Behind the scenes with David Axelrod

In an interview that aired today on CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley, David Axelrod, senior Obama re-election campaign strategist, spoke about the GOP competition in the race for the White House and President Obama’s bid for a second term amidst high unemployment and a struggling economy.

Links to the CNN Political Ticker, embeddable video on CNN.com and a transcript are after the jump.

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Behind the scenes with David Axelrod

A full transcript of the interview can be found here.