engage millennials would be to put a 35-year-old in as chair of the dnc. that s mayor pete, the mayor of south bend, indiana. 35 years old. he s a mayor, a veteran and making the case last night that that s why he s the perfect fit. he was one of them here. the question is what will happen at the vote on saturday. let s bring in the mayor of south bend, indiana, pete b unchtsttieg. my favorite name. maltese is the derivation. they call you mayor pete. how do you feel you comported yourself last night and do you believe you made the case that you were the right fit for the party and why? yes, i do, in my biased
once. i don t think it s a good idea for us to relive it now. we ve got to take those lessons, move forward and make changes in the way the party is run in our governance, in our priorities, in our approach. that s why i think a fresh start, somebody who is not a product of any faction, not a product of the washington establishment is the right kind of person to lead our party going forward. one of the big reasons you got this much attention right now is because, as the out party, who heads the party is more important than usual. even though it s largely a management position, it s also about message, and the democrats are going to have to figure out the reason to believe for the people out there you want as your voters. one of the parts of that will be being on the spot and coming up with the message of how you want different controversies to be perceived. we have one bubbling up right now in anaheim, california. let me play this video. we don t know why, don t know if
do well on saturday. you re not favored to win. if it is not you, whom should it be? we ve got a lot of great democrats out there and it s extremely important we come together as a party, whoever is chosen on saturday. one of the things that moment vaeted me to get into this, this can t be a factional struggle and we cannot walk out of that decision in atlanta with half of the party feeling they ve been rejected or sent packing. the actual opposition is in power and not just in the white house. even if we had won the white house, the democratic party would be in a lot of trouble right now. we ve got to be united. we ve got to come together and that s going to be the priority for the party coming out of saturday. you ve got to show you learned your lessons it was not missed on me last night that there was no talk about debby wasserman schultz and why she
minnesota health insurance exchange was forced out after taking a two-week vacation to costa rica while the state-base ed exchange flownerred. maryland s exchange director was forced out after a vacation in the cayman islands, kathleen sebelius due for some time off? she some hit the road. matt. in the spirit of the season i want to give a hit to president obama and for foreign policy move. this week, he announced he would not be attending the opening ceremonies of the sochi winter games in russia. this is a snub to president putin who is really putting a lot on this coming, out party. but this an overdue corrective in america s all-too indull gent policy toward russia. hear hear. if you have your own hit or miss, dial it at follow us on
were polled in this. they have been ahead on the economic issues, republicans have for quite a while and now reports show the g.o.p. has a slight edge in things like confidence, and, ethics, and, national security, and even on health care. we will look at these numbers and we are glad to have former white house press secretary dana perino, fox news contributor, of course, with us today, hey, dana, how are you. great, how are you doing. martha: great, thank you, let s look at these, i want your thoughts on these. this one is on the economy which everybody can agree is the most important issue in the country right now as we head into the midterm elections, 47% say they trust republicans, more on the economy and is this a case, do you think, where no matter who the out-party was, they d likely be getting support, given what is going on? there is some truth to that, martha, sure, whenever the economy is down and it has been down for so long now, and down despite the promises and the po