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His father was a psychologist and avid baseball fan and his mother was a journalist at pm, leftwing 1940s newspaper. Almost a decade ago, joe klein wrote a memorable book, politics lost. Axelrods careful connection of the dots provides an illuminating study in how political power moves from generation to generation. Author steven axelrod was born in new york city, and grew up in beverly hills and manhattan. He wrote this in a way he could try to be as personal to a person as possible. Whether as a young journalist investigating city corruption, a campaign consultant guiding underdog candidates against entrenched orthodoxy, or as senior adviser to the president during one of the worst crises in american. He watched his dad a playwright and screenwriter named george axelrod work on such films as breakfast at tiffanys and the manchurian candidate.
After obamas election, axelrod was appointed as senior advisor to the president. Steven axelrod holds an mfa in writing from vermont college of fine arts and remains a member of the wga despite a long absence from hollywood. A memoir by david axelrod, obamas strategist and political adviser. Feb 09, 2015 the three dominant characters in this political memoir by david axelrod, one of the democratic partys bestknown strategists, are mr.
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