David Axelrod actually said...

"Donald Trump has become the place where this race lives and dies, the main character here."

"He's coming with an enemies list. I'm coming with a to-do list. My to-do list is going to be your concerns. He's going to be worried about himself and how he wreaks vengeance on all those he thinks ha..."

"The question at the end of the day for voters is, are they voting on change from Biden's policies or change from Trump's politics and I think that's why this is such close race."

"I think it's a dead-even race. I think you know, you see these models, analytic models that have Trump ahead by a whisker, but that essentially is a tied race."