Axelrod: Republicans Chose Sideline in National Crisis

Axelrod says people in Washington are obsessed with polls, but the administration is intent on taking a long run view. He also says that the republicans made a strategic, political decision to sit on the sidelines and root for failure at a time of national crisis. Because they've chosen the sidelines, they should lose their right to criticize, he said.

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