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White House Message Maven Finds Fingers Pointing at Him

March 7, 2010 By MARK LEIBOVICH WASHINGTON -- David Axelrod was sitting at his desk on a recent afternoon -- tie crooked, eyes droopy and looking more burdened than usual. He had just been watching some genius on MSNBC insist that he and President Obama's other top aides were failing miserably and should be replaced. ''Typical Washington junk we have to deal with,'' Mr. Axelrod... Full article »

Buried in Health Bill, Very Specific Beneficiaries

December 21, 2009 By ROBERT PEAR Buried in the deal-clinching health care package that Senate Democrats unveiled over the weekend is an inconspicuous proposal expanding Medicare to cover certain victims of ''environmental health hazards.'' The intended beneficiaries are identified in a cryptic, mysterious way: individuals exposed to environmental health hazards recognized as a... Full article »

CHICAGO NEWS COOPERATIVE; At Work in Washington, At Home in Manny's Deli

November 22, 2009 By JAMES WARREN In a Loop restaurant, David Axelrod smiles when shown a photo of the two of us as long-haired reporters hovering near a fur-coated female who resembles a polar bear with blond hair during a rough Chicago winter. ''Jane Byrne. The 1979 mayoral campaign,'' he says, examining the shot like a surprised anthropologist. ''I was pulled off nights at The... Full article »

Behind The War Between Fox And Obama

October 23, 2009 By JIM RUTENBERG Late last month, the senior White House adviser David Axelrod and Roger Ailes, chairman and chief executive of Fox News, met in an empty Palm steakhouse before it opened for the day, neutral ground secured for a secret tête-à-tête. Mr. Ailes, who had reached out to Mr. Axelrod to address rising tensions between the network and the White House,... Full article »

Fox's Volley With Obama Intensifying

October 12, 2009 By BRIAN STELTER Attacking the news media is a time-honored White House tactic but to an unusual degree, the Obama administration has narrowed its sights to one specific organization, the Fox News Channel, calling it, in essence, part of the political opposition. ''We're going to treat them the way we would treat an opponent,'' said Anita Dunn, the White House... Full article »

Politics And The Age Gap

September 13, 2009 By ADAM NAGOURNEY AMERICAN politics has been defined by gender gaps, racial gaps, geographic gaps and the gap between the religious and the secular. Now comes the geriatric gap. As the population ages and the nation faces intense battles over rapidly rising health care and retirement costs, American politics seems increasingly divided along generational lines. The... Full article »

And Now, Starring in the West Wing: Ax & Lesser

June 14, 2009 By ASHLEY PARKER DAVID AXELROD was on the lam. He ducked into Jon Favreau's West Wing speechwriting office, checking to make sure that Mr. Favreau hadn't seen Eric Lesser, Mr. Axelrod's special assistant. He left, and moments later Mr. Lesser came bounding in, demanding: ''Where's Ax? What's he doing? He's hiding from me!'' Laughing, Mr. Favreau said, ''Their... Full article »

Republican Get a Dare : Be Constructive

April 20, 2009 By BRIAN KNOWLTON WASHINGTON -- Top White House advisers bluntly challenged Republicans on Sunday to offer alternatives and not simply criticize administration approaches as Congress prepared to return from a two-week recess and take up a charged agenda centered on core objectives of the Obama administration. ''You have to come constructive,'' Rahm Emanuel, the... Full article »

Financial Industry Paid Millions to Obama Aide

April 4, 2009 By JEFF ZELENY; Reporting was contributed by Peter Baker, David Johnston, David D. Kirkpatrick, Eric Lipton and Charlie Savage. Lawrence H. Summers, the top economic adviser to President Obama, earned more than $5 million last year from the hedge fund D. E. Shaw and collected $2.7 million in speaking fees from Wall Street companies that received government bailout money, the White House disclosed Friday in releasing financial information about top officials. Mr. Summers,... Full article »

Obama’s Political Adviser

March 9, 2009 David Axelrod’s title as a senior White House adviser does little to capture his full importance to President Obama.... Full article »

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