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Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election between Sept. 15 and Sept. 26, Obama Campaign Chief Strategist David Axelrod told a full house at the Institute of Politics yesterday...
...Obviously, he won, but I had concerns about it ... I was concerned about whether he was ready for that." - David Axelrod, pre-eminent Illinois strategist and Obama adviser, on his reluctance to get behind Blagojevich's 2002 gubernatorial campaign, The New Yorker, July...
...course, Chicago roots aren't always enough for a candidate, as Adlai Stevenson proved twice. But for now, Republicans might need to look for a new line of attack. With Obama on his way to the White House, the Axelrod-Emanuel-Podesta trio by his side and Illinois Senator Dick Durbin the new center of influence in the U.S. Senate, Chicago Democrat appears to be a winning label...
...Fox.com report. "[They] may also be looking to ride Obama's coattails." The President-elect's selection of Chicago Congressman Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff and Chicago native John Podesta as his transition chief, as well as the news that his Chicago-based campaign senior strategist, David Axelrod, will be a White House adviser, has only fueled grumblings that machine-style patronage politics is on its way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue...
...need an alarm clock anymore." - David Axelrod, political consultant, on Emanuel's early-morning phone calls during the 2006 Congressional race (TIME, June 4, 2006) Quotes from...