David Axelrod: “I think it will help him. I think they've become household names after this.”

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

The nature of presidential politics is the bar gets raised constantly.

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

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.