we don't have no competition for 2020 kamala harris not scared cory booker not scared elizabeth warren or nancy pelosi they all have the same message. you cannot win on that. >> but they are very supportive of the president's agenda i think we will see that play out in 2020. >> what about the leadership qualities on the democratic side? i know your book is on leadership how do you assess the leadership qualities on the left quick. >> first my book is actually about taking responsibility you can pass that a little bit but when it goes wrong you have to take ownership and we see that across the board in our government and we will see future. >> hillary clinton never admitted that shehe lost she has never taken ownership. >> the investigation ended in july and it was over then reignited and it became the major reasons for the end based on the best analysis i could find that i lost ground and ended up losingin . >> call me is more than happy to talk about my e-mails but not the investigation into the russians. citizens united come to full onuition. unaccountable monday - - money flowing in against me and

nancy pelosi to build on in the cycle. if she wasn't there, you would have gone with bernie sanders or elizabeth warren? >> nancy pelosi is effective. she is the most unpopular elected official in this country. she would take this country back. when you talk to people in focus groups, they have this visceral reaction when you bring a pelosi. they have this reaction. we talked about sending a set of vitamins to make sure she stays healthy. i'm confident without that, we would have figured out a different path. what if she didn't run again? she did. >> three minutes left. >> if you keep the house, what is one race you would be crushed if you lost? >> that is a tough question. i am not quite sure i know what the answer to that is. >> when you are passionate about personally or you find fascinating. >> there are too many of them. i think why everyone has such a wide range -- it is going to be between 10-40, they are seeing the same things we are. there are a a lot of races in the four point range. you have a good handle where these are. i don't have one that i feel -- i have a good handle where the races are

nancy pelosi to rely on, to build on in this cycle. if she wasn't there, you are saying you would have just gone with bernie sanders or elizabeth warren these ads, that would have been just as effective? john: i think nancy pelosi is effective. she is the most unpopular elected official in this country. she is incredibly effective in showing people how dysfunctional these folks would be and how far left and how she would just take this country back -- folks remember. back. -- when you talk to people in our focus groups, they have this visceral reaction when you bring up pelosi. their body language, they get in a more fighting posture. you just see it in people, that they have this reaction. a set of about sending vitamins over to her to make sure she is still healthy going into the election cycle. but i am confident, without that, we would have figured out a different path. and week considered, what if she didn't run again? she did. so that is not what we had to deal with. susan: three minutes left. alexi: if you guys keep the house, what is one race you would be crushed if you lost? john: that is a tough question. i am not quite sure