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David Axelrod on President Poundstone and the political importance of turkey legs : Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! On this week's episode, we head to Tucson to talk politics with David Axelrod, the former consultant who helped get President Obama elected.

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David Axelrod on President Poundstone and the political importance of turkey legs

David Axelrod on President Poundstone and the political importance of turkey legs

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As chief strategist for Barack Obama's presidential campaigns, a senior advisor to the president, and a senior political commentator for CNN, there's probably no one who knows DC better than our guest David Axelrod. Which explains why he lives about as far away as possible, in beautiful Arizona, a place where politics is definitely always sane and reasonable.