David Axelrod actually said...

"There's no doubt, look, part of governing is there's going to be give- and-take, on issues, like spending, particularly in a divided Congress. But the question is whether you should use the debt ceili..."

"But it's interesting that you raised this point, because one of the people, who's now urging Republicans, to hang tough, and use it as leverage, to reverse everything Democrats did, in the last two ye..."

"I think they saw what happened, in 2011, where we went right up to the brink. There were significant givebacks made, and they were painful and disruptive. And I don't think they want to say, 'We're go..."

"It has made the situation more complicated politically."