. >> tester in montand nachl the famous buzz cut, he's a guy that the president went after hard personallyecause he thought that was a weak spot for the democrats. turns out that was likely right. now we'll see where the numbers shake out. the president i think is in position where he's -- he understands his political muscle out there on the campaign trail. he understands the messages that works for him. the problem is he's now beginning a re-election process for 2020 was will be the message that works for him in '20 >> that's what i was going to ask in terms of looking at the messaging. the next two years, i'm not sure much is going to happen legislatively, but in terms of where you think the country is, what worked, what didn't -- what worked, do you think, for democrats in certain places and what didn't? >> overall this was an anti-trump message from democrats. there's a lot of suburban districts out there where democrats were frustrated with the president, angry, eager to get out the vote a lot of republicans sitting on their hands not enthused about the president's harsh tone this ele