The Real Clear Politics Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
David Axelrod had trouble making sense in an interview with Wolf Blitzer previewing the President's big speech tonight: BLITZER: Now, what is this talk of starting to withdraw troops, though, within three years? AXELROD: Well, the president will talk about this tonight. But there -- there will be a time frame under which we will [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
CHICAGO — The White House and Illinois Democrats said Tuesday that their bid to hold on to President Barack Obama's old Senate seat won't be easy and their difficulties aren't just because of the scandal that engulfed ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Next year is the first major election for Democrats since Blagojevich was arrested last year on federal corruption charges and removed from office....
2 Political Junkies (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
From today's Midweek Briefing : Accuracy in Media's Cliff Kincaid reminds that there was another interesting guest at President Obama's first state dinner on Nov. 24. Robert W. Creamer, a friend of White House adviser David Axelrod, was released from federal prison in 2006 after serving a five-month sentence for financial crimes. The company one keeps... First off, the Tribune-Review...
Real Clear Politics (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Well, David Axelrod's incoherent flip-floppery yesterday on the administration's "accelerated timetable" for withdrawal in Afghanistan makes a lot more sense in light of today's testimony by Secretary Gates, Secretary Clinton, and Admiral Mullen in the Senate. Dana Milbank explains: In his speech to the West Point cadets and the nation on Tuesday night, Obama said he planned,...
The Confluence (Free subscription) | yesterday
This arrived in my email by mistake: From: David Axelrod, Obots For America To: XXXX Dear valued OFA team member: Tonight Barack Obama will make a very important speech about the conflict in Afghanistan. It is crucial that we rally support for our President as he implements his new strategy. Here’s how you can help: 1. During [...]
National Review Online (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
... Thus word trickled out of the White House that Vice President Biden and the political team lead by David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel was becoming more influential in Afghanistan-related policy. Their role was on prominent display during the amateurish attempts to undermine Afghan president Hamid Karzai, who -- despite a flawed election -- was always certain to be Afghanistan’s...
The Nation Blogs (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
When Barack Obama gave his victory speech on election night last November, he picked Chicago's Grant Park – the legendary site of the battle between anti-war demonstrators and Chicago cops during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968. According to campaign manager David Axelrod, Obama chose Grant Park to "symbolically overcome the damage done to American...
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
... of that war, which they left on Obama's doorstep like a ticking time bomb. Obama advisor David Axelrod swatted down the mealy-mouthed Romney on CNN: "Governor Romney has to choose one argument or another. Either he has to say he is not paying attention or he has to say he is taking too long because he has been involved in a rigorous review. The president has had hours and hours...
Amspecblog (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
As he searches for a slogan for Obama/Biden 2012, David Axelrod knows Obama can't reuse President Reagan's "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" Now that Climategate's Phil Jones'...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
... on their faces of most of them did not seemed very impressed with the president's speech at all. David Axelrod thought the President would receive rousing applauses to his well-thought-out and untimely plan, because these were young people. After all, didn't the Candidate Obama get young people out to vote in November, well, yes, but not these kind of young people! You see these young...
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of Obama's inner circle. The ex-convict, Robert B. Creamer, is a friend of White House adviser David Axelrod and the husband of Democratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois. A major Democratic Party political strategist, he is the author of a 628-page book that describes how the Democrats can become the permanent majority party by passing a national health care bill and giving amnesty...
PA Pundits (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
... to no longer submit to, or cite papers in, this journal.” (Sounds a bit like White House adviser David Axelrod’s assessment of Fox News: “[Fox is] really not news — it’s pushing a point of view. And the bigger thing is that other news organizations … ought not to treat them that way, and we’re not going to treat them that way.”) Of course, the definition of science is challenging...
Mouth of the Potomac (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
... the dinner as a guest instead of a social office troubleshooter. Like senior West Wing advisers David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett, Rogers is a member of the “Chicago Mafia” at the pinnacle of the Obama inner circle. She is particularly close to First Lady Michelle Obama. Because of her ultra-insider status, she is considered a political untouchable in the Obama White House....
The Plum Line (Free subscription) | yesterday
... declaration that the commitment isn’t open ended is too much for McCain. * On CNN just now, David Axelrod said Hamid Karzai made it clear in a private talk with Obama that he “understands” our commitment isn’t open-ended and he must deliver. * More interesting pushback against Dick Cheney from an Obama official: Cheney shouldn’t have walked away from Afghanistan and Pakistan as George...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Stanford University produced a study that showed that voters are repulsed by politicians who don't deliver what they promised. According to Stanford, "flip flop", mealy-mouthed candidates always lose their voter base. David Axelrod should force Obama to read that report titled "Candidate Inconsistency and Voter Choice." Voters dislike inconsistency. They are infuriated by bait and switch...
