David Axelrod actually said...

"I think if he's going to get to where he wants to go, he better infuse his rhetoric with something more meaningful to people."

"If he were to lose here, he's going to have to reconsider his race."

"I do think that. I think he has so pointed to South Carolina as a place where he was going to have a good showing."

"If he did, he would basically put Biden out of the race or cripple him dramatically."