Axelrod Is Serene, But Calls Discourse "Worrisome"

Closing the first night of the First Draft Of History Conference, without much prompting, Obama's senior adviser, David Axelrod, name-checks Tom Friedman's column -- comparing the atmosphere before Rabin's assassination to the atmosphere in America today --  calling it "interesting" -- and tries to explain why politics seem so polarized.

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