David Axelrod: “There's got to be a great deal of trepidation about the prospect of this President sitting down in front of those…”

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

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

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

An elderly man, probably homeless, was sprawled unconscious on the museum's front stone steps in the midst of a heat emergency. I called 911, and the operator said, ‘Well, is he ASKING for help?’ When I said no, she said, ‘Well, I'm not…