David Axelrod actually said...

"If he were to lose here, he's going to have to reconsider his race."

"I do think that. I think he has so pointed to South Carolina as a place where he was going to have a good showing."

"If he did, he would basically put Biden out of the race or cripple him dramatically."

"I think he's going to take a page from Biden here and hope it works better for him and say, I'm the guy who can beat Donald Trump."