Let's give the president some due here. They had a mess, and he fixed it, and they mobilized a lot of authority, and they did it.

The Democrats have to do what he did when [Rahm Emanuel] was chairman of the Democratic House Campaign Committee, recruit veterans, recruit football players, recruit business people. And I think that's what the job of the new party chair has to be.

They're still a subject beholden to special interests, but at least they have a national constituency. At least they have to think about national majorities.

Donald Trump is sounding the same theme he has sounded since May or June of 2015.

We had the clip of [Donald] Trump saying: I'm not president of the globe. I'm president of the United States.[Ronald] Reagan would have never said that. [Dwight] Eisenhower would have never said that, because he would have said, yes, I'm president of the United States, but it's in our interests to be securing a world order.

Tim Kaine kind of gives the warmer, human face of the Democrats.

I think any advocate who is effective has fully acquainted himself or herself with the legislator they are going to meet. Know what committees they are on, what issues they are interested in, all in an effort to build a bridge for communicating with them.