67 Quotes by David Axelrod

He's not exactly a guy who invites the limelight, and he's not a showboat. He's really rather shy.

The goal here is to signify to people that they are getting real and reliable information. I think he better make sure the contraption can fly before he markets it.

We don’t want to go back to the same policies and practicies that drove our economy into a ditch, that punished the middle class, and that led to this catastrophe. We keep moving forward.

I have never believed in the Wizard of Oz theory of consulting, that I am all-knowing and all-seeing, and that everyone around me is kind of a backbencher.

I’m a kibitzer with a broad portfolio.

The truth is that as we move forward, if one side says we can’t raise any taxes on anybody or any interest, and the other side says we can’t cut anything, we’re obviously not going to make progress on this. And our interest is in making progress on this.

This marketplace where people can buy insurance who don’t have it today – a competitive marketplace: That’s an idea that both sides embrace.

Any time you have loose ballots, you have to worry about shenanigans. It’s a shame such a hard-fought election has to come down to something like this.

We must build bridges to the future, not the past.