♪ wgn news @ 9 david axelrod political insider key strategist for obama white house david axelrod decidingo do next after president's re-election campaign is over that part of the story >> david axelrod says first and foremost committed to making sure president is be collected after november 4th all to chicago to begin a new chapter of distinguished career his goal to recruit a new generation of public service. >> at some point time to move on. this is that time for me >> after november's election david axelrod top strategist for president obama reelection campaign returning university of chicago director of new institute of politics he says it will be like rotc program for politics and a service hopes to inspire students to become active in public service especially and internships even though david axelrod closely associated with top democrats institute bipartisan >> everyone i spoke to on both sides journalism expressing interest not because of me because important thing to do and a bit of chicago >> david axelrod first moderated featured mayor rahm emmanuel >> so proud able to get this

david axelrod. mitt romney last night walking that tight rope on the economy, welcoming the good news, saying that president obama doesn't deserve any credit for it. that's going to be the key debate for this campaign. >> he ought to ask the autoworkers who are working today because the president intervened when mitt romney said we should have left detroit go bankrupt. he said the president's policies have made the recession worse. >> that's his argument? >> the facts, he has lot of arguments, none of them are supported by facts. if you look at the history of this, president came to office, quarter before he got to office, the country, the economy shrunk by 9%. the first month he was there, the country lost 750,000 jobs. we have had 22 months of private sector job growth now. it's been a climb up. and there are a series of manufacturing up for the first time in decades. we have plenty of work to do. we had big problems that took a long time in the making and they'll take a long time to solve. to say

up next, the senior strategist on the obama re-election team, david axelrod. what ?ke it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. [ male announcer ] when diarrhea hits, kaopectate stops it fast. powerful liquid relief speeds to the source. fast. [ male announcer ] stop the uh-oh fast with kaopectate. >>> joining me here in washington, david axelrod, senior strategist for the obama re-election campaign. tempted to ask you if they dragged you back to washington from chicago. >> washington is a great place to visit. chicago is a wonderful place to live. >> let me bring you a very washington thing, and that is poll numbers. the latest cnn/orc poll, the question was who can best get the economy moving? who can get the economy moving? under obama, 40%. romney, 53%. you obviously think there's a disconnect here. where is it? >> i think that's what campaigns are for. we're going to have a big debate about our visions for the future. governor romney t

that is a very, very concerning thing to me. >> david axelrod, thank you for visiting washington.. thanks. beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. not going back there again. good for you! how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. whole grain? whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't... multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories per serving... more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios. >>> joining me here in washington, former republican presidential nominee and current romney supporter, senator john mccain. senator, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, candy. >> the hot political topic is this big meeting in texas where romney wasn't apparently even part of the conversation. you're a guy that didn't even consider endorsing. how big of a hit is that for him? >> well, i this i it nk it is a. let's be honest. there is a very strong evangelical movement in south carolina. but at the same

rick perry on his outsider approach, sizing up the competition with obama campaign strategist david axelrod. >> we're going to have a big debate about our visions for the future. >> romney supporter senator john mccain on the perils and promise of south carolina. >>> plus, south carolina's powerful evangelical voting bloc. who will win the lion's share? with rev right hand brad adkins and bob jones iii. >> everything is up for grabs in my estimation. >> i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> over 100 leaders in the social conservative community met in texas for two days and emerged with a single name, rick santorum for president. it is a blow to texas governor rick perry, a born-again christian whose political grounding is fiscal and social conservatism. tony perkins, head of the family research council and a major player at the meeting, says perry checks all the boxes except one, but he doesn't think he can win. >> what they wanted to do was make sure that the candidate that had the best chance of going forward of securing the nomination and winning the general election w

david axelrod has been wishing for this that there's just an historic lack of drama here. >> michael reagan, final word with you. >> piers, if i could jump in, really, you can find negatives about every one of the candidates that are out there. it doesn't matter. ronald reagan knew that. ronald reagan said support the nominee of the party. had we supported the nominee of the party in 2008, john mccain would have been the president of the united states of america. he wasn't because we didn't. we need to be supportive of whoever that nominee is this time. do they all have problems? yes, everybody has problems. the only perfect person i know died on the cross 2,000 years ago. we need to get over it and understand that everybody's got problems. let's pick the best guy. let's get behind that person and win in november instead of this in fighting that's going on within this party, who's the best, who's the worst, what problems they have. 17 years ago, they would have given a bar mitzvah to newt gingrich for what he did for the republican party. now they would burn the chair he's in. >> on

