There is a certain obligation on the part of the press secretary and the administration when they stand in front of a podium and they are talking not just to reporters but the American people to tell the truth.
Axelrod stressed the importance of truthfulness from the press secretary to the American public.
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I mean, he's president of the United States. He was elected. They should be there.
I think there's a lot of concern among Republican officeholders. Governor Pawlenty could speak more readily to this than me.
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…
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