David Axelrod: “I think what the President's ultimate goal here is to muddy the waters about all of these convictions because I think…”

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 nature of presidential politics is the bar gets raised constantly.

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.