Axelrod: "We're going to play big...We're certainly not going to hunker down."

Easy for him to say as he makes a hasty exit stage left.

...Obama's chief political strategist, senior adviser, close friend, late-night sounding board and comedic foil is done at the White House. This was always his plan: two years of insider work from his office near Obama's in the West Wing, then home to family and more freedom in Chicago...

..."Probably more than any time in my lifetime, it's an unfathomable race," Axelrod said of the field of potential opponents...

"We're going to play big...We're certainly not going to hunker down."

The Axelturfer is taking a powder, beating feet, getting out of Dodge, making himself scarce, and otherwise insulating himself from aftershocks, consequences and of course sharply declining book deal payoffs should Obama lose in 2012. Losers and their inside story are generally interesting to political strategists, as bad examples and how not to do it, publishers and the general public OTOH aren't as fascinated by the story of losers.

posted by Purp at 11:18 AM

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