Impolitic with John Heilemann
David Axelrod: “America Grabbed the Wheel and Said, Enough”
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About this episode
John welcomes back David Axelrod — chief strategist to Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, founder of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics, chief political analyst for CNN, host of The Axe Files, cohost of Hacks on Tap, and best-selling author of "Believer: My 40 Years in Politics" — to discuss the results of the midterm elections and their implications for Democrats heading into 2028. Axelrod explains the lessons his party should take from Election Night's blue bloodbath; how the transformation of the electoral map, together with the new Democratic nominating calendar, will impact the coming presidential race; and why November 3 was, “for romantics about politics, a truly great day.”