i think governor bashear would be a great potential candidate. when i was just a child, i worked on his unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign. he, of course, was successful later and is now governor of kentucky. the rollout, as of mentioned of knet or kinet was so successful that mitch mccogtried to run for ely to the senate saying we can have knet and not have obamacare even though knet was the implementation of obamacare. so, he has done a pretty spectacular job. chris van hollen is one of the leading thinkers in the democratic party right now who just came out with an economic plan that would actually work harder for the middle class by taking away some of the tax breaks that wealthy individuals get. either one of those people i think, would be a great candidate. governor bashear is a little older. i think -- i don't know if he is interested. but chris van hollen is somebody you should watch because he is a comer in this town. host: you told us on "newsmakers" he is looking at the possibility of running as governor of maryland. his speech availa

i think governor bashear would be a great potential candidate. when i was just a child, i worked on his unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign. he, of course, was successful later and is now governor of kentucky. the rollout, as of mentioned of knet or kinet was so successful that mitch mccogtried to run for ely to the senate saying we can have knet and not have obamacare even though knet was the implementation of obamacare. so, he has done a pretty spectacular job. chris van hollen is one of the leading thinkers in the democratic party right now who just came out with an economic plan that would actually work harder for the middle class by taking away some of the tax breaks that wealthy individuals get. either one of those people i think, would be a great candidate. governor bashear is a little older. i think -- i don't know if he is interested. but chris van hollen is somebody you should watch because he is a comer in this town. host: you told us on "newsmakers" he is looking at the possibility of running as governor of maryland. his speech availa