'Never any - any - consideration of VP/HRC switch,' tweeted Plouffe. Plouffe denies veep-switch report

One of President Barack Obama’s closest advisers is denying a report that the campaign considered switching running mates in 2012.

Obama’s 2008 campaign manager and former senior adviser David Plouffe said late Thursday on Twitter that neither Obama nor “most” of his staff ever even considered the notion of swapping Vice President Joe Biden out on the ticket for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.


“Never any - any - consideration of VP/HRC switch. Not even entertained by the only person who mattered. Or most of us. Back to Halloween,” Plouffe tweeted.

( Also on POLITICO: Book: Obama camp mulled dumping Biden for Clinton)

The consideration of the change, complete with focus groups and analysis, was raised by the authors of the forthcoming “Double Down: Game Change 2012,” journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, the follow-up to their inside look at the first Obama campaign in 2008.