David Axelrod

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.

The goal here is to signify to people that they are getting real and reliable information. I think he better read more

The goal here is to signify to people that they are getting real and reliable information. I think he better make sure the contraption can fly before he markets it.

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.

This was a visceral reaction to a horrible event. He feels a sense of responsibility, not just as a senator, read more

This was a visceral reaction to a horrible event. He feels a sense of responsibility, not just as a senator, but as an African-American senator.

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.