so we have asked chris shays, republican from connecticut, who is a veteran of 11 terms in congress, to join us. also with us is democratic pollster cornell belcher who worked on the 2008 and 2012 obama presidential campaigns. gentlemen, we had you on as a duo once before, and we're doing it again. thank you for doing this. congressman, i'll start with you. was this crazy or brilliant? was it the rookie mistake of a noninstitutionalist or the calculated uncanny choice of a man who ran on, i'll do you the best deals? >> none of the above. what a kick. what he's done is he's the first politician basically that says we need to be bipartisan. it's coming from donald trump of all people. donald trump is someone my parents taught me never to be like. i'm not a fan. he's certainly not a republican and i don't love it when people say i'm a rhino, but at least i had many elections as a