right now i'm joined by a former senator, and an msnbc political analyst, and medhi hasan, columnisti want to start with you, senator, first. can you explain just as somebody who's been in political races yourselves, what is the relative value of money itself versus something like the horrible debate performance that bloomberg had? does the money wind up overwhelming how poorly he did? >> well, he has to do better because people are going to judge you on your debate performance to some degree but also by the message that you put out there with paid media and free media. but i think what michael bloomberg did, and it was really interesting is he really woke up elizabeth warren, and he woke up joe biden who was very nervous. and i think the two of them really had better performances than they have in a long time. >> well, but let's talk about elizabeth warren for just a second though because i feel like moments can sometimes make your future in the sense that if you go back and look at amy klobuchar's moment she had new hampshire, it wound up boosting her probably higher than she'd be