David Axelrod actually said...

"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 ..."

"He has a right to be outraged that people aren't showing loyalty to him. But I don't think he understands loyalty to the people around him."

"the oath is not to the President. The oath is to the country."