217;re not &#8220;winning back the House, winning back the Senate and winning every major governor&#8217;s race&#8221; on Election Day then we&#8217;ve failed.  Which is an entertaining little argument, and quite clever (for a Democratic strategist), for two reasons.  The first is that it&#8217;s essentially unfalsifiable: all a Democrat has to do is declare that a particular governor&#8217;s race is &#8216;major&#8217; and hey presto! &#8211; the GOP has failed.]]>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:00:12 -0400<![CDATA[Moe Lane]]>https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/10/08/davy-plouffe-tries-to-manage-expectations-n36545