David Axelrod actually said...

"The worst thing for Doug Jones was to have this race nationalized."

"I think it's going to be a Rocky Scholes to navigate."

"It would be a mistake to leap to conclusions, these exit polls are wonderful tools but they're blunt tools sometimes and they're not awesome right."

"College-educated whites, they are an important component that Jones needs to win this race in these exit poll numbers, he is underperforming -- significantly underperforming what he would need."