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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

      Full Bio

    • U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference on the American Rescue Plan in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act into law that will send aid to millions of Americans struggling from the COVID-19 pandemic.

      Why Biden's first press conference will be so challenging

    • Top ex-Obama strategist grades Biden's speech

      David Axelrod, who advised former President Barack Obama, assesses President Joe Biden's speech addressing the nation about the Covid-19 pandemic.
    • WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 05: Sen. John Cornyn (R) (R-TX) talks with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) while walking to the U.S. Senate chamber for a vote March 05, 2021 in Washington, DC. The Senate continues to debate the latest COVID-19 relief bill. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

      Axelrod breaks down Manchin's surprising move

      CNN's David Axelrod and David Gergen discuss Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) holding up the Covid-19 relief bill for hours before agreeing to a deal.
    • WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 13: Razor wire is shown atop a fence outside the U.S. Capitol during the fifth day of former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial February 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. The Senate is expected to conclude their deliberations and vote later today. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

      This was no triumph for Trump

    • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks during a news conference following a Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

      What will Mitch McConnell do?

    • NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE - JANUARY 19: One day before being inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States, President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Major Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III National Guard/Reserve Center January 19, 2021 in New Castle, Delaware. The reserve center is named for Beau Biden, Joe Biden's oldest child and who served as attorney general of Delaware and a major in the state's National Guard before dying of brain cancer at the age of 46 in 2015. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

      Biden's hope and a prayer

    • WASHINGTON - JANUARY 20: U.S President Barack Obama gives his inaugural address during his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States of America on the West Front of the Capitol January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

      David Axelrod: The scary call I got the night before Barack Obama's inauguration

    • TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump leaves after a Hispanic Heritage Month event in the East Room of the White House October 6, 2017 in Washington, DC. - President Trump invited over 200 Hispanic business, community, and faith leaders, and guests from across the country to join in the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

      Donald Trump is going home a loser

    • The courage of Brad Raffensperger

    • US President Donald Trump looks on during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to wrestler Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on December 7, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

      David Axelrod: History will scorn the cowards who fear Trump

    • The Herculean task facing President-elect Biden

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      Fmr Obama senior adviser says Trump's refusal to a smooth transition is 'creating small crises in the midst of large crises'

      David Axelrod joins The Lead.