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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, It has come to the attention of this Body that Mr. |
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| David Axelrod is approaching the ripe, we will not say old, age |
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| of 50 years; we did not want it to pass without making some |
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| official comment; and
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| WHEREAS, David Axelrod is a nationally recognized |
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| political media consultant having produced winning media and |
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| messages for over 150 campaigns at the local, state, and |
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| national levels; and
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| WHEREAS, As a highly respected former journalist for the |
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| Chicago Tribune, Mr. Axelrod served as the City Hall bureau |
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| chief and was the youngest political writer and columnist in |
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| the paper's history; and
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| WHEREAS, David Axelrod most recently developed the winning |
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| media campaign in both the primary and general elections for |
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| Illinois' U.S. Senator Barak Obama, as well as an intense |
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| re-election campaign for Philadelphia Mayor John Street; he was |
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| a media strategist for the John Edwards for President campaign |
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| and is currently working as a media consultant to the |
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| Democratic National Committee; and
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| WHEREAS, As a specialist in urban politics, Mr. Axelrod has |
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| produced victories for mayoral candidates in major urban cities |
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| besides Philadelphia, including Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, |
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| Houston, Salt Lake City, and Washington D.C.; and
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| WHEREAS, He is currently an Adjunct Professor of |
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| Communication Studies at Northwestern University and has |
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| lectured on political media at Harvard University, the |
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| University of Chicago, and the University of Pennsylvania; he |
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| is a much sought after national political commentator in print |
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| and television and radio; and
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