“I’ll be here well into 2011. At some point, I’ll leave to work on reelect,” Axelrod said in an e-mail.

Two sources close to the White House told The Daily Caller that Axelrod would be most likely to become the next top aide to depart Obama’s side after the midterm elections.

“He’s always been one of those, ‘Honey, I’ll be gone for two years and home for dinner’ guys,” said one.