David Axelrod: “The president keeps reinforcing the Kremlin's line. And that is a source of great concern and confusion for anyone who…”

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.

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

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