Breaking the Anti-Mormon Code

Democrats, media using coded language to draw attention to Mitt Romney’s faith
O'Donnel, Axelrod

The Obama campaign and mainstream media are using “dog-whistles” to draw attention to and suspicion of Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith, while attempting to maintain plausible deniability that any such attack is underway.

WH ‘hand-in-glove’ with Axelrod Firm

‘This is a big problem’
David Axelrod

Emails released by Congressional investigators suggest that the White House helped secure a lucrative contract for the firm of former White House adviser David Axelrod to lobby on behalf of the president’s controversial health care law, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Chicago Way

Axelrod claims no ties to old firm's Citbank, Cubs deals with Emanuel
David Axelrod / AP

Obama senior campaign adviser David Axelrod says he has no role in massive deals that Citibank and the Chicago Cubs are negotiating with the city of Chicago, despite still being on the payroll of the public relations firm hired by both organizations.

An Axelrod Sometimes Forgets

Axelrod in ’94: Excessive optimism alienates struggling middle class
David Axelrod / AP

As Clinton administration officials criticize Team Obama for failing to help the middle class, a 1994 video of David Axelrod shows him criticizing the political tactics he is today employing as the Obama campaign’s mastermind.