David Axelrod: “He thinks it's working for him headed into this election campaign. And his rallies have become more and more…”

An elderly man, probably homeless, was sprawled unconscious on the museum's front stone steps in the midst of a heat emergency. I called 911, and the operator said, ‘Well, is he ASKING for help?’ When I said no, she said, ‘Well, I'm not…

I mean, he's president of the United States. He was elected. They should be there.

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

I think there's a lot of concern among Republican officeholders. Governor Pawlenty could speak more readily to this than me.