David Axelrod quotes

“I think that more and more you're going to see people of good will on their side of the aisle say you know what, we got to get off the bus here, this is not headed in the right direction.”
-- David Axelrod

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“If you look at the themes that he struck from the minute he started running for president through today, there is a very high level of consistency, and there is a sense that he is who he is. Obama's governing is completely consistent with the way he campaigned and the themes on which he campaigned, the issues he highlighted, the vision he shared.”
-- David Axelrod

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“I came to the conclusion months ago, and I said it to members of Congress, that the only way people are going to fully appreciate what this reform is if we pass it and implement it and it becomes not a caricature but a reality, and I still believe that. So I think it will be easier to sell it moving forward than it was to this point.”
-- David Axelrod

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“Any time you have loose ballots, you have to worry about shenanigans. It's a shame such a hard-fought election has to come down to something like this.”
-- David Axelrod

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“I'm a kibitzer with a broad portfolio.”
-- David Axelrod

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“We don't want to go back to the same policies and practicies that drove our economy into a ditch, that punished the middle class, and that led to this catastrophe. We keep moving forward.”
-- David Axelrod

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“I have never believed in the Wizard of Oz theory of consulting, that I am all-knowing and all-seeing, and that everyone around me is kind of a backbencher”
-- David Axelrod

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“I think President Obama is a committed, practicing nonideologue. He's consumed by neither tactics nor ideology. He is more concerned about outcomes than he is about process and categorizations”
-- David Axelrod

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“This marketplace where people can buy insurance who don't have it today, a competitive marketplace - that's an idea that both sides embrace.”
-- David Axelrod

Source : "Sen. Graham & David Axelrod on "This Week"". "This Week" with Jake Tapper, www.realclearpolitics.com. March 14, 2010.

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“I think those autoworkers whose industry would have collapsed if the president hadn't intervened are certainly better off.”
-- David Axelrod

Source : "Guest: Obama Advisor David Axelrod". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.realclearpolitics.com. September 2, 2012.

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“I think that the millions and millions of young Americans, young Americans, who have health care today, who wouldn't have had it if the president hadn't acted are better off.”
-- David Axelrod

Source : "Guest: Obama Advisor David Axelrod". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.realclearpolitics.com. September 2, 2012.

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“I think the average American recognizes that it took years to create the crisis that erupted in 2008 and peaked in January of 2009. And it's going to take some time to work through it.”
-- David Axelrod

Source : "Dems seek to sharpen message on eve of convention". www.cnn.com. September 3, 2012.

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“I think the millions of people who had been able to renegotiate their mortgages so they are paying lower interest rates are better off.”
-- David Axelrod

Source : "Guest: Obama Advisor David Axelrod". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.realclearpolitics.com. September 2, 2012.

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“Two years before the last election you nor anyone else would have predicted that Barack Obama was going to get elected president of the United States.”
-- David Axelrod

Source : "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. November 14, 2010.

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“The truth is that as we move forward, if one side says we can't raise any taxes on anybody or any interest, and the other side says we can't cut anything, we're obviously not going to make progress on this. And our interest is in making progress on this.”
-- David Axelrod

Source : "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. November 14, 2010.

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“But obviously, we're looking for all good ideas to help deal with our long-term debt problem. This is something that is going to affect our economy. It affects our kids. And we need to deal with it.”
-- David Axelrod

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