Axelrod: Obama Is Currently Having the ‘Best Run He’s Had in Years’

“You all remember the day of the midterm elections, the night of the midterm elections, everybody was reading last rights over the Obama administration. He’s probably had the best run he’s had in years since that time. And part of it is his attitude is ‘I’ve got two years left to make the biggest difference I can, and I’m going to go out and do everything I can.’ And he has more of a bounce in his step than I’ve seen in a very long time ...

He’s going to see his immigration reform through. He’s going to push on climate change. And I think he’s very, Charlie, interested in these economic issues. This has been a main theme of his entire career, not just in politics, and that is how do you build an economy in which people who work hard can get ahead and people can aspire, strive, and get ahead. And that’s — we’re losing that. And that’s a fundamental challenge for this country ...

He’s been talking about this for years. And now you hear Republicans talking about it. Jeb Bush talking about income inequality. Mitt Romney talking about poverty. Marco Rubio talking about the middle class. The issues have shifted in his direction.”