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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 1, 2017

Yes, insofar as, generally their rhetoric has been friendly, yes.

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Jan 1, 2017

When the President took office he took office in the time of enormous economic crisis, budget tightening.

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Jan 1, 2017

These problems are deeply ingrained. They require huge infusions of resources and attention.

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Jan 1, 2017

I'm sure that he wanted to do more and I'm sure that he will do more once he's out of office and he's going to be spending a lot of time in Chicago here with his center, his foundation.

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Jan 1, 2017

There's been a real slowdown of police action since the shooting of Laquan McDonald erupted as an issue in Chicago.

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Dec 25, 2016

the country has not embraced the vision that Donald Trump has articulated because a majority of Americans, in fact, voted for Hillary Clinton and he believed that he would have won the election had he run against Donald Trump.

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Dec 25, 2016

we should have done this, we didn't do it, we have to do it now.

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Nov 17, 2016

if you are an immigrant, if you are a minority in the country, Jeff Sessions as attorney general is going to be unsettling, because he's been one of the leading proponents against or a proponents for crack downs on immigration against…

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Nov 17, 2016

I wish he had taken a little more time. But, you know, it is not right to say he hasn't moved fast enough.

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Nov 17, 2016

I found the appointment of Reince Priebus' as the chief of staff somewhat reassuring because so -- well I disagree with Reince on a lot of things, he is someone who has an appreciation for the institutions of government and politics.

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Nov 17, 2016

These were retrenching appointments. These were a statement to the base and the world that the statements I made in the campaign are now going to be carried forward into an administration.

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Nov 17, 2016

General Flynn, fine intelligence officer but he's shown himself in this campaign to be a kind of incendiary figure not just because of this attitudes on Islam, which he refuses to acknowledge is a faith or religion.

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Nov 8, 2016

This is fundamentally the flaw. Polling is only as good as the model that is created to predict.

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Nov 8, 2016

I think you have to put some of the blame frankly on the candidate herself and I have great respect for Hillary Clinton.

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Nov 8, 2016

We all have to hope for success. It's the success of the country but there are a lot of people who say well, gee, they didn't give Barack Obama that chance.

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Nov 8, 2016

You cannot simply assume that you are going to have enough votes among your base and that you can write off swaths of the country.

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Nov 8, 2016

This is a matter of, sort of the character of leadership. The character of the person.

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Nov 8, 2016

Because he doesn't have a track record on a lot of this, just the statements of a campaign, who he surrounds himself as secretary of state, as the national security advisor?

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Nov 8, 2016

He's going to have to make a decision, though, because it's a delicate balance. He just did get elected by what he calls a movement.

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Nov 8, 2016

It is easier to talk about unraveling these programs than it is to actually do them when there are beneficiaries of them.

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Nov 8, 2016

You can't just rely on the negative argument. You've got to inspire people.

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Nov 6, 2016

They're going to be speaking not just to voters in Philadelphia but also swing voters in the suburbs with who have been more than usual trending toward Hillary Clinton and particularly women which is I think -- I think why Michelle Obama's…

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Nov 6, 2016

I think she was committed before that. We saw her at the convention and she made a very compelling speech at the convention.

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Nov 6, 2016

This message of inclusiveness that Paul talked about... is meaningful to some of these suburban voters and particularly suburban women, where Hillary Clinton has been doing well.

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