David Axelrod

CNN president Jeff Zucker revealed to David Axelrod that he is toying with running for public office.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Wednesday won the House Democrat leadership election to be the party’s next nominee for speaker.

Former President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that he was “very confident” he would have won a third term had the Constitution and his wife allowed him to run again.

Former President Barack Obama praised House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Tuesday as an “extraordinary partner” who will be remembered as “one of the most effective legislative leaders that this country’s ever seen.”

David Axelrod, former chief campaign strategist for President Obama, said in a recent interview that Republicans lit “a tribal fire” with the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Democrats on Monday reacted with dismay and disbelief to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s releasejust three weeks before the midterm elections, of a DNA test showing she may have traces of Native American ancestry.

With left-wing activists and primary voters convinced that President Donald Trump is a “racist” and a “bigot,” Democrats vying for their party’s 2020 presidential nomination may have no choice but to go all-in on racial and identity politics.

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” CNN Senior Political Commentator and former Obama adviser David Axelrod argued President Trump views democratic institutions a “nuisance” and is envious of people who can rule how they want. Axelrod said, “[H]e has no

Friday on CNN’s “New Day,” former chief strategist for Barack Obama David Axelrod, also a CNN contributor, said President Donald Trump is like Nero playing the fiddle while Rome burned, because the Trump administration’s environmental policies are “rolling back” measures meant

The push by a number of prominent Democrats to completely politicize the impeachment process could backfire for them in the midterms, David Axelrod, the political advisor who helped elect Barack Obama to the Presidency in 2008, said on Sunday.

Staffers for former President Barack Obama quickly defended White House doctor Ronny Jackson after partisan critics mocked him for giving President Donald Trump an “excellent” grade on his physical.

As President Donald Trump’s first year ends with successes in both foreign and domestic policy, Democrats and #NeverTrump Republicans are plagued by “nightmare envy,” since the dictatorship they warned about has failed to materialize.

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” while defending President Barack Obama’s comments, former White House chief strategist David Axelrod said President Donald Trump “delivers hammer blows again” to “fundamental institutions of our democracy.” Partial transcript as follows: TAPPER: David,

Wednesday on CNN, former Obama chief strategist David Axelrod said with the passing of the Republican tax plan and other policies he has forwarded President Donald Trump “is doing consequential things.” Axelrod said, “It is advertised as something that will spur

During an interview on the “Axe Files” podcast released on Wednesday, host and CNN Senior Political Commentator David Axelrod said he, along with others in politics, “looked the other way” on former President Bill Clinton’s sexual misconduct and “there’s a

Tuesday on CNN’s “Situation Room,” former Obama adviser David Axelrod said President Donald Trump’s comments at today’s press conference were not only “sending dog whistles to white supremacists and Neo-Nazis,” but also “bleaching their white robes” and “shining their shields.” Axelrod

Former President Barack Obama and his inner circle are reportedly urging former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick to run for president in 2020.

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” CNN Senior Political Commentator and former Obama adviser David Axelrod remarked that President Trump’s description of MS-13 sounded like a description of a White House staff meeting. In the clip Axelrod was played,

During a preview clip of an interview set to air on Friday’s edition of CNN’s “Axe Files,” Representative John Lewis (D-GA) argued President Trump is “uncaring,” and defended his comparison between Trump and George Wallace. Interviewer David Axelrod asked Lewis

Thursday on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” when asked about President Donald Trump’s tweets about MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski, former senior advisor to President Barack Obama David Axelrod said there was “a difference between being a fighter and epic jerk.” Axelrod said,

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” CNN Senior Political Commentator and former Obama Senior Adviser David Axelrod stated that while former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said she was responsible for her electoral defeat, “everything else suggested that she

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” CNN Senior Political Commentator and former Obama Senior Adviser David Axelrod argued that while former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton “has a legitimate beef” with FBI Director James Comey, “Jim Comey didn’t say

In an interview that aired on CNN from David Axelrod’s “The Axe Files,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) shot down the notion that President Donald Trump is anything like former President Ronald Reagan. Axelrod asked McCain if he saw the president as

After President Donald Trump described former President Barack Obama as a “sick guy,” the former president’s loyal team rose in unison to defend him.

A number of ex-Obama officials appear to suggest that the Obama administration may have actually wiretapped the Trump campaign, but that if they did it would have been justified by a court and part of an investigation by the Justice Department—not led by or ordered from the White House or the former president himself.

Tuesday night reacting to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress, former senior adviser to President Barack Obama David Axelrod said that Trump’s words “are going to have a confrontation with the reality.” Axelrod said, “The words

Friday on CNN’s coverage of the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States President Donald J. Trump, former chief strategist for Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns David Axelrod said Trump’s speech was a “populist manifesto” and “he lit this

Wednesday at an event at the University of Chicago with former Obama adviser David Axelrod, incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer was asked about how he reacts to President-elect Donald Trump’s use of Twitter. Spicer argued it wasn’t a

Former Obama aides joined CNN’s discussion, asserting that racism absolutely had something to do with Republican opposition to his agenda.

During an interview aired on Wednesday’s CNN special, “The Legacy of Barack Obama,” former Obama adviser David Axelrod argued that it’s “indisputable” that “there was a ferocity to the opposition and a lack of respect to” President Obama “that was a