David Axelrod, Sen. Barack Obama advisor, at Oct. 2, 2007 speech by his candidate. Chicago Tribune photo by Michael Tercha.
by Christi Parsons
Barack Obama strategist David Axelrod isn't worried about the developing story line that casts Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York as the presumptive Democratic nominee for the White House next year.
"I'm not too worried," says Axelrod. "The roadsides of Iowa and New Hampshire are strewn with the spent political carcasses of September and October front-runners."
The image doesn't exactly work, under a strict interpretation of the word "carcass." Historically, most dominant front-runners have usually managed to go on and win the party nomination, including those who had to scrape themselves off the pavement after a loss in an early voting state.
But there are still plenty of historical reasons not to call the race just yet.
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I think whenever the Tribune identifies David Axelrod, they should acknowledge that he is a former Tribune employee, occasional Tribune contributor, and friends of all Tribune employees that he influences.
Posted by: John D | October 2, 2007 2:23 PM
..."I think whenever the Tribune identifies David Axelrod, they should acknowledge that he is a former Tribune employee, occasional Tribune contributor, and friends of all Tribune employees that he influences.
Posted by: John D | October 2, 2007 2:23 PM"...
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Posted by: The Original BZ | October 2, 2007 2:50 PM
The primaries start earlier this year and will leave no time to regroup after a bad showing. When you consider Thanksgiving and Christmas there is little time left. Obama seems afraid to lay a glove on Hillary. Maybe the other "guy" or his wife will try.
Posted by: whatnow | October 2, 2007 5:03 PM
Posted by: John D | October 2, 2007 2:23 PM
And every time that John "the Joseph Stalin of Streamwood" D posts in the Swamp, the Tribune should acknowledge that he claims to be a journalist but has never provided any PROOF to that allegation.
Posted by: BC | October 3, 2007 12:09 PM