Chris Wallace lost total control of that discussion almost from the beginning. Simply an awful display of inability or unwillingness to control the interview.

Davis tried to talk over everything Axelrod said, and then has the gall to say "I didn't interrupt him, so don't let him interrupt me." Axelrod did interrupt a little too, but mostly out of self defense. I suspect that was Davis' strategy - to blow up the interview so badly that nobody could really follow (or even hear) Axelrod's points. When a Republican has to sabotage a segment on Fox News, you know they do not have much ammo.

Perhaps, as you say, Axelrod "dismantled" Davis, but one would need TiVO and an hour of rewinding and relistening to hear both sides of the discussion (using the term loosely). The only impressions a neutral and casual watcher would come away with is that Rick Davis is a very angry and rude man, and Chris Wallace does not care whether his viewers hear anything that is said on his show. All in all, the whole thing was a waste of 17 minutes. If that is what passes for discourse on an issue as important as a Presidential election, we are truly in trouble as a nation.

I'd like to hear what Davis thinks about G.Gordon Liddy's support of McCain.

I really had a hard time understanding what either of them were saying.  Wallace sat there with an idiotic grin on his face while his guests talked over each other for 20 minutes.  It felt like a highbrow version of a Maury Povich paternity test episode.

The only thing I took away from that interview was a good chuckle when Davis complained about Axelrod interrupting him.  Pot, meet kettle.

Probably one of the most enjoyable interviews I've seen by Chris Wallace.  Of course I thought Axelrod came out the winner but it was great watching him going at it with Rick Davis.

Thanks for this

What a foul loud mouthed unpleasant bullying arsehole. And didn't he manage Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's 200 million lobbying budget?

I hope he's tarnished with that for the rest of his life.

But he's a completely awful spokesman.  He does not come across forcefully enough or convincing enough.  I feel they should stop putting him out there, at least against better speakers.

Rick Davis is a partisan hack and pushing the line on corruption with his lobbying activities.  The NY Times has also implied that if you want access to McCain, you have to hire Davis (which is one of the reasons Fannie Mae was paying his firm $15,000/month up to the point at which the government stepped in and took them over).

I hated Howard Wolfson during the primary.  One reason was because I was behind Obama and I felt he distorted campaign positions.  The other reason was because he was extremely good at his job and would wipe the floor with Axelrod everytime he saw him.  Obama has needed a Howard Wolfson equivalent for a long time.

Rick Davis looks like those creatures in that scene from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, where Johnny Depp's character is freaking out in the hotel lobby, and the lady behind the counter turns into a reptile.  

Shallow, I know.  But still...

I don't see how anyone watching this can say that Axelrod dismantled Davis!

Look, I may disagree with Davis and everything he said but he talked more, he interrupted and asserted himself more, and he made sure to focus the discussion on what he- rightly or wrongly- considers to be an Obama weakness..

Axelrod is just not a good person to trot out on these shows.. If I was Obama I just wouldn't bother. The Obama folks would do better just to let Davis spew his crap.