That's just plain stupid and so they want to deal with Mike Pence who's a more sophisticated politician and understands these basic elements of politics apparently better than this president or the White House does.
Axelrod suggests that the White House's approach is ineffective and that Mike Pence is a better negotiator.
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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.
Unless the economy and his numbers rebound, Republicans are going to feel less willing to follow him blindly.
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…
I mean, he's president of the United States. He was elected. They should be there.
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