Axelrod Leaving in 2011
- Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:30am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Via Fox News:
White House senior adviser David Axelrod confirmed Thursday that he will leave Washington next year to work on President Obama’s re-election campaign, becoming the latest official in the president’s inner circle to set the stage for an exit.
Axelrod, one of the president’s closest and most trusted advisers, was expected to leave at some point after the approaching midterm elections, though it wasn’t clear whether he would return to private life. He said in an e-mail to Fox News that he will transition, once again, to campaign mode in 2011.
“I’ll be here well into 2011,” he wrote. “At some point, I’ll leave to work on reelect.”
The president is getting used to this type of news (although Axelrod isn’t leaving permanently). Herb Allison, the head of the government’s $700 billion financial bailout program, announced this week that he’s resigning; director of the National Economic Council Lawrence Summers will leave his post at the end of the year; and two other economic advisers also recently resigned: budget director Peter Orszag and the chief of the Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer, both announced their exits this summer. And there could be at least one more: Obama’s chief-of-staff, Rahm Emmanuel, is also considering leaving the administration in order to run for Chicago mayor.
No word on if Axelrod will return should Obama win a second term.
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Comments (39)
drconstitutionalconservative
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 12:03pmWith Emanuel and Axelrod leaving, there will only be one person left that is actually running this nation now, George Soros. The nakeup ahs been the actuators, Pelosi, Reid, Frank, others like Dodd, then, the actual handlers with all the ideas to get done, Axelrod, Emanuel, Soros, and the front man, Obama. Even with the two handlers leaving, there is still Soros left running this nation, NOT a good deal for anyone.The henchmen for all this stuff will be the Union leaders, they provide the strong arming of the workers to blindly follow the administration, no questions asked, even when those union members KNOW what they are being forced to do is wrong, wrong, wrong.
Report Post »bobojake
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:42amAxleturd I can only hope that one day you get back every LIE you ever dished out. America will still be here long after you, obama, gibbssee, rham are long gone with your destructive fraudulent CORRUPT elcrapo. Your advancing of the rev wright hate and billy ayers the terrorist attitude through obama will never be forgiven by a real American. Tomorrow won’t be to soon to leave, why wait til 2011 to let the door hit you in the geister…
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:28amDon’t worry…he will continue to work towards removing our freedoms in the name of (protecting us from ourselves)..Satan = Oppressor, Devil = Slanderer (liar)…what can I say…
Report Post »AJ
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:05amIn Chicago City politics, anything is possible! I have a sneaking suspicion that Mayor Daley will step down early to appoint Rahm Emmanuel as an interim mayor, so that come the mayoral election, Rahm will be the Democrat incumbent. (Call me another conspiracy theorist, but, given what just happened to Jesse Jr. here, I have another sneaking suspicion that Rahm‘s name was all over that ’outing.’) I know this ‘early appointing so the new guy could run as the party incumbent’ trick has been done before in Illinois state politics, but I’m not sure how the City ordinances are written on this. Can someone check to see if this political manouever is allowable in Chicago? If so, count on that happening because Rahm is not your typical warm, fuzzy, kiss the babies politician. Everyone here is already talking about how they’re going to soften him for a campaign with several more likeable and personable front-runners…
Report Post »rdk
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:05amI was exited until I read the details. I thought “leaving” meant leaving. Axlerod will remain as the chief spin doctor no matter who signs his paycheck.
Report Post »unionrockstar
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:03amI talked to a young couple after his first election; The young ladys comment was…..
I can listen to him speak and it just gives me cold chills; this man is wonderful..
He did it one time……there are many who will get cold chills again
Report Post »Some are so impressed by charisma
scandiman
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:44amI too, get cold chills running down my spine every time I try to listen to Obama, however, I wouldn’t attribute this to being excited or thrilled by what this idealogue has to say. 2012 cannot get here soon enough and then they’ll all be replaced.
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:40amAxelrod has been a stain on our political process that needs to be erased. All of his dealings need to be chronicled and taught as the unethical behavior that cannot be tolerated in American government.
Report Post »The ugly “Chicago” brand of politics should never have been imported to Washington.
Rahm and Axelrod could not leave too soon to please me.
Polwatcher
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:34amAxelrod always stays at least two steps ahead of the sheriff.
Report Post »Lathon Baud
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:29amAnd another rat leaves the sinking ship……
Report Post »NoMarxist
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:24amThey’ve done about as much as they could do to destroy America from within the white house, so the Chicago thugs are high tailing it out of Dodge before Obamunism hits the fan.
Report Post »G man
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:18amOne less commie.
Report Post »StopGovtBondage
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:12amRahm is going ahead of the group – to get the Chicago nest ready for the rest of them – let’s hope the entire Chicago machine returns to Chicago in 2012. Sorry Chicago…..maybe you should make certain Rahm Emanuel does not win the mayoral race – otherwise, you will never get out of the cesspool of Chicago politics.
As for America – we will drive Obama out of office in 2012, regardless of the messaging and manipulation of truth by Axelrod – let him spin spin spin….America is much wiser this time.
