David Axelrod actually said...

"If Rush has any concerns about this, he ought to look in the mirror because this was a -- this was an event of his own making. The president sought to comfort a young woman who had been vilified natio..."

"I thought that was a cowardly answer, and it was a test of leadership and one that he failed."

"I think one of the reasons why Governor Romney and others were so timid in speaking out is Rush is because the de facto leader of the Republican Party."

"If the Republican nominee wants to argue that we should take those away, we say, let's have that debate right now."