analyst included martha roby of alabama and ryan costello pennsylvania as well as loretta sanchez of california and joe crowley. the event was hosted by new york university and the association of former members of congress. >> are right. hello, everybody. i'm patrick egan, professor politics and public policy at nyu. i see a couple stints in the audience. nice to see you here. i'm half of the john bradley center for the study of course i like to welcome you to today's event called congress in conversation, meeting in the middle. heart of the nyu dialogue series. we extend a warm welcome to all joining us here at nyu kimmel center as well as joining us on the c-span which is broadcasting this event life. today, we're joined by four distinguished former members of congress, to make republicans and two democrats. together we will explore questions about partisanship in congress and the recent extreme partisanship estimate the ability of members to serve their constituents. our conversation is very much aligned with the core mission, a core mission of the john bradley center you can what

that day, a republican takes the microphone and said we had a problem with loretta sanchez.e of thing that goes on. how does the presidential election affect you? that year, it affected me really well because i was able to convince hillary clinton's brother -- i was not on the radar screen, i was not supposed to win, i told you all the reasons why. i gave him a call and said i can win this election and asked him if he would send bill clinton into campaign for me. he put me over the top and i won by 984 votes. they can make a big difference for someone like me but it can also be the kiss of death for someone like me. if you are in a race and the president is doing things people do not like, especially on an off year election, it can kill you. or a person in a competitive district, it is a big deal -- how the president campaigns, where the money is flowing and how things are going. >> if you are in a district, when i first ran, the top of the ticket was a gubernatorial race. the democrat won my district by a lot. how am i getting a voter who will vote for a democratic governor