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During an interview aired on Wednesday’s CNN special, “The Legacy of Barack Obama,” former Obama adviser David Axelrod argued that it’s “indisputable” that “there was a ferocity to the opposition and a lack of respect to” President Obama “that was a

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher and former Obama adviser David Axelrod criticized people tweeting that President-elect Donald Trump is “not my president.” Maher said, “I scolded the other side when they did that, when Obama

Tuesday night on CNN, former chief strategist for Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns David Axelrod said President-elect Donald Trump’s victory was a  “primal scream” from voters. Axelrod said, “What is clear is, there was a hunger for change among a lot

Sunday on CBS’s ‘Face The Nation,” former chief strategist for Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns David Axelrod said Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton doesn’t have a “core message.” When asked if a core message is still a challenge for Clinton’s campaign,

Tuesday following the vice-presidential debate in Farmville, VA, former Obama adviser David Axelrod, now a CNN contributor, commented on Democratic VP nominee Sen. Tim Kaine’s (D-VA) performance. According to Axelrod, Kaine was playing a role for which he wasn’t suited

[Adult Language Warning] On this week’s edition of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN’s “The Axe Files,” a podcast hosted by the former chief strategist for Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns David Axelrod, former RNC Chair Michael Steele

Former Obama adviser David Axelrod said Hillary Clinton has a problem with “stealth” not her health on CNN’s “The Lead” on Monday. Axelrod said, “It’s not health, it’s stealth that is the problem that she has to deal with, and

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” CNN Senior Political Commentator former Obama adviser David Axelrod stated that Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails are “going to be in the backdrop of this election from now

CNN senior political commentator and former Obama adviser David Axelrod said Thursday on CNN’s “New Day” that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would be receiving more attention for her numerous controversies if this were a normal presidential campaign without Donald Trump,

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day” CNN Senior Political Commentator and former Obama advisor David Axelrod stated that Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s answers about her email are “very confusing” and “bewildering.” Axelrod said, “Yeah,

During CNN’s coverage of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, CNN Senior Political Commentator and former Senior Adviser to President Obama David Axelrod said that Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech was “effective” but that “she

Overcome by emotion, former Obama aides gushed over their former boss and his dramatic speech to the Democratic National Convention as he passed the baton of his presidency to Hillary Clinton.

During CNN’s coverage of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, CNN Senior Political Commentator and former Senior Adviser to President Obama David Axelrod argued that there could have been “a healing moment” at the DNC if the families of slain

David Axelrod, former political strategist for President Barack Obama, spoke to Breitbart News Thursday at the Republican National Convention, reflecting on the speech Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) gave the night before.

Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day,” former Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod explained how he sees the 2016 presidential race unfolding between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, given that both of the candidates have such high negatives in the polls. Axelrod

Monday on CNN’s “The Axe Files” podcast, while speaking to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton super PAC strategist, Paul Begala, host and chief strategist for both of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns David Axelrod said Clinton did not handle the controversy

In the 2008 presidential campaign candidate Barack Obama told Democrats that words matter—after his rival Hillary Clinton dismissed him at being all rhetoric, no action.

In an interview with former Obama adviser David Axelrod for his CNN podcast “The Axe Files,” former Attorney General Eric Holder addressed former NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s leaking classified information and claiming whistle-blower status in doing so. Holder said what

Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart chimed in on the presidential election Monday, calling Donald Trump a “man-baby” and jokingly questioning the presumptive Republican nominee’s eligibility to be president.

CNN Senior Political Commentator and former Senior Advisor to President Obama David Axelrod said that Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s “firewall is buckling a little bit” among African-American voters and mentioned her honesty and trustworthiness numbers

Monday on CNN’s “New Day,” political analyst, and the former chief strategist for Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns, David Axelrod said while the Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton is clearly suffering from a lack of enthusiasm of voters, if Donald Trump

Democratic Strategist David Axelrod says GOP frontrunner Donald Trump “could pull off a hostile takeover” of the Republican Party.

U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez went after Donald Trump, saying that he is “the modern-day incarnation of the Know-Nothing movement.”

CNN Senior Political Commentator and former advisor to President Obama David Axelrod argued GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump “is a propaganda bonanza for ISIS” on Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day.” Axelrod said, “I think fear is not just limited

On November 23 the White House focused on gun control as a means of shifting attention away from President Obama’s contentious push for Syrian refugees.

On November 22 former Obama advisor David Axelrod tweeted that the refusal to expand gun control in the wake of the Paris attacks shows that the Republican caucus fears the NRA more than they fear ISIS.

Two female suicide bombers launched a deadly attack that killed an estimated 15 people at a packed mobile phone market in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday. Kano is the largest city in Northern Nigeria. The explosion ripped through Farm Centre market just after 4:00pm local time and comes only a day after a terrorist attack killed 32 and wounded 80 in the Northeast city of Yola.

CNN Senior Political Commentator and former Obama adviser David Axelrod said that the rise of ISIS “was not what was anticipated” by the Obama administration “And it is going to be an issue in the election” during CNN’s coverage of

WASHINGTON D.C.—Hillary Clinton’s unofficial political adviser Sidney Blumenthal walked Clinton through the Democratic strategy on how to prop up less-threatening Republican candidates in order to hurt the stronger Republicans.

All news channels are predicting that Justin Trudeau will become the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada and form a majority government. The Liberals are projected to win at least 191 seats as of this writing, exceeding the minimum 170-seat threshold for a majority government.

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” former senior adviser to President Barack Obama and political analyst David Axelrod said Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is not being realistic about having millions of people march on Washington D.C. demanding

Tuesday on CNN’s “The Lead,” former Obama chief analyst David Axelrod said the biggest challenge for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in tonight’s debate is to make her recent policy shifts to the left on issues like the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Democratic strategist David Axelrod said to turn around her plummeting poll numbers, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton needs to “untether” her “absolutely calibrated language.” Axelrod said, “I think she needs to untether herself from

Former Senior White House adviser David Axelrod insinuated Sunday that Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign is uninspiring and based purely on entitlement.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s claim that “everyone” in the government that she talked to knew that she was using a private email server contradicts statements given by President Obama and top White House advisers.

Despite having previously denied the existence of a personal email account held by Hillary Clinton during her tenure as secretary of state, it was revealed in a document dump of those emails that had occurred on Tuesday that former Obama