The West Wing

...the culture of the capital. A West Wing that features skilled operatives like Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs is no less politically obsessed than when Karl Rove roamed the same halls. "I suppose what has surprised me...

In this article: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Washington, Rush Limbaugh, West Wing, Afghanistan, Virginia, and Comity

...it. David Axelrod openly reveres the old Jewish deli in Chicago known as Manny's. He has a sign in his West Wing office saying Barack Obama in Hebrew script. And Rahm Emanuel could no more hate his Jewish and Israeli ties than he could the...

In this article: Barack Obama, David Axelrod, The Daily Beast, Rahm Emanuel, Richard Wolffe, White House, Diane Dimond, George Mitchell, and Michael Jackson

Election season resembles 'West Wing' When Eli Attie, a writer for "The West Wing," prepared to plot some episodes about a young Democratic congressman's unlikely presidential bid, he picked up the phone and called David Axelrod. Attie, a...

In this article: Arnold Vinick, Barack Obama, John McCain, David Axelrod, Lawrence O'Donnell, Bob Dylan, and Alan Alda

...work at 7am; he quipped that his first task is walking First Dog Bo. Joking aside, Axelrod was asked if his experience thus far has mirrored the hit TV show "The West Wing." Axelrod, whose day primarily consists of meetings, recalled a recent...

In this article: David Axelrod, Barack Obama, Peter Sagal, Eliot Spitzer, Paula Poundstone, George Bush, and Fargo, ND

...and written. Santos was Attie's project, but Obama was Axelrod's project. So, to what degree did "The West Wing" create a test market for a minority candidate? By campaigning to have his guy portrayed in a network hit, did Axelrod soften...

In this article: Barack Obama, Matt Santos, David Axelrod, Arnold Vinick, John McCain, and Al Gore

...of Mr. Obama's senior advisors," Rove said. "There's a White House political director thinking about politics 20 hours a day so West Wing staff only think about it half a hour a day." That is not, to put it mildly, how most Democrats...

In this article: Barack Obama, Karl Rove, Bill Clinton, White House, David Axelrod, West Wing, Minyon Moore, and Democratic National Committee

...David Axelrod, seeking advice on how to make the Santos campaign more realistic. After his narrow victory on The West Wing ("narrow" being one part of the fictional scenario that did not come to pass in reality), Santos asked Josh Lyman...

In this article: Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Matt Santos, Josh Lyman, Arnold Vinick, Bradley Whitford, White House, and Ari Gold

...the need to address the budget deficit. Yesterday, Obama also announced more White House staff members, a lineup that suggests the West Wing will look like the top echelon of his campaign. David Axelrod, his campaign's chief...

In this article: Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Tom Daschle, Peter Orszag, Washington, E-mail, Congressional Budget Office, and Republican National Committee

...circle of the West Wing. His office sits between chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and communications director David Axelrod (for fans of "The West Wing" television series, that would be Josh Lyman's office). "It's only been four years...

In this article: Alaska, Pete Rouse, Barack Obama, World War I, Josh Lyman, U.S. Senate, The Miami Herald, and David Axelrod