David Axelrod
Of Course President Obama Was Bullshitting On Gay Marriage, Or Else We Wouldn't Have Any
Former senior Obama adviser and current book-promoter David Axelrod has stunned the political world with the revelation, in his new tome Believer: My 40 Years In Politics, that Barack Obama supported gay marriage long before he completed his public "evolution" on the topic. From ...read more
President Obama Privately Calls Out Badly-Coded Republican Racism
One of the hallmarks of Barack Obama's presidency has been the constant low hum of can't-put-your-finger-on-it racism that has replaced the overt brand that's only practiced in private phone calls anymore. Over the years, President Obama has had to ignore the obvious racial ...read more
Did Republican Chief Strategist Actually Believe Voters Liked Mitt Romney?
I'm not sure how I missed this incredible gem, but if you want to understand why the Republicans lost the election this year, look no further than Stuart Steven's astonishing article in The Washington Post last week. In probably the best example of the fantasy thinking that has ...read more
Obama Team Stunned at Romney's Campaign Blunders
The Daily Beast has done a fascinating write up of a talk given by David Axelrod, President Obama's chief re-election strategist, on the serious missteps made by the Romney team: Offering a lengthy dissection of the campaign, David Axelrod told a Chicago audience that he was “a ...read more
Axelrod Tells Rove To STFU
The Axe gets blunt with the architect of Democratic control of the House and Senate: But, Axelrod saved his strongest condemnation for the man who held his job in the Bush White House: Karl Rove. Of Rove's criticism of Obama's economic stimulus plan, Axelrod said: 'The last thing ...read more