Report Post »AJ
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:54amIn Chicago City politics, if possible, I have a smeaking suspicion that Mayor Daley will step down early to appoint Rahm Emmanuel as an interim mayor, so that come the mayoral election, he will be the Democrat incumbent. And, given what just happened to Jesse Jr. here, I have another sneaking suspicion that Rahm‘s name was all over that ’outing.’ Can someone check to see if this political manouever is allowable in Chicago?
Report Post »BrendaB
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:11amWhat i’d like to know is when did they come out of campaign mode, it’s as though he no one told him he had won. The only reference to the fact that he did win the election was when he told the Republicans to ‘shut-up, sit-down, we won , you lost.’
Report Post »adifftake
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:11amhere’s a joke. what’s the difference between axelrod and rove?
Report Post »none: they are both progressive believers in bigger gov’t. Too bad that aint funny. I didn’t say it was a good joke.
BrendaB
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:07amWhat happened to “Stand by your man”, it scares me to think about where they might be going and what they will be doing…
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:07amHe’ll just go somewhere and work behind the scenes. This man knows way too much. Isn’t the progressive takeover a life time position??
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:00amHopefully that is LEAVE THE COUNTRY.. Obama will win easier in Europe take him and go..
Report Post »Bob_O
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:46amMaybe Obama will appoint “Blago” to replace one of them. I hear he is looking for a new gig.
Report Post »Noah Pology
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:45amSo David Axelturf is leaving the Administration to……….work full-time for the President. He’s going from meeting with the SEIU and ACORN in the White House to……….meeting with labor and community groups at DNC headquarters. Now that’s the kind of change we hoped for.
Report Post »Redd
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:44amDunham aint running in 2012, except from the cops.
Report Post »Spooky
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:39amI hate that guy and the stringy crap on his head!
Report Post »Freelancer
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:38amDon’t be fooled people. These guys are not going anywhere. They are still building the machine and are not done yet.
Report Post »GENZERO
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:53amExactly…there is definitely a plan…and the strategy to lull us into believing otherwise.
Report Post »unionrockstar
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:06amBingo
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:15amSecret Police
Report Post »joshua
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:38amone of onlty Smart decisions by Administration, however, brace yourself for the “reason”
Report Post »tadroid
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:37amAnd therein lies the rub. 2 years into one job, and this pinhead is already working on re-election. How about finish what you started? Honor your verbal contract? NAH! That’ll never happen. There is no honor amongst thieves.
Report Post »dressseller
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:35amHopefully ..Obama will be right behind him in 2012.
Report Post »pickup1988
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 12:09pmThe Republicans won’t stand a chance in 2012 if they continue electing extremist candidates who isolate the majority of America with their far-right views. The language of many prominent Republicans in the so-called Park51 debate has been disgraceful and it certaintly doesn’t reflect well to this average American.
Report Post »Peters
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 12:19pmUnderstanding David Axelrod, what motivates him and drives his sense of logic is akin to understanding the image and persona of Obama. And then, there is no other way to look at the Obama presidency, projecting ahead from a historical perspective, to view it as a crescendo, a socio-political “surge” so to speak in what ultimately could be known as a takeover as it aims to accomplish the same things that any political coup in the course of history has attempted to attain.
Obama, Progressives, liberals . . . call them what you will, in a very clandestine way have declared war on America, capturing cultures, raiding ideologies, pillaging mores and norms . . . twisting realities into new belief sets that are spiritually ill advised yet carry with them the weight of benevolence and good intentions.
To do this, takes a master narcissist. And considering the mountainous task David is charged with his only hope is to hide away and work tirelessly in secrecy and solitude until he has formulated a strategy that is so sinister, so ambiguous yet real, so disingenuous yet filled with hope and confidences that America will pin its hopes on false dreams once again.
This takes a lot of time. He’s perhaps moving rather late on such an ambitious task though . . . but don’t fear; he will stage a ruthless and interesting show for sure where Obama will dance and sing and carry on in grand orchestrated fashion. These things take time . . . Choreography is a delicate and creative business.
Report Post »Resolved
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:01pmPickup, can you kindly direct me to this awful rhetoric you speak of. Most of us on the right agree that Cordoba has every right to build their Cultural Center, we just think that they shouldn‘t and that it’s in poor taste. When they started it, the Imam talked about improving ties between muslims and non-muslims, but it seems that 71% of Americans, like those of us on the right, find it to be in poor taste. Of course there will be some who go over the line with what they say or do. That happens on the right AND the left (remember ******* Babies?) But unless I’m sorely mistaken, I can‘t think of any of our new candidates who’ve used the kind of rhetoric you’re talking about. Just like I’ve watched scenes from the 8-28 rally, and haven’t found any of the hate and racially charged rhetoric the left has alleged occurred there. Just like Fox News never put Terry Jones on the air, as the left alleged. Just like Fox didn’t air the video of Shirley Sherrod until well after the firing had occurred, even though the left alleged they did. You see the pattern. So I ask again, show me this rhetoric and who it’s coming from. Perhaps you’re right… this time. But I haven’t seen it.
Report Post »whitaker
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 2:46pmOnly time I see GZ0 mosque refered to as park51 is on liberal sites. If it dosent reflect well to average Americans then why does over 70% disagree with its placement there. Listen to what Imam rauf has said from the begining about america being more sheria compliant.
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