Obama was confronting Mubarak about human rights to "get ahead of this," according to David Axelrod. Josh Gerstein in Politico:To hear soon-to-depart White House senior adviser David Axelrod tell it, President Barack Obama has long taken a tough line with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak over human rights and political reform issues in his country."The way [Obama has] confronted it, is he went to Cairo and talked about the need, the universal human rights of people. He's on several occasions directly confronted Pres. Mubarak on it. And pushed him on the need for political reform in his country," Axelrod told ABC's Jake Tapper Friday, on the adviser's last day of work at the White House."To get ahead of this?" Tapper asked."Exactly. To get ahead of this. This is a project he's been working on for two years and today the president is working hard to encourage restraint and a cessation of violence against the people of Egypt,"...(Read Full Post)