David Axelrod's press conference at the Massachusetts State House
President Obama’s top strategist, David Axelrod, scheduled a morning press conference at the Massachusetts State House. One of Obama’s top surrogates, Governor Deval Patrick, agreed to appear on CNN and MSNBC. And the president’s campaign committee released a documentary-style video that attempts to put Mitt Romney’s four-year term as the state’s governor in the harshest light possible.
Boston.com Politics Editor Glen Johnson tweeting from the press conference. Follow his updates below or on Twitter @GlobeGlen.
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: Cheers of "fired up and ready to go" met with retort of "Mitt, Mitt, Mitt..." Chaos building... #mapoliby Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 3:54:56 PM -
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hockey-like cheers of "SO-LYN-DRA" emanate from Romney protestors... #mapoliby Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 3:54:57 PM
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hard to overstate how chaotic this event is about to get as Axelrod tries to speak... #mapoliby Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 3:55:00 PM
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: Lt. Gov. Tim Murray arrives at rally. Axelrod smiles in bemusement at it all... #mapoliby Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 3:55:03 PM
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AXELROD SPEAKS: Says you can shout down speakers but not Etch A Sketch the truth... #mapoli p.twimg.com
by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 3:55:53 PM -
AXELROD SPEAKS: Reporters have to kneel at podium to ask questions over Romney team's chants... #mapoli p.twimg.com
by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 4:03:02 PM -
AXELROD SPEAKS: Strategist labels chaotic scene "pageant of democracy." Also, former State House and White House aide David Simas here...by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 4:04:28 PM
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AXELROD SPEAKS: Says he's happy Romney started creating jobs in Mass. "Too bad it's for hecklers..." #mapoliby Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 4:12:10 PM
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BUSH PORTRAIT: Bush says with portrait hanging in White House, string of them now begins and ends "with a George W."by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 5:40:56 PM
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BUSH PORTRAIT: Says Obama can gaze at is as he faces tough decisions and say, "What would George do?"by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 5:41:37 PM
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MITT ROMNEY: Speaking of symmetry, after Axelrod newser at Mass. State House, Romney appears in Calif. at Solyndra... #mapoliby Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 5:43:19 PM
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RT @Rebecca_CBSNJ: Bush: "It is my privilege to introduce the greatest first lady ever...sorry mom. Would you agree to a tie?"by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 5:45:10 PM
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BUSH PORTRAIT: Laura Bush says White House was home, not house, since it belongs to those "whose portraits will never hang here."by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 5:46:29 PM
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RT @AshleyRParker: Romney at his super secret destination: Solyndra. instagr.am
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MT @chucktodd: Highs/lows of politics on display today. From portrait unveiling at WH to Obama's Boston- and Romney's Solyndra spectacles.by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 6:18:52 PM
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MASS. SENATE: Warren sends out e-mail: "Scott Brown wants me to give up my family and forget where I came from. I'm not doing that." #mapoliby Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 6:22:44 PM
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MASS. SENATE: EWarren: "If everyone in Mass. knew where Scott Brown stands on the important issues, voters wouldn't give him a second term."by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 6:24:05 PM
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JOHN EDWARDS: Jury entering courtroom to render its verdict in his campaign money-baby momma case...by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 6:48:49 PM
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JOHN EDWARDS: CNN reports that jury has reached unanimous verdict on Count 3 of six counts... relates to illegal campaign contributions...by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 6:50:41 PM
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JOHN EDWARDS: Jury sent back to jury room without revealing its verdict on that count.by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 6:51:13 PM
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JOHN EDWARDS: Jeff Toobin: "Let me put this simply: This is a mess. This is not how trials are supposed to end."by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 6:52:59 PM
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RT @jaketapper: EDWARDS TRIAL: NOT GUILTY on county 3, HUNG JURY on all other counts -- ABC News NC teamby Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 8:19:15 PM
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JOHN EDWARDS: Has there ever been a more hollow victory?by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 8:41:54 PM
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JOHN EDWARDS: Coming out of court to make post-acquittal remarks. Mom, Dad, daughter Cate in tow...by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 9:09:26 PM
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JOHN EDWARDS: Thanks jurors "for their incredibly hard work, their diligence."by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 9:09:46 PM
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JOHN EDWARDS: "All I can say is thank goodness we live in a country that has the kind of system we have."by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 9:10:15 PM
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JOHN EDWARDS: Secondly, says he personally wants to take responsibility.by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 9:10:36 PM
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JOHN EDWARDS: "I did an awful, awful lot wrong."by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 9:10:56 PM
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JOHN EDWARDS: Now to family, thanks 80-year-old Dad and 78-year-old Mom.by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 9:11:45 PM
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JOHN EDWARDS: To Cate, "she has been here no matter what, no matter how awful or painful" the evidence.by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 9:12:09 PM
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JOHN EDWARDS: Pays tribute to Cate for enduring even as she heard evidence "about her mother.?by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 9:12:41 PM
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JOHN EDWARDS: Pays tribute to his Cate for enduring tough testimony about "her mother."by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 9:13:10 PM
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JOHN EDWARDS: Chokes up as he also lauds "my precious Quinn."by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 9:13:25 PM
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JOHN EDWARDS: And adds, that he believes God is "not through with me" and he can help with poverty workby Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 9:13:49 PM
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JOHN EDWARDS: In absolving staff of any wrongdoing, highlights the pain he caused a lot of hard-working people who believed in him.by Glen Johnson via twitter 5/31/2012 9:15:34 PM
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