If you were McCarthy and his people, just to be really Machiavellian about it, is this not a good story to have out there right now that boy, if you guys don't get on board here, we may see deal cutting back and we could lose the whole thing.
David Axelrod suggests a strategic narrative for McCarthy to encourage party unity.
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I mean, he's president of the United States. He was elected. They should be there.
There's no doubt about that. But I also want to say this. You know, all presidents sort of feed off of perceptions of the person who came before and they want to position against what people found lacking in the person that came before.
So the man remained, passed out in the blazing noon sun. I guess that’s how the City of Chicago deals with such situations.
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