David Axelrod

Rep. John Lewis was brought to tears while visiting an exhibit centered on sit-ins at Atlanta’s Center for Civil and Human Rights.

“Attitudes about my presidency among whites in northern states are very different from whites in southern states,” POTUS told CNN.

With many Democrats reeling over President Barack Obama‘s largely lackluster performance and Mitt Romney‘s tall tales, Senior Strategist David Axelrod, Policy Director James Kvaal, and Press Secretary Ben LaBolt sought to refocus the election with a press conference Thursday morning to discuss how Mitt Romney’s disingenuous remarks will shape the election discourse going forward as […]

In this NewsOne clip from today’s 2011 National Action Network convention coverage, former presidential advisor David Axelrod thrills the audience with a little-told story about an exchange he had with President Barack Obama during the darkest days of the multiple crises faced by the administration. RELATED: Top Five Things To Watch For At Sharpton’s NAN […]

Reported by Camilo H. Smith for NewsOne NEW YORK — Former presidential senior advisor David Axelrod implored Black Americans to “mobilize” for Obama in 2012 in a presentation today at Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network convention. Raising the Black vote turnout, Axelrod said, was “one of our great tasks for 2012,” repeating the phrase […]