David Axelrod: “Look, Mitch McConnell said his top job was to make sure that Barack Obama gets defeated.”

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.

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

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

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