David Axelrod actually said...

"I think this is a big night for him, and I think he has -- it's interesting. The oldest and the youngest candidates are going to be standing next to each other. And for both of them, age is an issue i..."

"Sanders is going to want to burnish his credentials as the leader of the left. He is losing some of that support to Elizabeth -- to Elizabeth Warren."

"The real truth is I think they understand that the most important thing is to show that he is in command."

"He has to show that he is active, engaged and forward-looking and not enfeebled and backward-looking which is how some would like to portray him, some of his opponents would like to portray him."