race which we are supposed to have now, there's no official incumbent. we searched for someone to make the heart flutter. that's what democrats seem to want in these situations it seems it's a shock to the collective democratic system the democrats are finding themselves coalescing around someone who does not make their hearts flutter and wants to make the hearts flutter but doesn't have a chance of making their hearts flutter. and that may not be the worst thing in the world. >> well we're always correcting for the last mistake. barack obama was elected in part because he was clearly a brilliant guy, clearly read the book instead of just the cover. and so he was making up for what the nation saw as the deficiencies of george w. who hated complexity and retreated into simple answers. i think if there's a short coming in the obama years, maybe it's heart flattered too much at the beginning. and expectations were raised too