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Axelrod: Romney would be ‘outsourcer-in-chief’

In a conference call with reporters on Friday, senior strategist to President Barack Obama David Axelrod sought to underline the differences between the economic strategies of the two candidates for president. Pointing to a Washington Post article published this morning that detailed Bain Capital’s extensive record of outsourcing jobs to…

Axelrod: Obama will be first president to be outspent by opponent

Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod on Thursday said he wasn’t surprised that his campaign hadn’t raised as much money as Mitt Romney’s campaign. “You pick up all the money that you couldn’t raise in the primary from Republicans who were supporting other candidates,” Axelrod told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “So we…

Axelrod to pro-Romney hecklers: ‘You can’t handle the truth!’

Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod took the president’s re-election pitch to his opponent’s home turf in Boston on Thursday, but presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s supporters did their best to drown out his message. During a news conference outside the Massachusetts Statehouse, Axelrod faced relentless booing, heckling and chanting…

Axelrod: Handful of plutocrats trying to buy this government

Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod said Wednesday that billionaires were trying to buy the United States government in the November elections. “There was a report this morning that the Republican Super PACs, apart from Romney and apart from his own super PAC, intend to spend a billion dollars in this…

Axelrod: Tea party ‘reign of terror’ blocked immigration reform

Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod on Sunday explained that President Barack Obama had not accomplished comprehensive immigration reform because the tea party had driven mainstream Republicans so far to the right. “I think a lot of Republicans in Congress want to cooperate, know better — but they’re in the thralls…