Axelrod: Cheney's Behavior Unlike A "Stateman"
Axelrod discusses North Korea, former Vice President Dick Cheney and Obama's promise of bipartisanship on CNN's "State of the Union."
Axelrod on Cheney:
AXELROD: Well, first of all, I find it supremely ironic, on a day when we were meeting with NATO, to talk about the continued threat from al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where they're still plotting against us eight years -- or seven years later. I think the question for Mr. Cheney is, how could that be? How could this have gone so long? Why are they still in business?
That is the fundamental threat that we face. And it's a little incredible to me that he would -- that he would argue somehow that what we're doing in forging an international alliance to finally pursue a strategy to defeat and dismantle al Qaeda in Afghanistan, is going to make us less safe. I think it was an unfortunate statement. And let me say, in contrast, how much we appreciate the way President Bush has behaved. He was incredibly cooperative during the transition. And when he left he said, "I wish you guys the best. I'm rooting for you." I believe that to be the case. And he's behaved like a statesman. And as I've said before, here and elsewhere, I just don't think the memo got passed down to the vice president.
