Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Axelrod and Gibbs on Brown Win

Update from Andrea Mitchell on Twitter:
more Axe- says he agrees with Webb shouldnt try and circumvent Scott Brown. will link to interview soon.
See what Jim Webb had to say about waiting here.

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CHUCK TODD: Republican Scott Brown's stunning victory means the Democrats' eight month super majority in the Senate is now gone. Is the President's health care bill gone with it?

Robert Gibbs is the White House Press Secretary. David Axelrod is the President's Senior Advisor. They're here now for a DAILY RUNDOWN exclusive, together. We believe it's your first joint interview since you've been in that lucky --

DAVID AXELROD, SENIOR ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT OBAMA: It may be our last. Let's see how it goes.

ROBERT GIBBS, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: We may take it on the road, Chuck. We may be making , you know, a few cities.

TODD: Fair enough. So, David, I'm going to put this first question to you.

How much responsibility does the White House accept for Martha Coakley's -- for the Democratic Party's loss in Massachusetts?

AXELROD: Look, Chuck, there's an unbecoming habit in this town of trying to defray a responsibility, point in other directions. And so let me say it was Robert's fault and I'm bitter about it.

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