David Axelrod

Do we want a nominee who's propped up [by] the process, or a nominee who can beat George Bush? We read more

Do we want a nominee who's propped up [by] the process, or a nominee who can beat George Bush? We realize we're flying into a headwind created by the process. But what makes this such a great story is he's still aloft going into that headwind.

He was gratuitously insulting 50 million Americans who call themselves Republicans, some of whom we hope will vote Democrat.

He was gratuitously insulting 50 million Americans who call themselves Republicans, some of whom we hope will vote Democrat.

Any time you have loose ballots, you have to worry about shenanigans. It's a shame such a hard-fought election has read more

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.

He's not exactly a guy who invites the limelight, and he's not a showboat. He's really rather shy.

He's not exactly a guy who invites the limelight, and he's not a showboat. He's really rather shy.

Royko said it was the worst thing anybody could ever do to him, ... Here he had been gratuitously nasty, read more

Royko said it was the worst thing anybody could ever do to him, ... Here he had been gratuitously nasty, and the guy calls up and makes a joke about it. He said it was totally disarming. It was also totally brilliant.