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real estate residential property business and horse breeding company called Dollar Ranch. He's also published more than 30 books, focusing mostly on family and life issues, including debt management.
• He said he also sometimes got up to $100,000 for a single appearance on his packed schedule of speaking engagements.
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Axelrod says voters will judge Obama on actions
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senior political adviser David Axelrod says he doesn't think voters will make much of President Barack Obama's remark that the private sector is doing fine.
• Axelrod tells CBS's "This Morning" that what Obama meant to say was, quote, "in the last 27 months, we have created 4.3 million private sector jobs." Obama made the remark at a White House news conference, but subsequently explained it further, saying the economy needs to improve.
• In his interview Monday, Axelrod said voters will make their judgments based on Obama's actions, not his words.
• And he said Obama called the news conference last Thursday specifically to discuss "urgent actions we should take to undergird the economy."
• Axelrod said the election will be about who is best suited to lead the country into the future.
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Police probe crashes linked to commerce sec.
• SAN GABRIEL, Calif. (AP) -- Police say U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson has been cited for felony hit-and-run following two Los Angeles area accidents that left him injured and unconscious.
• They said early Monday that the 68-year-old Bryson was treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries following the crashes around 5 p.m. PDT Saturday.
• The Los Angeles County Sheriff's department and the San Gabriel Police Department say he was driving alone on a major street in San Gabriel when he allegedly struck the rear end of a vehicle, then left the scene after speaking briefly with the occupants.
• The agencies say minutes later he struck another vehicle in a nearby community, and police arriving found him unconscious behind the wheel of his car.
• San Gabriel Police spokesman Lt. Ariel Duran says Bryson was cited for felony hit-and-run, and prosecutors will determine later if he'll be formally charged.
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