The country has not embraced the vision that Donald Trump has articulated because a majority of Americans, in fact, voted for Hillary Clinton and he believed that he would have won the election had he run against Donald Trump.
Axelrod discusses Obama's belief that he would have won against Trump and critiques the Democratic Party's connection with voters.
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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.
The place where it has influenced politics is in Canada. Now, Justin Trudeau is not -- he's stepping down. He's going to step down. But there's going to be an election in the next few days for the new Liberal Party leader and then there…
So the man remained, passed out in the blazing noon sun. I guess that’s how the City of Chicago deals with such situations.
Unless the economy and his numbers rebound, Republicans are going to feel less willing to follow him blindly.
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