Tipsheet Plouffe Downplays Significance Of Today's Outcomes Jillian Bandes | November 03, 2009 1:46 PM David Plouffe, Obama's campaign advisor, dismissed the notion that VA, NJ and NY could be bellweathers for 2010 on the Today Show:These are local races, there's 18,000 lifetimes between now and next November.You'd better hope those 18,000 lifetimes are enough to get your poll numbers up...