David Axelrod: “Democracy is a battle between cynicism and hope. And he's always chosen the hope side of that equation and that is…”

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

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

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

I moved on, like many others who simply ignored him.