Why Is David Axelrod 'Confused'?

"Get off my lawn" David Axelrod told CNN and voters that feeling happy about the change to Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee for 2024 is irrational.

These ridiculous statements were immediately picked up and used by Fox News' awful The Five panel to paint Harris as a horrible person.

What was the point of Axelrod for issuing a slap in the face of all Democratic voters for the enthusiasm Harris has infused in the race?

Make himself relevant? How can enthusiasm ever be a negative?

Axelrod gave a long interview and at one point said, "There's a justifiable sense of concern in his [Trump] camp that this thing could get away from him."

He continued, "It may be their race to lose, but it's a race that could be lost, which is something they didn't feel when they left that convention in Milwaukee."

That makes sense. And he continued to make sense for a time. Until he didn't.

AXELROD: Well, the other thing is the two of them on a debate stage, the whole scenario shifts.

You've got a guy who's 78 years old who, frankly, isn't all that coherent all the time himself, who suddenly looks like the past and not the future. And so it's not the it's this is not the scenario the Trump campaign wanted.

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