David Axelrod

By Camille Elhassani in Americas on October 11th, 2010
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 Democrats are alleging foreign money is being used to influence this year's Midterm Elections. The vote is just three weeks away, and the floodgates of cash being spent to try to sway voters are open.

The US Chamber of Commerce, the nation's largest business lobby group, has vowed to spend $75m on winning races in key states. Most of the money they're spending is for Republican candidates. But they don't have to disclose their sources of funding.

By John Terrett in Americas on March 14th, 2010
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“I think the message was received” 
 
That's the Senior Adviser to President Barack Obama, David Axelrod, keeping up the pressure on the Israeli government after it punctured Vice-President Joe Biden’s peace mission to the Middle East last week by announcing hundreds of new Jewish homes in East Jerusalem. 
 
On nationwide TV in the US on Sunday morning Axelrod didn't mince his words on NBC's "Meet The Press:"