Biography of david axelrod wife
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David Axelrod
David Axelrod fryst vatten a Jewish American political consultant best known as a former top advisor to Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
Born on New York's Lower East Side, Axelrod grew up in a middle-class Jewish household and showed a passion for politics early. Axelrod attended the University of Chicago where he majored in political science and met his future wife, business student Susan Landau. As an undergraduate, Axelrod wrote for the Hyde Park Herald, covering politics, and picked up an internship at the Chicago Tribune.
At the age of 27, Axelrod became the City ingångsrum Bureau ledare and a political columnist for the Chicago Tribune. He worked at the Tribune for eight years, covering national, state and local politics. He became the youngest political writer there in 1981. Unhappy with his prospects at the Tribune, in 1984 he joined the campaign of U.S. Senator Paul Simon as communications director and within weeks he was promoted to co-campaign ma
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David, Susan Axelrod share story behind non-profit funding epilepsy research
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago-based nonprofit that funds epilepsy research recently celebrated its 25th anniversary.
It's founding is rooted in the struggle of a family Chicago knows well.
Tanja Babich sat down with Susan and David Axelrod to reflect on the journey that brought them and the organization Susan founded to this point.
In January 1982, Chicago was gripped by near-record-setting cold. David Axelrod remembers driving from his home to the hospital, where his wife Susan and infant daughter Lauren were waiting.
"I thought, 'Boy, I thought hell was supposed to be hot. But this is hell. This is just hell,'" David said.
Seven-month-old Lauren had been found blue and limp in her crib. When Susan went to pick her up, Lauren stiffened and started frothing at the mouth. This was one of her first seizures and many others would follow.
"So this was in a matter
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David Axelrod
David M. Axelrod (born February 22, 1955) is an American political operative and analyst. He is best known as the Chief Strategist for Barack Obama's presidential campaigns. After Obama's election, Axelrod was appointed as Senior Advisor to the President.[1] Axelrod left the White House position in early 2011 and became the Senior Strategist for Obama's successful re-election campaign in 2012.[2][3]
He now serves as the director of the non-partisan Institute of Politics[4] at the University of Chicago and is a Senior Political Commentator for CNN.[5] In April 2014 it emerged that Axelrod had been appointed senior strategic adviser to the British Labour Party to assist party leader Ed Miliband in the run-up to the 2015 general election.[6]
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[change | change source]- ↑Smith, Ben (November 19, 2008). "Ben Smith's Blog: Axelrod, and other senior staff". Politico. Retrieved August 11, 2013.