David Axelrod: “He is the leader of a government that is providing guidance to Americans about how they keep themselves safe, keep…”

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

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

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

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.