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Axelrod to ABC News on Voters' Economic Anxiety: "There is a Heavy Burden That Falls on the Governing Party. That's Just Something You Accept. That's Part of the Deal"
Axelrod to ABC News on Voters' Economic Anxiety: "There is a Heavy Burden That Falls on the Governing Party. That's Just Something You Accept. That's Part of the Deal"
This afternoon we spoke with White House senior adviser David Axelrod about the election results.
So much Obama damage control, that David Axelrod even talks to Fox News
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 ...
WATCH: Axelrod: Governing Party Shoulders 'Heavy Burden'
abcnews.go.com — David Axelrod reflects on election night and the economy with Jake Tapper.... (more) WATCH: Axelrod: Governing Party Shoulders 'Heavy Burden'
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — "These are tough times and obviously there is a heavy burden and responsibility that...falls on the governing party. And that's just something you accept. That's part of the deal." -- White House adviser David Axelrod, in an interview with ABC News.

Defining Pawlenty As Palin
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — That seems to me to be the take-out of Axelrod's chat with Tapper. This struck me as worth noting from the Ax: I can see that this as a concern that, that Republicans on the right are threatening to purge moderates who have the temerity to say, "Yes, we are going to cooperate with the president or our Democratic colleagues to solve a health care problem, to help solve the economic problems that we have." And it has a chilling effect. And one hopes that they are not intimidated. You saw the other day Gov. ...

So much Obama damage control, that David Axelrod even talks to Fox News
Top of the Ticket — ... Corzine, but in New York 23, the issues that we’re discussing everyday in Washington were very much on the ballot. And, particularly because of the purge of the Republican candidate, by the right, it became even more so and what you saw was a pretty vigorous turnout there yesterday in a district that had been held by Republicans for 140 years and the Democratic candidate won. I think that sends a strong message here. To ABC's Jake Tapper Axelrod quoth: I think that young people were ...

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