President Obama’s former senior adviser David Axelrod argued Sunday that it was a mistake for the president to say “every one” of his policies was on the ballot this election.
“I would not have put that line in there,” Mr. Axelrod said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “It was a mistake.”
GOP attack ads featuring a clip of Mr. Obama’s speech last week at Northwestern University are already airing in Kansas, Kentucky and New Hampshire, The Hill reported.
“Now, I am not on the ballot this fall,” Mr. Obama said Thursday. “Michelle is pretty happy about that. But make no mistake: These policies are on the ballot — every single one of them.”
Mr. Axelrod said he understood the message Mr. Obama was trying to convey, but he opened the door to more criticism from the right.
“It was obvious when you saw the speech that that was not the way the clip was going” to be circulated, Mr. Axelrod said.
President Obama is deeply unpopular in many of the states that will determine which party controls the majority in 2015. Red-state Democrats have been insisting that this election is not about the president, but about them as individuals, The Washington Post reported.
• Jessica Chasmar can be reached at jchasmar@washingtontimes.com.
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