The Axelrod connection to Canter and Rose is nothing new, it's been out there for several years, ever since Obama rose to prominence. What is new, and not all that surprising in retrospect, are the revelations about Axelrod's parents.
We know that Axelrod grew up in New York and graduated from the prestigious Stuyvesant High School there. My guess is that he chose to go to college at the U. of Chicago (not all that popular a school for bright NYC high school kids in general; many more would have gone to Ivy League colleges) to hook up with people like Canter and Rose in Chicago, people that his parents back in New York were already familiar with and to whom they more than willingly sent their son for his "higher education." They knew that the milieu around that campus and that part of Chicago was ideal for an upcoming Marxist to flourish.
As it turned out, Axelrod's parents succeeded beyond their wildest dreams in their (perverse) aspirations for him, much to the detriment of American government, culture, and society. How absolutely shocking and revolting that this small detested bunch of American Communists were able to lie and cheat their way into a position where they could elect a president of the United States!