with aims to train students to take part in public service and civic life david axelrod will take over as director early next year following his official announcement this afternoon there will be a panel discussion about the 2012 presidential race moderated by abc's george stephanopoulos and participating will be mayor rahm emanuel ... >>police believe 22 year-old darrion grossley is responsible for a string of armed robberies happening near madison and pulaski last year they say that he threaten someone with a hand gun and threatened to victims after robbing them he is charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault and armed robbery ... >>the beating of a high-school senior maybe in retaliation for cyber bullying ... robert palomino is charged and a bond hearing was set with $100,000 ... the boy's father says that it all began with a bullying incident ... >>it was a teenage dispute that escalated to a physical altercation in october and a subsequent revenge altercation this past week >>i think this reflects on all of us as a society and not just on what happens between teenagers in c

. >> we ask david axelrod. finally our political roundtable breaks down the fight for florida and talks about where the race goes from here. host of msnbc's "morning joe," joe scarborough will be here, and presidential historian, doris kearns goodwin will be here, as well as our nbc chief political director, chuck todd. >>> good morning, the final 48 hours before republican voters go to the polls in florida, and this is how the race now stands in the sunshine state. mitt romney going away, a 15-point lead over gingrich. it's our new nbc news/maris poll. we will go through the final arguments with john mccain. first, let's go in with chuck todd. chuck? >> well, good morning, david. we asked folks what is the most important quality in making your decision? electability, can beat obama 41%, and mitt romney has a larger lead over newt gingrich. but romney leads in all of the categories, and in fact experience to govern can beat obama more than a majority, and that's where mitt romney does best. this issue of electa

david axelrod has been wishing for this. there's just an historic lack of drama here. >> michael reagan the final word? >> piers if i could jump. >> you can. >> you can find negatives about every one of the candidates out there. it doesn't matter. you got to get behind -- ronald reagan knew that and he said support nominee of the party. had we supported the nominee of the party in 2008, john mccain would have been the president of united states and he wasn't because we didn't and we need to be supportive of whoever that nominee is this time. do they all have problems? yes. everybody has problems. the only perfect person i know died on a cross 2,000 years ago so we need to get over it and understand that everybody's got problems. let's pick the best guy. let's get behind that person and win in november. instead of this infighting going on within this party. who's the best. who's the worst? what problems they have. 17 years ago they would have given a bar mitzvah to newt gingrich. >> thank you very much both, indeed. >>> after

david axelrod has been wishing for this.here's just an historic lack of drama here. >> michael reagan the final word? >> piers if i could jump. >> you can. >> you can find negatives about every one of the candidates out there. it doesn't matter. you got to get behind -- ronald reagan knew that and he said support nominee of the party. had we supported the nominee of the party in 2008, john mccain would have been the president of united states and he wasn't because we didn't and we need to be supportive of whoever that nominee is this time. do they all have problems? yes. everybody has problems. the only perfect person i know died on a cross 2,000 years ago so we need to get over it and understand that everybody's got problems. let's pick the best guy. let's get behind that person and win in november. instead of this infighting going on within this party. who's the best. who's the worst? what problems they have. 17 years ago they would have given a bar mitzvah to newt gingrich. >> thank you very much both, indeed. >>> after t

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the myth was sold by david axelrod who is rich daily's mouthpiece.old it to the national media, that barack obama was transcending politics as if he was floating in some plastic bubble, across the united states with a wand like glenda the good witch. you know, i'll transcend here, i'll transcend there. but reality, okay, but reality is that he's from chicago and they have bosses and they take control and they do what they want. that's the reality. that's not transcending politics, that's playing politics. >> the guys in chicago, of course they're going to be in love -- you're very critical of mayor daily and you said you're very critical of the president and you call it as you see it. >> i like president obama personally, right, but i cannot -- see, in chicago, a few of us, we wear the tinfoil hats that they don't wear in the "washington post" and the "new york times." they should get them. because if you wear them, then when david axelrod starts sending his, you know, his channeling, you can kind of keep your mind clear when you're writing your colu

