David Axelrod actually said...

"He's in the middle of a, as you point out, serial crises, which he has not been deemed to have handled well."

"Yes, you know, I actually think this could be a very good week. It's an important week. You don't, in a campaign, get many opportunities to get millions of Americans together to watch what you're doin..."

"I think on the one hand, no one can speak to Joe Biden's qualities and the longing this country has for a restoration of decency than Barack Obama, and he'll be very powerful."

"Yes. No, I think he -- well, obviously he's a organizing tool among some Republicans who don't like him. But remember, he is the most popular politician in America."