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U.S. News // 1 decade ago

White House adviser to 'gear-up' for 2012

White House adviser David Axelrod says he's preparing for an early return to Chicago to get "geared up" for President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Temporary tax cut extension on the table

A top White House adviser and a leading Republican senator left room for compromise on tax rates Sunday.

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Obama aide attacks outside campaign funds

Top White House adviser David Axelrod continued his attack on campaign spending by independent groups Sunday.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

U.S. campaign funding sparks sharp debate

President Barack Obama's top political adviser pressed the issue of foreign funding of U.S. political campaigns, despite reports finding no violations of law.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

White House: No Clinton-Biden switch

A top White House adviser rejected Washington speculation that President Obama plans to make Hillary Clinton his 2012 running mate and give Joe Biden her job.

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Axelrod says Bush tax cuts disingenuous

White House aide David Axelrod, in an e-mail to supporters, ripped Republicans, saying they were cynical to have Bush-era U.S. tax cuts expire in January.

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Axelrod: Boehner list of horribles

U.S. President Barack Obama's top political adviser Sunday touted Democratic economic moves and blasted Republican ones.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

WH says voter frustration understandable

White House senior adviser David Axelrod said Sunday he understands voter frustration over persistently high unemployment.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Obama to talk with BP and nation

The White House says President Obama will travel to the gulf plus address the nation this week about the BP disaster, outlining the government's next steps.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

WH pushes back at Carville's criticism

The White House pushed back against Democratic strategist James Carville's diatribe on the U.S. government's handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

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David M. Axelrod (born February 22, 1955) is an American political consultant based in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known as the top political advisor to President Barack Obama, first in Obama's 2004 campaign for the U.S. Senate in Illinois and later as chief strategist for Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Following the 2008 election, he was appointed as Senior Advisor to Obama.

Axelrod is the founder of AKP&D Message and Media, was a political writer for the Chicago Tribune, and operated ASK Public Strategies, now called ASGK Public Strategies. He is also a supporter of Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool, who helped Axelrod begin his firm (under the name Axelrod and Associates).

Born in New York's Lower East Side, Axelrod grew up in a middle class Jewish-American household, attended the prestigious Stuyvesant High School and showed a passion for politics early on. He graduated from University of Chicago, where he studied Political Science.All mention of Axelrod's parents were removed from this biography. Axelrod grew up in Stuyvesant Town on the east side of Manhattan.

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