David Axelrod actually said...

"I think they'd love to be able to go back to that and they would like this issue to recede and go back to those winning issues that had them in a relatively good position before all this started."

"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."

"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 ..."

"What this is about is raw politics."