democrats in the senate. they accidentally spilled the beans while expressing her enthusiasm for the letter at an event in new york. the letter encourages hillary clinton to run for president in 2016 even though some of the signers may have presidential aspirations of their own. let me bring in democratic strategist and campaign director for the center of american progress action. amelie tisch, and republican strategist john thierry is with us this morning. >> good morning. >> we don't have the exact contents of the letter or how it was delivered, but it does lead to the inevitability question which didn't work out well for hillary clinton the last time. is this whole aura a good thing or a bad thing? >> there are negatives and positives to it. i think generally people think if there is inevitability to it it is clearer. there are deaf fitly some people that want to get in. the negatives to it are the