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Joe Biden called David Axelrod a ‘prick.’ It won’t shut him up.
Joe Biden called David Axelrod a ‘prick.’ It won’t shut him up.
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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Jan 12, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
David Axelrod, the former top Obama strategist, has been offering some
tough medicine to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. In November, he
suggested Biden think long and hard about running for reelection. He has
been withering about Biden’s skills as a candidate and communicator. He
is deeply concerned about the president’s age. And unlike other
Democrats in the anti-bedwetting set, Axe has been clear that the party
should be freaked out by the polls.
On this episode of Deep Dive, he joins host and Playbook co-author Ryan
Lizza to discuss his critiques of the Biden operation, the parallels
with 2012 when he led strategy for the Obama reelection, and what it’s
like to be a critic of your own party when most partisans these days are
expected to mouth the party line.
Ryan Lizza is a Playbook co-author for POLITICO.
David Axelrod is a Democratic political strategist and a CNN senior
political commentator.
Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Alex Keeney is a senior producer for POLITICO audio.
tough medicine to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. In November, he
suggested Biden think long and hard about running for reelection. He has
been withering about Biden’s skills as a candidate and communicator. He
is deeply concerned about the president’s age. And unlike other
Democrats in the anti-bedwetting set, Axe has been clear that the party
should be freaked out by the polls.
On this episode of Deep Dive, he joins host and Playbook co-author Ryan
Lizza to discuss his critiques of the Biden operation, the parallels
with 2012 when he led strategy for the Obama reelection, and what it’s
like to be a critic of your own party when most partisans these days are
expected to mouth the party line.
Ryan Lizza is a Playbook co-author for POLITICO.
David Axelrod is a Democratic political strategist and a CNN senior
political commentator.
Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Alex Keeney is a senior producer for POLITICO audio.
Released:
Jan 12, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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