David Axelrod actually said...

"And that is the hardest thing to brittle because, again, we have this social media culture where you get, you know, you get clicks and followers for being angry and outraged."

"He was trying to fill the role that presidents should in a moment like this. This country is in distress and he wanted to speak to that distress and I think he did a good job of that tonight."

"They need to jump on this issue and they need to be clear and direct about it."

"He's not winning this race. He's more likely - if you just look at the data and talk to people around the country, political people around the country, it's more likely that he'll lose by a landslide ..."