Axelrod: Biden Is a ‘Reflection of the Greatness of America’

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AXELROD: "I think it was about a good a speech as he could have made. I think it was powerful and poignant and it had a principle behind it — and you just read it — the idea that the country is more important than anyone one individual, and that he thought he could best serve his country by stepping aside now. And he said, 'I‘ve made my choice. Now that choice is yours.' I — you know, I thought the end of that speech was so moving. The fact that — you know, he is, in fact, a reflection of the greatness of America that this kid from Scranton and Claymont — "

COOPER: "A kid with a stutter."

AXELROD: "Yes. Yes."

COOPER: "Which is so interesting to me, he's the president of the United States and that is the first way he describes himself, a kid with a stutter."