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...character of this White House, and every White House, in certain ways, reflects the character of the person who sits in the Oval Office,” said Axelrod...
...David Axelrod, Senior Advisor to President Obama and chief strategist of his 2008 presidential campaign, spoke last night at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, reflecting on his experiences in the Obama administration during its first ten months in office...
Responding to questions posed by Abby D. Phillip ’10, who is a current Crimson news executive, and Undergraduate Council President Andrea R. Flores ’10, Axelrod discussed the behind-the-scenes aspects of his work with the president. He emphasized he finds working at the White House, despite its hectic and challenging nature, extremely enjoyable—largely due to the atmosphere created by Obama...
...push for health-care reform until the third week in September, after the anniversaries of Sept. 11 and the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers. But according to a senior aide, Obama overruled them. "The President has a big megaphone, and he intends to use that megaphone," senior adviser David Axelrod told ABC News of the decision to go ahead on Sept. 9, 16 years to the month after Bill Clinton tried to do the same thing. (White House officials downplay any Clinton comparison and point out that they are far closer now to the goal line than Clinton...
...does it mean for you? It would be nice if Obama stopped limiting his answer to that question to consumer protections against rapacious insurers. It could be: Your premiums won't double every decade, your economy won't sink and your government won't go broke. Then again, David Axelrod probably deserves the benefit of the doubt when it comes to selling reform...