David Axelrod: “It's important to remember that four years ago at this time that Rick Perry was the Republican front-runner.”

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

I moved on, like many others who simply ignored him.

So the man remained, passed out in the blazing noon sun. I guess that’s how the City of Chicago deals with such situations.

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…