Paul Simon - Obama Presidency Oral History Paul Simon Index / People Transcripts David Axelrod ...left to go work for a Senate campaign. Paul Simon , yes. For Paul Simon's Senat... ...campaign. Paul Simon, yes. For Paul Simon 's Senate campaign. Why was it time t... ...not send us.” At about the same time, Paul Simon was on me to come and work for him. Le... ...editors. And that really frustrated me. Paul Simon was a remarkable guy. He was sort o... ...campaign out of journalism was for Paul Simon , who ran for the US Senate fro... ...the posthumous endorsement of Paul Simon through his daughter, Sheila Simon. Ca... ...for coming out of journalism, was Paul Simon . In fact, I had been working on Paul... ...[unclear] [imitates accent], “Dave? Paul Simon .” And he said he had decided t... ...was, he was a protégé of Senator Paul Simon , had worked with him to craft refor... ...the discussion, it was like, “If he's Paul Simon 's guy, he's my guy. I loved Paul. Pau... ...of the ad would be her narrating what Paul Simon stood for, and then the pivot would be... ...“Barack Obama will be a senator in the Paul Simon tradition.” Then she's on screen, an... ...screen, and she says, “I know, because Paul Simon was my dad.” It was really touching... ...me just say one other thing about the Paul Simon ad. We also did a lot of newspape... Show more... Christopher Dodd ...in Illinois. But it was actually at Paul Simon 's funeral that Barack Obama was th... ...seat. We were all his colleagues—of Paul Simon —and we're all gathered in one sectio... Dick Durbin ...over the course of his career—including Paul Simon and Barack Obama. Senator Durbin, than... ...in Washington. It was started by Paul Simon , the senator before me. And he woul... ...reform. I had mentioned that Paul Simon , someone that you worked with and kne... ...It involved people like Abner Mikva and Paul Simon , a fellow named—the stat... ...like—I mentioned Senator Douglas. Paul Simon was an ally of his. Abner Mikva wa... ...things that is really striking about Paul Simon in this story is that he's not somebod... ...movement. But it's true that my mentor, Paul Simon , came from the editorship of th... ...with? It's interesting. If you mapped Paul Simon 's political beliefs and values, yo... ...was true with religious tolerance. Paul Simon 's father was a Lutheran minister, an... ...father was a Lutheran minister, and Paul Simon reached across the spectrum i... ...indication was the fact that when Paul Simon was scheduled for heart surgery i... ...connection that went to the very end of Paul Simon 's career and life, a commitment t... Show more... Toni Preckwinkle ...very, very different, because unlike Paul Simon , this was not a politician who ha... ...was the coach, invited me to work in Paul Simon 's campaign. So I got involved in Pau... ...Simon's campaign. So I got involved in Paul Simon 's campaign for—I think it was stat... ...and I was really impressed. And I was a Paul Simon supporter thereafter. Ralph Metcalfe... ...machine. So I was sponsored into the Paul Simon campaign, and then I got involved i... ...the decision for a number of years of Paul Simon to see Barack Obama as somebody who ha... ...Democrat, in the same way that Paul Simon was. So I thought those commercial... Show more... Daniel Shomon ...hand, and he ran with it. And actually, Paul Simon was running the task force. That'... ...he established a relationship with Paul Simon , who was a US senator, retired, whic... ...And it did have an impact. But the Paul Simon story I like to tell the most is—well... ...we had a swearing-in party, in 2002, Paul Simon came to our—I organized the party, an... ...effective. Most importantly, when Paul Simon was dying, Barack talked to him righ... ...said, “And I ought to know, because I'm Paul Simon 's daughter.” That had such an impact... ...worked to his benefit. And I think Paul Simon operated the same way. Paul Simon coul... ...think Paul Simon operated the same way. Paul Simon could be a real motherfucker too. H... ...Obama was getting more of a sense— Paul Simon and other people were taking notice... ...candidate, and that people like Paul Simon were saying, “You need to run fo... ...He passed campaign finance reform with Paul Simon . The things that he had accomplishe... Show more... Related Topics go to the Democrats Democrats go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Elections and Campaigns Elections and Campaigns go to the Asia Rebalance Asia Rebalance