Entries tagged “Axelrod”
Who Won the First Debate?
By Sarah Scully on 09/30/2008
By Sarah Scully The immediate buzz in the press tent was that McCain had won but that it wouldn't have much of an impact. The numbers coming in from focus groups and straw polls of voters indicated a win for Obama. Both campaigns, of course stormed the Spin Room after the debate claiming victory. In the intervening days, the majority of press has settled on calling it a draw. There may not have been a knock-out punch from either side but polls (and Intrade) have moved in Obama's favor since Friday's debate. That said, his campaign is all too aware... MORE »
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Axelrod on Rove: "The Only One Making Snide Remarks is him"
By William Rabbe on 06/24/2008
By William Rabbe Many have been talking about Karl Rove's recent quote depicting Obama as a Country Club Elitist -- but it's actually derived from an older Rove quote from an interview with the Times of UK from April 26th: "You have probably seen this kind of guy at London parties, trailing ash from a fashionable cigarette into the carpet and making snide remarks about someone 'being an abominable bore'." Somehow, I had a hard time imagining that this image would "stick" to Obama the way that it did against John Kerry in 2004 -- especially since Rove described Obama... MORE »
