David Axelrod's file:
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David Axelrod is a senior advisor to President Barack Obama.

Recent statements involving David Axelrod

Under Gov. Mitt Romney, Massachusetts ranked "47th in job creation."

"Tonight in Ohio, more people came out to vote for Barack Obama in an unopposed race than voted for (Mitt) Romney and (Rick) Santorum combined."

Says Newt Gingrich is responsible for the gridlocked politics of Washington.

Says Republicans want to cut education by 25 percent.

"The typical white male worker in this country is making in real terms what he was making in 1973" and "the average worker is making what they were making in 1996."

Recent stories featuring David Axelrod

Ad Watch: Claims about Romney's jobs record filled with half truths:

PolitiFact has often noted that economists say governors have a small effect their state's economy. For better or worse, the same thing was true when Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts.

 

Fact-checking the claims about (un)employment:

The job numbers for June are worse than expected; we review some recent Truth-O-Meter items on employment.

McDonnell-Axelrod dust-up beats up a few facts :

But Axelrod was wrong when he said McDonnell balanced Virginia's budget by borrowing $3 billion against future federal transportation receipts. And McDonnell erred when he said "30 years after World War II, we cut the deficit every year."

Axelrod takes on the Republicans on This Week:

White House adviser David Axelrod tried to attack the GOP agenda on This Week with Christiane Amanpour. We rate his accuracy here.

If you can't beat 'em . . . join 'em!:

Obama adviser David Axelrod creates his own chain e-mail to combat the e-mails from opponents of health care reform.

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