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the myth was sold by david axelrod who is rich daley's mouthpiece. to the national media that barack obama was transcending politics as if he was floating in some plastic bubble across the united states with a wand like glenda the good witch. i'll transcend here, i'll transcend there. but reality, okay, reality is that he's from chicago. and we have bosses. and they take control and they do what they want. and that's the reality. that's not transcending politics. that is playing politics. >> you know it better than anyone else because as you were talking about, i'm sure people say, oh, the guy's from chicago, of course he's going to be in love with what the president -- >> right. >> and you're krcritical of may daley and you're very critical of the president and you call it like you see it. >> listen, i like president obama personally, right? but i cannot -- see, in chicago, a few of us wear the tinfoil hats that they don't wear in "the washington post" and "the new york times," i don't think. they should get them because when you wear them, when dav

such figures at valerie garrett and robert gibbs and david axelrod.o i fact-checked the book. >> jon: what? what kind of writer are you? >> well, and so the white house pretty much knew what was in it before it came out. so anyway, i have been really surprised because.... >> jon: who is mad at you? because the lady on cnn was angry that you had not spoken to the couple since 2009. >> well by her logic, we wouldn't write obituaries because we can't talk to the dead people. so i don't know. but the thing.... >> jon: what? sorry. that was an odd place to take it. go ahead. who is pushing back? is the obama administration upset with you? >> you know, i think one thing that is a little bit delicate is that there is some behind-the -scenes in the book. that shows us a little bit how the sausage is made. for example, the obama... you know,. >> jon: they actually have a sausage factory. she's not being metaphorical. from what i understand to raise a little extra money they have a sausage factory, they have an organic farm too. >> we see a lot of beautiful ima

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david axelrod. red on meet the press with david gregory. >> he's led the country through a very difficult time. we have a long way to go. we're in a much different place than when he got there. he has a vision of how to build a country, as i said, and an economy in which hard work pays off, responsibility is rewarded. everybody plays by the same rules and everybody gets a fair shake. he believes that is root north dakota our firmest american values. our most important american values. it is the key to our future. >> nbc's mike viqueira is live for us. good sunday morning you. >> good morning, alex. >> what else did david axelrod had to say. >> he distilled the theme of the campaign into a simple phrase. a fair shake. every citizen in the country deserves a fair shake and more than that. everybody should be paying their fair share. that is essentially the theme and that is the preview of the kind of campaign they'll be running against the presumptive nominee. to hear the white house say it, people lik

the shots that republicans dished out against president obama in their debates campaign adviser david axelrodd the president's national security credentials today. >> i think when you look at the record bringing osama bin laden to justice destroying the leadership of al-qaeda, i think americans know that this president has made some very tough calls bob gates said it was the most courageous decision he has seen the president make in his 30 years. >> and axelrod says he is not sure mitt romney would have made that decision. >> former pakistani president is vowing to return to his country before the end of the month he is currently living in exile and he told flag-waving supporters that he is not afraid of anything he will compete in next year's general election. pakistan the authorities say if and when he does return he will be arrested in connection with the 2007 of former prime minister. >> your live illinois lottery drawing next. could this be the week we finally get measurable snow? >> tonight on instant replay, chapter to the black hawks and the red wings during fierce battle at the uc to

let me play for you what david axelrod said over the weekend. >> the other thing that worries me are these big super pacs that we see romney and others benefitting from. i think there's going to be a ton of money -- but not nearly of the scale on the republican side. >> what do you think about what david axelrod said? >> i think he's right. there will be huge pools and pockets o money. the question is, where do they come from. what we see in the primary ss that they're very effective because the windows with short. a week, two weeks between different event. iowa, new hampshire and does somebody have a chance to answer the challenges and attacks against them. but what's important is recognizing how you use that money and one of the things that the democratic party and president obama's team have been smart and wise about is that even in the iowa caucuses and new hampshire primary where there isn't a competitive fight, we've been taking time to organize and make sure people are invested and engaged with us. i think that will pay off in the end in a big way, but there's going to be a lo

obama campaign manager david axelrod, he will be on "meet the press" as well as a guest. >>> mitt romney supporter john mccain will be there. mitt romney is causing a bit of controversy with his latest ad, but it has nothing to do with the ad's target, newt gingrich. nbc's tom brokaw is upset with the ad which features his 1997 report, the day gingrich was found guilty of ethics violations. nbc news and brokaw have both requested that all news material be removed from the ad. the romney campaign says they believe they still have the right to air it. the ad is scheduled to run through tuesday. >>> well, president obama is making a case to change business as usual for lawmakers in washington. in his weekly address, he said he wants to ban them from profiting from their service. >> they should limit any elected official from owning stocks in industries they impact, and they should make sure people who bundle campaign contributions for congress can't lobby congress, and vice versa. >> well, the president repeated a plea from his state of the union address, that he wants congress to pass legi