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Axelrod is an american political consultant and analyst who became most popular for being the chief strategist for barack obamas presidential campaigns. Axelrod is too selfeffacing and loyal to take credit, but his new memoir, believer. The bookclosing call to remake politics would sound like so much cheerleading in other hands, but axelrods connecting of obama to jfk makes it work. My book is called believer, and its not about any particular person, but about this process. David axelrod recounts his years as obamas adviser and. Susan axelrod quit work when david left the newspaper business for politics in 1984. He left the position in early 2011 and became the senior strategist for obamas successful re. Tv, a book, future leaders and epilepsy research susan axelrod, kuwaits ambassador salem alsabah, and david axelrod during a dinner at. The highlights for me came in the 2nd half, as he presented illustrations of how barack obama thinks and acts as president.
Susan axelrod on life after washington the new york times. After obamas election, axelrod was appointed as senior advisor to the president. And while i had lived my dreams, my valiant wife, susan, and our three children had paid a high price. Axelrod received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from depaul university, on june 14, 2009.
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