David Axelrod: “I think it's a fair criticism that past presidents have not been able to solve this problem.”

An elderly man, probably homeless, was sprawled unconscious on the museum's front stone steps in the midst of a heat emergency. I called 911, and the operator said, ‘Well, is he ASKING for help?’ When I said no, she said, ‘Well, I'm not…

I hope we’re not all complicit in assisting an unintended suicide.

Unless the economy and his numbers rebound, Republicans are going to feel less willing to follow him blindly.

So the man remained, passed out in the blazing noon sun. I guess that’s how the City of Chicago deals with such situations.