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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 11/5/2009

So much Obama damage control, that David Axelrod even talks to Fox News

— latimesblogs.latimes.com — Here's how desperate Obama administration spokesmen were Wednesday to fill the info void they'd created by hiding... away during the previous night's bad news election returns: David Axelrod , an ex-newspaper reporter but one of the lead Obama ... (more) So much Obama damage control, that David Axelrod even ...

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firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 11/4/2009

WH today vs. Rahm in '05

— firstread.msnbc.msn.com — From NBC's Mark MurrayOn MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports," White House adviser David Axelrod today argued that it... would be wrong to read too much into last night's GOP gubernatorial wins in New Jersey and Virginia -- and what they might mean for next ... (more) WH today vs. Rahm in '05

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foxnews.com - 11/4/2009

Transcript: Fox News' Interview With David Axelrod

— foxnews.com — The following is a transcript of Fox News' Major Garrett's interview with senior White House adviser David... Axelrod: Fox News: The president's decision on Afghanistan is still a few weeks away. Will the country know before Thanksgiving? Axelrod : I'm ... (more) Transcript: Fox News' Interview With David Axelrod

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Axelrod's advice
Daily Kos — Better advice than the stuff thrown out by the other party: I think as the Blue Dogs welcome their new colleague Congressman Owens and remind themselves that he's the first Democrat to hold that seat in 140 years, since Ulysses S. Grant, and that he campaigned on the Obama program, they'll have to say, 'You know what, we're onto something here if we stick with the program...' Any Democrat that thinks that running away from his or her party and opposing its agenda is a path to victory need only look at Creigh Deeds in Virginia. ...

Quote of the Day
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — "I think as the Blue Dogs welcome their new colleague Congressman Owens and remind themselves that he's the first Democrat to hold that seat in 140 years, since Ulysses S. Grant, and that he campaigned on the Obama program, they'll have to say, 'You know what, we're onto something here if we stick with the program...'" -- White House political advisor David Axelrod, in an interview on MSNBC.

Quote of the Day
The Political Carnival — ... consider how Creigh Deeds kept Obama at bay for the longest time. "I think as the Blue Dogs welcome their new colleague Congressman Owens and remind themselves that he's the first Democrat to hold that seat in 140 years, since Ulysses S. Grant, and that he campaigned on the Obama program, they'll have to say, 'You know what, we're onto something here if we stick with the program...'" -- White House political advisor David Axelrod, in an interview on MSNBC. ...

Reading Tea Leaves
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... not really any evidence that the...movement is yet anything more than an isolated and regional one. It will almost certainly have some implications in the South -- and if I were a Democratic Congressman there, I'd be very nervous. But only 18 of the 52 Blue Dogs in fact come from the South, and if I were a conservative Democrat in California, or South Dakota, or Michigan, I'd be feeling rather relieved. The spin from the White House is similar. ...