David Axelrod actually said...

"I think if you speak to Republicans in Congress and out of Congress, privately, there's a lot more concern about the leverage that these Freedom Caucus representatives have shown here, and the price t..."

"Well, at some point in the not too distant future, he may just have to take the wheel here because the way these rules, if they are, and we don't really know."

"I think Democrats did better than expected, in the midterm elections, for the same reason."

"I think that Biden was elected, in certain ways, as an antidote, to the chaos, of the Bush years, because he is an institutionalist, and he's seen as a calming influence."