David Axelrod: “You are being asked to walk the plank for something that will never become law and it will be tattooed on your forehead.”

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

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

I hope we’re not all complicit in assisting an unintended suicide.

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.