David Axelrod

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Been talking campaigns with @murphymike forever-even when we were running them against each other! Now, with 2020 in full swing, we’re sharing those chats. @HacksOnTap debuts Tuesday. So pull up a stool and subscribe today! https://t.co/FzNbM7CouE https://t.co/bxxCWgjAdW — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

@tablegrapes Her second choice number was very good, which matters in a caucus. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Interesting to recall 2007-8 Iowa caucuses. Lead shifted around among top tier during the course of the race. Lower tier never penetrated. Yesterday’s Iowa Poll showed definite tiering. Will the same pattern hold or can others now at 0-2% break thru? https://t.co/1BGZ9JJVWF — PolitiTweet.org

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@JoeBiden @BarackObama This is a joke, right? — PolitiTweet.org

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@WhidbeyHQ @CNN This show is outside the paywall. Hope you’ll listen! — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

For those of you who missed my #AxeFiles conversation with former Defense Secretary Robert Gates on @CNN tonight, or would like to hear more of the conversation, the podcast is up! https://t.co/dWVgGCb5o0 https://t.co/dDrFtZWRFc — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Sec. Gates on why he's optimistic about the future: "I see this rising generation of really amazing young people who are dedicated, who are determined, who want to serve, who are unhappy with where we are, and who I think see the role of the US in the world in a positive way." — PolitiTweet.org

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“I thought that was a very poor show. I thought that was outrageous,” Secretary Gates said in response to the military covering up the USS John McCain in Japan. #AxeFiles on @CNN https://t.co/PrlZxCS6WG — PolitiTweet.org

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Sec. Gates, 75, on considerations for older candidates: "there's also a question about intellectual curiosity and intellectual flexibility. How willing are you to change your views? The truth is the older most of us get, the more set in our ways we get." #AxeFiles on @CNN — PolitiTweet.org

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Me: "Are you comfortable with the current commander-in-chief?" Sec. Gates: "Well, I'm just not going to go down that road." Sometimes not going down a road is going down a road! #AxeFiles on @CNN now — PolitiTweet.org

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Sec. Gates, who clashed with @JoeBiden on Afghanistan: "I stand by the statement that I thought that he'd been wrong about most foreign policy issues for 40 years."#AxeFiles on @CNN — PolitiTweet.org

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On @BarackObama's decision to go after Bin Laden: "I thought it was one of the most courageous acts that I had seen a president carry out. We didn't have a shred of solid evidence...I think there was really a big political risk for the president" -Sec. Gates on the #AxeFiles @CNN — PolitiTweet.org

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Gates: "The Soviet Union collapsed 6 weeks after I became Director of Central Intelligence. To be w/Bush for 3 or 4 hrs a day, while he was managing the liberation of eastern Europe-the end of the Cold War... You knew every day you went in to the office, history was being made." — PolitiTweet.org

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Sec Gates on how we should deal w/ Russia: "Putin is now in a position where 1 of his primary objectives is wherever in the world he can create problems for the US he will do that...Putin is a classic bully & the only way you deal with Putin is from a position of strength." @CNN — PolitiTweet.org

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"The biggest national security threat lies w/in the 2 square miles that encompass the WH & the Capitol building… if we can't figure out a way to get stuff done & address some of our big problems here at home, we're at much bigger risk from any foreign threat." #AxeFiles on @CNN — PolitiTweet.org

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The "backlash against globalization is not limited to the US…it's part of a broader resentment about the fact that elites across the political spectrum didn't pay attention to the consequences for a lot of avg working people" Sec. Gates said. Tune in to the #AxeFiles NOW on @CNN — PolitiTweet.org

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Whether you agree with his chaos-making, ally-shaking methods or not, you can’t be surprised by them. On China, on trade, on his go-it-alone approach, @realDonaldTrump campaigned on this in ‘16 and will again in ‘20. https://t.co/mraIAVCqgw — PolitiTweet.org

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In tonight’s #AxeFiles on @CNN, I asked former Sec. of Defense Robert Gates what message @realDonaldTrump sent to Putin in Helsinki when he publicly took Putin’s word on election meddling “I think he (Putin) thinks he has a friend in the White House,” Gates said. Join us at 7ET https://t.co/Vd7XkrzuXA — PolitiTweet.org

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So unbelievably dangerous that our own government would suppress information about an existential threat. https://t.co/1bI1Hcwl9b — PolitiTweet.org

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Crawling back off the limb and, predictably, declaring victory. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ClydeHaberman: I was otherwise engaged all day and so, belatedly, just saw Trump trashing Mueller and Pelosi to the execrable Laura Ing… — PolitiTweet.org

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The @JoeBiden rollout was close to flawless. His handling of this Hyde Amendment issue was a mess. Changes of position over a long career are justifiable but should be thoughtfully planned. This was an awkward flip-flop-flip. — PolitiTweet.org

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“For openers, I think it’s strategically unwise to antagonize every country in the world simultaneously.” Fmr. SecDef and CIA director Robert Gates warns @realDonaldTrump against his threatened Mexican tariffs. Join us for the #AxeFiles, Saturday at 7 pm on @CNN! https://t.co/dLe5M5RJDh — PolitiTweet.org

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Sat down with Gov. @PhilMurphyNJ to talk, among other things, about his passion, which is rebuilding America-and why it isn’t getting done. #AxeFiles on @hearluminary! https://t.co/Knf56g35he https://t.co/glYBxFapPd — PolitiTweet.org

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“and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” Robert F. Kennedy November 20, 1925 –June 6, 1968 https://t.co/zHKQ2m7Gj2 — PolitiTweet.org

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“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.. https://t.co/VB2J4ikDBW — PolitiTweet.org

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...and honoring the alliances without which victory would not have been possible. — PolitiTweet.org

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Remembering the incredible valor of those who stormed Omaha Beach and scaled the cliffs to save the world from fascism and tyranny... — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @murphymike: Actually no. She’s a true leader and strong ally. Grew up under communism, broke the political glass ceiling in Germany and… — PolitiTweet.org

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History is replete with examples of how assassins’ bullets changed the course of history for the worse. The murder of Robert Kennedy stands out among them. — PolitiTweet.org