when we return, john sununu and david plouffe debate. ♪ >> welcome back.t seemed like it was all hillary all of the time. we bring in our update with two of the finest political mind in washington, david plouffe and john sununu. it has been all hillary. the karl rove attack. was it ineffective? >> i do not think so. it is an important election. every body's fascination. my suspicion is it was not planned by carl rove. it was an errant missile. she is out of there with a lot of energy. they are going to have to come out with a better attack. when you look at the presidential race, if she does not run, others will get in. who will win the electoral college majority? has the republicans done anything? a resounding no. >> pick up on that. >> i agree it was not planned in any way. i think it's a couple of things. a good story.n is she is going to run. the intensity in which the pushback came is an indication that she is very likely to run. >> has republicans are done anything to help themselves with minorities? >> i do not think that is necessarily the case. yo

he also worked for senator john sununu and for a long time for senator john cornyn republican of texas. what's it like to go from being a staffer to a commission or? >> guest: it's actually been a good transition. the good thing about my job is it doesn't come with too many surprises. i have spent a great time on capitol hill working for the members to highlighted overseeing the fcc in one capacity or another whether it be the specific nuts and bolts like i did in the house of the more general macropolicy in the senate. in those instances i got to know what the fcc does and i got to work with the members of staff so i'm very family with that. i will say there's a difference in terms of being a person who writes things for members and being the person who is actually on the show itself. there's a difference there but hopefully i'll have that transition pretty soon. >> host: brendan sasso. >> guest:it looks like the fcc might be dealing with a few mergers this year. we have, time warner before you and t-mobile potentially the pipeline. can you give a general sense of one of merger comes

he also worked for senator john sununu and for a long time to senator john cornyn, republican of texas. what's it like to go from being a staffer to a commissioner? >> guest: well, it's actually been a very smooth transition. the good part about my job is it doesn't come with too many surprises. i spend a great deal of my time working for the members that you highlighted, overseaing the fcc in -- overseeing the fcc in one capacity or another, whether the specific nuts and bolts or the more general macro policy. in those instances i got to know what the fcc does, got to meet the members. i will say there is a difference in terms of working, as being the person who writes things for members and then being the person who's actually on the show itself. so there's a difference there, but i hopefully am handling that transition smoothly. >> host: brendan sasso. >> i know you can't talk about mergers in front of you or coming down the line, but we have comcast/time warner before you, sprint/t-mobile potentially in the pipeline. can you just give a general sense of when a merger comes before y