just listen to what obama senior adviser david axelrod said it it today about it on "morning joe." >> i will come on and shave my mustache of 40 years if we lose any of those three states. if we lose minnesota, michigan, or pennsylvania you will shave off that mustache? >> yeah, on the show. >> yes, but what i should do is make a deal with you and say you'll grow one if we win them. >> right away the political world was buzzing about the bet. "the washington post" wrote, david axelrod recklessly endangers an american treasure. i agree with that one. and the american mustache institute chairman says, it's incredibly irresponsible for axelrod to be playing games with such an exceptionally powerful mustache. that's coming from the chairman. the mush stan even got its own