David Axelrod actually said...

"I think the contrast is important though. I think the contrast of a guy who's totally consumed by himself and his vengeance and someone who's going to wake up every day thinking about how she can do c..."

"You have to talk about the experience of people in this economy, and she needs to make that connection here and talk about how her policies will actually help."

"I think this is a sacred process that distinguishes democracies from dictatorships and this is the way we grab the wheel of history and turn it in the direction we think is right."

"democracy is a battle between cynicism and hope. And he's always chosen the hope side of that equation and that is infectious."