David Axelrod: “This is a really, really alarming development from the standpoint of the White House.”

I think there's a lot of concern among Republican officeholders. Governor Pawlenty could speak more readily to this than me.

The place where it has influenced politics is in Canada. Now, Justin Trudeau is not -- he's stepping down. He's going to step down. But there's going to be an election in the next few days for the new Liberal Party leader and then there…

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

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