David Axelrod: “This could be a very tough year for Democrats that are gale force winds blowing in against Democrats.”

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

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

The nature of presidential politics is the bar gets raised constantly.

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.