David Axelrod: “I have believe that there are many members of that Congress who were deeply disturbed about this but feel compelled for…”

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.

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…

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.