David Axelrod actually said...

"But what we need to do is look to the future."

"Look, I think if I were he, I would want to shorten the race as much as possible. He has a lot of assets that he can count on. He's well known, some of the candidates are not."

"I think he has staked this out as a symbolic pillar of his presidency."

"I mean, this position that the president has taken on the wall is not a majority view. That's not something she geared in on."