David Axelrod actually said...

"This is a time for mobilization. And he is trying to get every Democrat out that typically in midterm elections... there is a drop-off."

"He thinks that this works. He thinks he is profiting from it politically."

"You can't deliver a, you know, homilies about unity in the Oval Office during the day and then run off to rallies at night where you deliver extemporaneous jeremiads about the evil opposition and the ..."

"If you glorify violence in your speeches, people are going to hear that."