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Published 11/05/2009 by Top of the Ticket

So much Obama damage control, that David Axelrod even talks to Fox News

Here's how desperate Obama administration spokesmen were Wednesday to fill the info void they'd created by hiding away during the previous night's bad news election returns:

David Axelrod, an ex-newspaper reporter but one of the lead Obama attackers against the Fox News Channel in recent...

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So much Obama damage control, that David Axelrod even talks to Fox News