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David Axelrod

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David Axelrod is a prominent Democratic political consultant and strategist, best known for his role as the chief strategist for Barack Obama's presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012. Born on February 22, 1955, in New York City, Axelrod has played a significant role in shaping modern political communication and campaign strategies. He served as a senior advisor to President Obama during his administration, focusing on messaging and public relations. Axelrod is also a co-founder of the consulting firm AKPD Message and Media.

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Jan 14, 2025

I think he is one of the things about Joe Biden is he is very, very concerned about his place in history and where his legacy sits and whether people appreciate the things that have been accomplished over the last four years.

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Jan 14, 2025

Joe Biden did a lot of very positive things. Some things, for example, the largest infrastructure bill since Eisenhower.

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Jan 6, 2025

I don't know one person in this country. I don't believe there's one person who went to the polls on -- in November and said, man, I really want Greenland.

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Jan 5, 2025

How they described what happened four years ago is shear fantasy. We need to say that Donald trump in 2020 told a malignant flagrant lie and sold it to his supporters who came to Washington on the basis of that lie and stormed the Capitol…

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Jan 5, 2025

I do believe that you are elected not to advance the interest of your party but advance the interest of your country.

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Jan 5, 2025

If he does all of those things, God bless him, good for him and good for the country.

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Dec 18, 2024

I think the Democratic party has become too much of a cosmopolitan, college educated party. It still advocates for working people, but it doesn't really communicate with them very well.

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Dec 18, 2024

What we need is more humility. We need more of the ability to listen to each other, to treat each other respectfully. I think that's what the Democratic Party needs. That's what our country needs.

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Dec 18, 2024

The White House, the Senate, the Democratic Senate, the Republican house came to an agreement. That agreement was on the doorstep of being approved. And then Musk went on his tweet fest, and then Trump piled on and added the debt ceiling…

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Dec 17, 2024

Trump sends out a tweet saying they ought to pass a clean CR with a debt ceiling -- raising the debt ceiling, because as Adam says, he doesn't want to be blamed for it.

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Dec 17, 2024

Everyone who's watching this should strap on their seatbelts because this is what the next four years are going to be like.

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Dec 3, 2024

Yeah. I don't see the president-elect as a sentimental person. I don't think he's going to hang on here if he believes that Hegseth has become a liability to him.

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Dec 1, 2024

I think so, but the other thing is he got a lot of credit for, and I think deservedly so, for not interfering in his son's case for saying this. We're going to -- I'm going to respect the rule of law. I trust the Justice Department and so…

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Nov 20, 2024

Matt Gaetz doesn't go quietly anywhere. So he's clearly not going anywhere now. He's ambitious.

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Nov 20, 2024

He wants to have political control over the Justice Department, and she -- to Scott's point, I think she's fully -- fully, willing, able and capable of doing that.

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Nov 20, 2024

I think it was a good move to get Gaetz out of the nomination, because he clearly was going to crash and burn, and he shouldn't have been there in the first place. It was a horrific choice.

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Nov 14, 2024

he wants to put loyalists in there who will do what he wants.

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Nov 14, 2024

Donald Trump did not have a mandate to appoint people simply on the basis of loyalty.

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Nov 14, 2024

the question is whether their loyalty is to the Constitution or whether it's to Donald Trump.

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