David Axelrod actually said...

"There is no doubt that -- there -- he is mounted up a series of wins here and that has to be -- that has to be good from their standpoint right now."

"What this is about is raw politics."

"Just as Mitch McConnell held up Judge Merrick Garland's appointment during the Obama administration, he has said from the beginning that he was going to get this done by the beginning of October."

"He is worried about another date, that's November 6, the midterm elections, and the prospect that Democrats might take control of the Senate which would complicate the confirmation of any justice the ..."