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Mark Halperin Moderates The Main Event: Nicolle Wallace vs. David Plouffe at Uber RNC Lunch

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RNC Bloomberg Politics and Uber host Lunch with Nicolle Wallace and David Plouffe

The campaign veterans debated and discussed the phenomenal success of Donald Trump’s candidacy and the challenges ahead. Niki Christoff, Uber’s head of federal affairs introduced the breakfast which also included an appearance by Mark McKinnon, producer and host of Showtime’s The Circus.

Guests included Mason Harrison and Steve Hilton of CrowdPac, fresh off his Brexit victory, pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson, Bloomberg Masters in Politics podcast co-host Betsy Fischer Martin, journalist Dave Wiegel, and media mavens Kevin Madden, Steve Clemons, Zeke Miller, Megan Murphy, Robin Sproul of ABC News, Ted Johnson of Variety, Polson Kanneth and Craig Gordon.

Tech was well represented by Erin Egan of Facebook, Susan Molinari of Google, Amber Cottle and Becky Tallent from Drop Box.

New White House Video Star: Plouffe

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In another sign of a new Obama era, notoriously camera shy David Plouffe, Senior Advisor to the President, is kicking off a new program the White House is calling a “direct line to senior staff.”

With Advise the Advisor, every week a member of senior staff will post a video seeking the opinions and feedback of the American people on different issues. Plouffe kicked off the program with a short video harkening back to the President’s “win the future” State of the Union message.

You can go now to whitehouse.gov/advise and send your thoughts on American innovation. Be sure to check back in to see if your idea passed muster – they promise to read through as much of the feedback as possible and post a summary a few days after the video goes up.