David Axelrod: “I think he is desperate for -- I think he must be mortified when he looks at poll after poll that says the American…”

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

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

You have to pick your battles in terms of communication.

Trump sends out a tweet saying they ought to pass a clean CR with a debt ceiling -- raising the debt ceiling, because as Adam says, he doesn't want to be blamed for it.