Axelrod Loses his 'Stache

Bridget Johnson

December 07, 2012 8:43 AM

At one time, Obama confidante and senior adviser David Axelrod’s 40-year-old mustache was on the line on an election bet. He won that bet, of course, but gamely decided to still put his infamous ‘stache on the line in exchange for $1 million raised for epilepsy research (Axelrod’s daughter Lauren suffers from the disease). Donald Trump ponied up $100,000 of that. Like Axelrod quipped, it was “like an archaeological dig” as it came off on live TV.

And the ‘stache in history:

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Bridget Johnson is a veteran journalist whose news articles and analyses have run in dozens of news outlets across the globe. Bridget first came to Washington to be online editor at The Hill, where she wrote The World from The Hill column on foreign policy. Previously she was an opinion writer and editorial board member at the Rocky Mountain News and nation/world news columnist at the Los Angeles Daily News.

Bridget is a Senior Fellow specializing in terrorism analysis at the Haym Salomon Center. She is a Senior Risk Analyst for Gate 15, a homeland security risk management firm in the Beltway. She is an NPR contributor and has contributed to USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, National Review Online, Politico, New York Daily News, The Jerusalem Post, The Hill, New York Observer, Washington Times, RealClearWorld and more, and has myriad television and radio credits including Al-Jazeera and SiriusXM. Bridget is Washington Editor for PJ Media.