play into the fact the house probably won't flip? >> there are a lot of reasons and gerrymandering is one because republicans for the first time in decades had their hand on the pen drawing the maps. but also a population sorting. democrats tend to live in urban areas and college towns concentrated. and republicans are more spread out. and that helps -- that works in there as well. >> this weekend we saw senator ted cruz out. we had a rock star reception in texas. also hillary clinton out. does ted cruz have a shot at getting enough support to actually be a general election candidate? does he have broad enough appeal and hillary clinton, what were you takeaways this weekend? >> i think democrats are on their knees praying every night that ted cruz is the republican nominee. in a big field of four or five republican candidates, ted cruz can come in first and second. but when that field narrows down, the question is, can he do it? that's a little tougher.