It's Official: Axelrod Joining Obama White House

President-elect Barack Obama made David Axelrod's White House post official Wednesday, naming his chief campaign strategist as a senior advisor to the president.

From Greg Hinz's account in Crain's Chicago Business:

Mr. Axelrod, 53, worked as Mr. Obama's chief strategist during the presidential campaign and led the new president's successful Senate race four years ago. A New York City native and former Chicago Tribune reporter, he also played key roles in the election of Mayor Richard M. Daley, Mr. Emanuel, and Hillary Clinton to the U.S. Senate.

A press release announcing the appointment did not indicate whether he will move to Washington -- that is expected -- or whether he will dispose of his interest in his consulting firm, AKP&D Message and Media.

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Comments

[RobotHouse]

I like Axelrod. I feel like with the amount of things he has been through in his life he should be somewhat humbled which is a good thing. I don't get the whole a-hole pompous vibe. Maybe I'm wrong. I don't have a ton to go on, but I like the fact that there are people like this in the white house.

[nellie]

Congratulations, David! You really deserve it.

[Revolt916]

Hopefully he will bring order to the White House, since we're getting all the Clinton regime back.

[jeg]

Yeah, I mean, Podesta's gonna be Chief of Staff, Reno's going to be Attorney General, Robert Reich will be Labor Secretary, Daschle will be minority leader.... er... wait.

So, how do you find experienced people who aren't part of either the Bush, or Clinton administrations?

[4wehttam]

Exactly, and the Carter people are too old at this point.

[reno1190]

SO WHAT SHOULD OBAMA DO FOR EXPER GO BACK TO CARTERS PEOPLE I WOULD HOPE NOT THE KEY HERE IS EXPERIENCE IT WORKED FOR CLINTON DID IT NOT

[LadyMing]

Axelrod is great.

[Akinsangel]

Now we need to find Plouffe a job too. These two folks are awesome!

[kellygrrrl]

I scrolled down to say the exact same thing.
The Davids are amazing

[demfriend]

Barack O could be doing a whole lot worse than Mr Axlerod! At least we know him a lot more than we ever did Rove and the nastiness he brought with him. Mr Axelrod is a decent man and it is easy to "vet" him.

[AlexFTW]

That's an understatement. Axelrod is a genius.

[Paladine]

I like Axelrod.