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To my chief strategist David Axelrod who's actually been a partner with me every step of the way.

Axelrod had been asked if he thought Obama could really handle a tough race for president.

The White House then tried to walk back what Mr. Axelrod had said. But it was a telling remark, in more ways than one.

"As a friend, " Mr. Axelrod said, the president "has always been on my butt about this, and as a result, my butt is a little bit smaller. "

It was probably smart to follow the advice of someone like Axelrod, especially if his wife agreed with it.

For Mr. Obama, he said, this is nothing new. "This isn't a revelation, " Mr. Axelrod said. "This is a fundamental article of faith. "

Axelrod said he is merely trying to change the subject.

I was part of a presentation with Mode and Mr. Axelrod to evaluate the final two or three options.

With these credentials, "Obama could have done anything he wanted, " noted David Axelrod, now his presidential campaign strategist.

In 1952, the playwright George Axelrod appropriated the term for a Broadway play about a husband's desire to stray.

"It clicked in his head and he became a much better candidate over time, " Axelrod said.

"They're going to have to explain to their constituents why they're holding up tax cuts for the middle class, " Axelrod said.

The president's top White House advisor, David Axelrod, says its size befits the problem.

David Axelrod, the president's closest political adviser, said Dr Abdullah had no chance of winning anyway.

In November, Obama and his advisers began meeting in Axelrod's office to discuss seeking the Democratic nomination for the presidency.

Ms. Axelrod said she had seen families signing formal agreements and families making verbal agreements.

With Michelle on board, with Axelrod and Gibbs getting ready, with Democrats across the country thrilled over Obama, the decision was made.

Instead, Axelrod created an ad that showed Simon's adult daughter comparing Obama with her father.

Can you imagine President Obama defying Axelrod's advice and the progressive wing of his party in support of the tax cuts?

David Axelrod, whose reputation for political genius never included organization, will leave to begin working on the re-election campaign.

Axelrod told the ABC television program This Week that he believes the president did the right thing.

David Axelrod says he warned the president early on that his public approval ratings were likely to drop.

David Axelrod, the Obama campaign manager, called him "peevish" ; another official opted for "irascible" .

In Chicago, I met with two young political activists, David Wilhelm and David Axelrod, who would become involved in the campaign.

Gorbachev had a fundamental coevolutionary insight, says Axelrod.

Q: How did David Axelrod, Mr. Obama's chief strategist, respond to your initial presentation?

Eventually, Axelrod hired Stephanie Cutter to bolster Michelle's image and help her shape her passions into an agenda.

At the time, Axelrod was still thinking over his choices.

Axelrod had planned to shoot a television commercial with Simon's personal support of Obama.

"In zero-sum games you always try to hide your strategy, " says Axelrod.

"my involvement was a leap of faith, " Axelrod said.

He is taking over Axelrod's job as chief political adviser to the president.

"I don't really need to do this, " Senator Obama told David Axelrod in 2006, "because being Barack Obama turns out is a pretty good gig. "

David Axelrod, Mr Obama's chief strategist, commenting on the early returns, told CNN: "We like what we see. "

These are things that will put people to work, but will also strengthen our economy in the long run, " said Axelrod. "

Axelrod's idea was repeated in a horde of popular science books.

Axelrod, Robert, and Robert, Keohane. "Cooperation Under Anarchy. " Princeton University Press, 1986.

Axelrod said that kind of strong-arm tactic will hurt Republicans in this fall's election.

"That's not even a suit, " Bush retorted, eyeing Axelrod's sport coat and slacks .

"Our hope is that the new Congress begins work on this as soon as they take office in early January, " Mr Axelrod said.

Axelrod's 14-player Prisoner's Dilemma round robin tournament was played on a computer.

He will be working closely with Mr Axelrod in the presidential election, and Mr Emanuel was never a close friend anyway.

The suit was fine, but when Axelrod took a close look at the tie, they both felt he needed to change it.

Jim Axelrod, CBS News, New York.

In order to compare the strategies, Axelrod has organized two computer contests.

Partly because he is surrounded by hard-nosed strategists, such as David Axelrod, who excel at campaigning.