David Axelrod actually said...

"the President continues to lie about the pandemic, rounding the turn, saying, you know, again, today that we're rounding the curve. It is going to end quickly."

"One of the appeals of Biden as a candidate for the Democrats is that he is particularly -- has particular kinship to the states, his profile, his history is good for those states."

"Biden was quite good in his [town hall], he was calm, he was detailed. He was confident he related well, to people and he inspired a sense of confidence."

"The kinds of things that he said on that -- sure, they are not unlike things he said in the past, but as you say, it was like a kind of spasmodic burst of resentments."