5 Quotes & Sayings By David Axelrod

David Axelrod is a political analyst for CNN, and the former senior advisor to President Barack Obama. He is the author of Believer: My Forty Years in Politics, which was published in September 2011. Axelrod graduated from Columbia University with a degree in economics and spent the next four years working at one of Wall Street’s largest firms while also raising two children. He then moved to Chicago to serve as chief of staff for U.S Read more

Representative Tony Coelho of Illinois, where he worked on health care reform before becoming chief political strategist for Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign. He served as Democratic National Committee chairman from 1997 to 1999, and he also served on the board of directors for several investment banks and securities companies.

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If your party serves the powerful and well-funded interests, and there's no limit to what you can spend, you have a permanent, structural advantage. We're averaging fifty-dollar checks in our campaign, and trying to ward off these seven- or eight-figure checks on the other side. That disparity is pretty striking, and so are the implications. In many ways, we're back in the Gilded Age. We have robber barons buying the government. David Axelrod
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Listen, I have a great affection and respect for Joe Biden. I think he's been a great vice president. He's taken on a lot of tough assignments for our administration. David Axelrod
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No one wants to go back to a situation where, if you have a pre-existing medical condition, you, you can be deprived of coverage. No one wants to go back to a situation where, if you get seriously ill, you can get thrown off your insurance. Seniors don't want to go back to paying more for their prescription drugs. David Axelrod
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This ought to be a season for cooperation in terms of pushing our economy forward, job creation, steadying the middle class, and laying the groundwork for a better future. And that's what we want to work on with Republicans and Democrats. David Axelrod