Democratic strategist David Axelrod played down comments he made Monday which implied President Biden should drop out of the 2024 race. “It’s overreacting to say I told him to drop out,” the senior Obama advisor told Politico on Tuesday. “I didn’t do that.” “He’s the only one to make the decision. And if his decision is ‘no, I’m the best person to take this on,’ then he will,” he added. Axelrod sent a dire warning to the president on Monday, saying poor polling numbers “will send tremors of doubt thru the party.”