Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 194
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“His fluency on faith and his willingness to speak about it is an asset. Carter, Clinton, and Obama — they all shared that quality. It was one of the cues that opened the door to voters.”
— David Axelrod, quoted by New York Magazine, on Pete Buttigieg.
David Axelrod, the chief strategist who guided President Obama into the White House, offered a blunt assessment of Hillary Clinton’s likely 2016 presidential campaign, saying she needs to “get out of the cocoon of inevitability,” the Washington Post reports.
Said Axelrod: “Tactics have to follow strategy. I think the danger for Secretary Clinton is that, as was the case in 2007, her candidacy is out in front of the rationale for it.”
Former Obama adviser David Axelrod told MSNBC that he predicts changes at the White House in the aftermath of the midterm elections.
Said Axelrod: “Washington always wants you to throw out bodies after a bad election, so you’ll hear that hew and cry. But it’s also been a turbulent couple of years — a lot of his team has been there since the beginning. It’s a natural time to evaluate whether you’ve got all the pieces in place that you need, and he should do that.”
When asked if that should include a staff shake-up, Axelrod responded: “Oh, I think so. I mean, I think he will.”
Taegan Goddard
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire -- which for more than two decades has been one of the nation's most influential political news sites.
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