and i just had a nice visit with chris coleman. you've got strong past and current leadership.asure to be here with all of you today. and i just want to start by thanking you all for your public service. whether you're a mayor, or a city council member or commissioner or whatever they call you in your public service, i have come to appreciate how tough your jobs are and how important your jobs are. so thank you for everything that you do. yes, we can give you a round of applause, that's good. [ applause ] also, i want to express my appreciation to clarence anthony and the good work he does with the national league of cities. we were together talking about the partnership we've got going which i'll talk about in a little bit. and it's clear that you are very important to this country, because you've had the president of the united states, you've had a good chunk of the cabinet. i think we should have a cabinet meeting. it seems we're all in town for the national league of cities which is great. i want to talk to you about a different dimension than some of my other colleagues. a

anyway, david corn as always you know what you're talking about and evan coleman, thank you so much for your expertise. >> sure thing, chris here comes huckabee the guy who talked about uncle sugar and kenyan maw maws. won iowa back in 2008. will he now be spoiler? i think he's going to be the spoiler keeping the religious right vote away from ted cruz and rand paul and walker, scott walker. plus there's nothing fun about being poor but now a strict new law in kansas is making it illegal for people on welfare to go to the movies or to a local swimming hole on taxpayers' money. critics say the law is cruel, but the state's republican governor says it's about helping people become more self-sufficient. and this week the 2016 race did get under way for real so who's got the inside rail coming out of the gate and where is this thing headed between now-at-and the first debate, believe it or not, coming up this summer it's happening, and we'll keep you going, and we're going to ask our roundtable who is winning this thing. finally, let me finish with this whole idea of voting for the person, not the party, and how dangerous that