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  • David Axelrod
    CNN Senior Political Commentator

    David Axelrod, a former senior advisor to President Obama, is director of the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics and host of The Axe Files podcast

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  • US President Donald Trump gestures as he departs the White House, on May 5, 2020, in Washington, DC en route to Arizona, where he will tour a mask factory and hold a roundtable on Native American issues. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

    Donald Trump's cold, hard political calculation

  • Joe Biden

    Obama team fully vetted Biden in 2008 and found no hint of former aide's allegation

  • President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2020, in Washington.

    Why Trump failed his nation

  • President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Friday, April 10, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    David Axelrod: Try as he might, Trump can't spin the pandemic

  • CNN poll shows Biden leading Trump by 11 points

    CNN's John King and political analyst David Axelrod discuss a new CNN poll showing former Vice President Joe Biden leading against President Donald Trump after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) dropped out of the race.
  • Democratic White House hopeful Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders arrives to speak during a campaign rally at the Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on March 1, 2020. - Left-leaning California has thrust itself back into the heart of the fight for the presidency in 2020, casting a potentially decisive vote March 3 in the Democratic nominee to face Donald Trump. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP) (Photo by MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

    You have a lot to be proud of, Sen. Sanders. Now it's time to go

  • David Axelrod Super Tuesday message sanders vpx_00002902

    Ex-Obama strategist: Sanders has to think about this tonight

    Former Obama chief strategist and CNN analyst David Axelrod says Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has a profound decision to make after the latest election results.
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    Ex-Obama chief strategist: Strongest we've seen Biden in 11 races

    CNN's David Axelrod and Gloria Borger weigh in on former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders' performance at the CNN-Univision Democratic debate.