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Six degrees of ... Dick Gephardt?
Jul 24, 2008
Politico
July 24, 2008
By Patrick O'Connor
Kevin Bacon has nothing on Dick Gephardt.
Everyone, it seems, has worked for the Missouri Democrat at some point in his or her career.
And while the former majority leader may never make it to the White House himself, many of his old aides are now poised to get there without him.
Gephardt alumni are all over the Barack Obama campaign. Former Gephardt aide David Plouffe is Obama's campaign chief. Bill Burton is Obama's spokesman. Jeff Berman oversaw delegate strategy for Obama, and Matt Rodriguez is now the candidate's western regional director. Erik Smith, John DelCecato and Cassandra Butts are all outside advisers for the Obama campaign.