In lieu of a congratulatory message to Mitt Romney on his eight vote victory, David Axelrod had this to say, captured nicely by BuzzFeed:
Source: BuzzFeed
But it wasn't just Axelrod taking the gloves off. Today, President Obama rebuffed the GOP and g...
David Axelrod confers with President Barack Obama (White House photo)
Obama's top strategist, David Axelrod:
"I’m not willing to assign, sort of, equal blame for what’s happened in Washington. You know, there are Democrats in this room who I thin...
Via Politico:
Ben Smith summarizes:
David Axelrod, still pushing back on a story which relied in part on his on-record quotes, said on "Morning Joe" that the idea of a personally negative campaign against Mitt Romney is "garbage" and "doesn't ...
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Earlier today I attended a White House press briefing with David Axelrod. The other attendees were all new media types representing center-left organizations. It was billed as a blogger roundtable. The entire transcript can be read below the fold.
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