November 23, 2008, his senior adviser David Axelrod appeared on Fox News Chicago and said something quite different.
While insisting that the President-elect had not expressed a favorite to replace him, and his inclination was to avoid being a “kingmaker,” Axelrod said, “I know he’s talked to the governor and there are a whole range of names many of which have surfaced, and I think he has a fondness for a lot of them.”
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/12/questions-arise.html
Video at link above.
The internet will not be the friend to President Obiwan that it was in the campaign.