Our party is - we don't have the problems that the other party has. We're not divided. We don't have to worry about, you know, what people are saying on the side or about their affection for the president or - we don't have those problems and we don't have the reinvention convention. David Axelrod affectionconventiondivide share on social
We don't want to go back to the same policies and the same practices that drove our economy into a ditch, that punished the middle class, and that led us to this catastrophe. We have to keep moving forward. David Axelrod backcatastropheclass share on social
The place where we don't agree is on whether there should be some restraint on insurance companies and whether they should be allowed to run wild. We believe there should be some restraint; some on the other side don't think so. David Axelrod agreeallowcompany share on social
I haven't given up on working... across the aisle on issues and maybe it'll take an election or two for that to fully ferment, maybe it you know sometimes it takes awhile for people to realize what the best path is. David Axelrod aisleawhileelection share on social
We know that 10 million more people will lose insurance in the next 10 years if we don't act. David Axelrod actinsurancelose Change image and share on social
I think that the millions and millions of young Americans, young Americans, who have health care today, who wouldn't have had it if the president hadn't acted are better off. David Axelrod actamericancare Change image and share on social
I think those autoworkers whose industry would have collapsed if the president hadn't intervened are certainly better off. David Axelrod autoworkerscollapseindustry Change image and share on social
We can't have - we can't have a patchwork of 50 states developing their own immigration policy. I understand the frustration of people in Arizona. They want the federal government to step up and deal with this problem once and for all, and that's what we want to do. David Axelrod arizonadealdevelop share on social
I think President Obama is a committed, practicing nonideologue. He's consumed by neither tactics nor ideology. He is more concerned about outcomes than he is about process and categorizations. David Axelrod categorizationcommitconcern Change image and share on social
We have to deal with the world as we find it. The world of what it takes to get this done. David Axelrod dealfindtake Change image and share on social