joe lockhart was the white house press secretary under president clinton and republican strategist kevin maddon was the spokesman for mitt romney's campaigns. joe, we have a map of candidates with events today, mostly in early voting states. i know that the boiler plate line from democrats is the more the merrier, this is all good for the party. but level with me, are you concerned that having too many candidates with weaken the field? >> i don't think it will weaken the field in the context of the chicago example you used because i think democrats are engaged as much as i've ever seen them because of their hostility. >> democratic voters. >> democratic voters, because of their hostility to trump. i think there's going to be a very quick and kindnowing proce. that's one of the reasons the debates start so early. there are going to be some people who don't get into the debates. that means they're dead. the debates will be a way to show the one or two dark horse candidates as a way of emerging, the way mayor pete did in his cnn town hall. so you won't have 25 going into the iowa caucuses. and the