incumbent. yes, he reached out to democrats, but really played up his military record. he brought up john mccain in the final days of the campaign. i saw that helped him with veterans and military personnel and i think across the country, some other republicans may be taking that as a lesson. >> i want to talk about a military conflict, iraq, which of course has been in such crisis in recent weeks and i've been talking to analysts who suggest to me it's going to be with us for a long time. isis is just too weak to do very much more than they have. but is too strong to be easily dislodged. and that raises the prospect of a war that goes on for several years that overshadows the ends of obama's presidency, that is some kind of a factor, potentially in the presidential campaign or will be left to the next president to decide. >> iraq is still with us for many, many years. >> i'm going to go back to the economy and turnout. we know they have a turnout problem, especially in a midterm year, they are voters, young people minorities tend to not