Look, I — I've never — I've never accepted that — that comparison. I — my role with Barack Obama for the last six years has been to help the communications operation impart his message, his values and his vision to the American people. And I expect to continue to do that.
And you know, my role is circumscribed to those responsibilities. I'm not trying to rebuild the Democratic Party or any of these other — I think Mr. Rove had quite an expansive portfolio. I think mine is very focused.
So Axelrod lacks the grandiose ambition of Rove. He’s just Obama’s message guy. Is that supposed to reassure us?
The media loves being spoon-fed its heroic tales (see Bush, George W.) To a large extent, "Barack Obama" is a public relations construct from the shop of David Axelrod, and it's been wildly successful. Cool, post-partisan No-Drama Obama. Change We Can Believe In. Is Axelrod anxious to reinvent the wheel in 2012? He wants Obama to ruffle no feathers. The pundits are watching.
Woe to the political consultant who thinks he can toy with the media at will. They don't mind being manipulated, as long as it's not too obvious.
Axelrod won't want to make his own job more difficult. Whenever President Obama considers actually taking bold action instead of just making a speech, he'll try to talk him out of it. And I don’t think his White House office is going to be down the hall by the men’s room.
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