David Axelrod actually said...

There's no doubt, look, part of governing is there's going to be give- and-take, on issues, like spending, particularly in a divided Congres...

But it's interesting that you raised this point, because one of the people, who's now urging Republicans, to hang tough, and use it as lever...

I think they saw what happened, in 2011, where we went right up to the brink. There were significant givebacks made, and they were painful a...

It has made the situation more complicated politically.