It's that old axiom a Chicago alderman once shared with me: 'The higher a monkey climbs the pole, the more you can see his ass,' the better you do in this process, the more scrutiny you get. It's the price of success. David Axelrod More Quotes by David Axelrod More Quotes From David Axelrod I'm a kibitzer with a broad portfolio. David Axelrod portfoliosbroads 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 shenaniganselectionworry 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 tacticspresidentthinking I think those autoworkers whose industry would have collapsed if the president hadn't intervened are certainly better off. David Axelrod better-offpresidentthinking 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 carepresidentthinking 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 averageyearsthinking 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 ablepeoplethinking 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 usatwoyears 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 two-sidespeopleideas 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 longkidsideas 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 progresscuttingmoving 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 failureletting-gomoving 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 wizardskindknowing 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 believerealitymoving 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 issuesromancerunning 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 sidespeoplethinking I think that the foundation for these candidacies is pretty clear, in the case of Elizabeth Warren and Sanders it's incumbent on them to expand their bases. David Axelrod politics I think age is a very legitimate issue, this is the hardest job on the planet. And( it is) sensible to ask the question whether people who are nearing 80 years old when they enter office are prepared for it. David Axelrod politics No one is going to hand Biden the Democratic nomination. He'll have to engage fully and fight for it if he is to get the face-off with Trump he is seeking. David Axelrod top-news How do you capture the data and build relationships with all the people suddenly eager to help ? How do you quickly build an organization equipped to utilize that data and those relationships and develop a strategy, particularly in the must-win early states, and how do you prepare for the sterner tests that come for a' hot' candidate, as media and opponents begin to poke and prod with greater intensity to see if you are up to the job. David Axelrod politics
