David Axelrod: “He knows better than the generals. He knows better than his intelligence people. He knows better than the Fed chair. He…”

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…

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

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

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.