and jim messina who managed barack obama's 2012 re-election campaign and matt dowd, chief strategist on the bush cheney campaign in 2004, a senior msnbc political analyst. great to have all of you here. so, matt, what is your reaction to this choice and how do you think the addition of governor walz changes this democratic ticket in the race going forward? >> well, first, i know it was probably a difficult choice for the vice president because of the abundance of riches of candidates that were available to her. so, any -- i think any of the options that she had would have been good. i think this is particularly very smart because i think the battleground for this entire election is the midwest and i put pennsylvania in the midwest because it is grouped around those states in this and he has demonstrated a unique ability to relate in a values way, in an issues way and just a personality way to people in the midwest, whether it is wisconsin, minnesota, michigan, pennsylvania, whatever state it happens to be, i think it is a particularly really good pick and i think his election history