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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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Oct 27, 2024

He's coming with an enemies list. I'm coming with a to-do list. My to-do list is going to be your concerns. He's going to be worried about himself and how he wreaks vengeance on all those he thinks have trespassed on him.

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Oct 27, 2024

I think it's a dead-even race. I think you know, you see these models, analytic models that have Trump ahead by a whisker, but that essentially is a tied race.

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Oct 27, 2024

The question at the end of the day for voters is, are they voting on change from Biden's policies or change from Trump's politics and I think that's why this is such close race.

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Oct 24, 2024

I thought in your town hall with her, the best line of the night for her was when she said he's going to come to office with an enemies list and I'm going to come to office with a to-do list.

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Oct 24, 2024

If you add them all up, what they say is this is a really tight race, too tight for any poll to accurately predict.

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Oct 24, 2024

Today, Trump was threatening to jail election workers after the election if he senses any improprieties and so on.

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Oct 24, 2024

I think the contrast is important though. I think the contrast of a guy who's totally consumed by himself and his vengeance and someone who's going to wake up every day thinking about how she can do constructive things to help people and…

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Oct 22, 2024

You have to talk about the experience of people in this economy, and she needs to make that connection here and talk about how her policies will actually help.

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Oct 14, 2024

I think this is a sacred process that distinguishes democracies from dictatorships and this is the way we grab the wheel of history and turn it in the direction we think is right.

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Oct 9, 2024

democracy is a battle between cynicism and hope. And he's always chosen the hope side of that equation and that is infectious.

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Sep 30, 2024

I do question that. I mean, you're right. He was all over before the -- before he became the nominee when he's campaigning for vice president, that's when he turned the word weird into kind of a thing for awhile on one of those interviews.

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Sep 30, 2024

I think Vance is going to go after him hard and the question is, how does he counter punch without sacrificing that sort of warmth and accessibility that has been his hallmark and has made him popular in the short run.

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Sep 30, 2024

Mike Pence dissented once in four years. Nobody talks about the Pence years.

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Sep 29, 2024

I think the majority of people are ready to vote against Donald Trump. And the question is, can they be comfortable with Kamala Harris?

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Sep 23, 2024

She needs to make a stronger case that she feels this and not just the particulars of the policy.

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Sep 10, 2024

He was clear with Republicans, do not pass this bill because it will only help Democrats, we want the issue.

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Sep 9, 2024

If she can stay on the issues and he goes off the rails, it could be a good night.

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Sep 9, 2024

This is her job interview, her night to further introduce herself to the American people.

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Sep 9, 2024

In this campaign, Donald Trump said, I want to abolish the Affordable Care Act again.

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Sep 2, 2024

If she persuades people that she's that person, she's going to win this election.

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Aug 28, 2024

He can vote for the initiative in his own state to overturn the six weeks and he appeared to be saying that he was going to do that and then his campaign whistled him off of that because he's in this situation of his own creation.

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Aug 22, 2024

Last night, Kamala Harris said that Trump was not -- Trump was an unserious man. This is -- but he could have very serious consequences if he's elected. This is an unserious move, but can have very serious consequences in this election.

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Aug 22, 2024

They believe that he's going out of the race in these battleground states and yield the presidency to Donald Trump.

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