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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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Feb 7, 2016

One of the winners, if that's the case and you have a cluster and you more people moving on and the circus moves on to South Carolina, it is Donald Trump.

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Feb 7, 2016

I think that it was bad. And I think it was bad for two reasons.

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Feb 7, 2016

His polls were about shown wrote a piece in 'The Wall Street Journal' last week saying, 'No, you know what, if it's Clinton, Trump or Cruz that he might get into the race.'

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Feb 7, 2016

It seems to me that they are overreacting to Bernie Sanders and overreacting to this particular primary.

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Feb 2, 2016

Absolutely. Because Chris Christie, John Kasich, Jeb Bush they have to finish ahead of the others to be the establishment candidate.

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Feb 2, 2016

Yeah, well, it's a toxic label with the base of the Republican Party.

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Feb 2, 2016

The other thing Barbara Boxer, a supporter of Clinton was saying today, that Democratic -- Well, Bernie Sanders is a Democrat on some days.

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Jan 30, 2016

In fairness, Can, I think Bernie Sanders has run a spectacular campaign.

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Jan 30, 2016

I think he is selling himself to Republicans as sort of the antithesis of Barack Obama.

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Jan 30, 2016

Because if you're Jeb Bush, your only chance is to do well in New Hampshire. And if Marco Rubio does real well tomorrow night, he's going to do well in New Hampshire and that's the end of the Bush campaign.

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Jan 28, 2016

Donald Trump has led nine out of the ten polls in Iowa. He gambled tonight and I think he won his gamble.

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Jan 28, 2016

If Cruz loses in Iowa, I think his candidacy is in deep trouble. If Trump wins, I think he could be on a roll.

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Jan 27, 2016

The establishment of the Republican Party has decided that Donald Trump in Iowa is their vehicle to stop Ted Cruz.

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Jan 27, 2016

It's easier to participate in the Republican process. It's a shorter process.

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Jan 27, 2016

But that how he change the American politics. He's running to the Republican nomination. And you got to his speeches and he hardly ever, if ever, uses the word Republican.

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Jan 27, 2016

He is going to be in the lead this story if he showed up and he's going to be in the lead if he doesn't show up.

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Jan 25, 2016

I think he's tapping into great anxiety about what's going on in our economy and many in the Democratic Party and in the other party are feeling that.

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Jan 25, 2016

She's much more steeped in politics than he was when he became president.

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Jan 25, 2016

They're not trying to upend the government. They're trying to protect the progress that's been made and they want to build on it.

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Jan 25, 2016

What she's saying is I'm a tenacious fighter who will consolidate the gains we've made, and build on them and he's saying we need more.

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Jan 17, 2016

Absolutely. Fareed is exactly right. That was a watershed event in his campaign for the presidency because it's really when he began to draw a very sharp distinctions between himself and not just Hillary Clinton but the rest of the…

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