hold a special election. if there were to be a second election, the district 9 seat would not be filled until after the new congress is sworn in on january 3rd, dana. dana: cause there s not much time between now and then. jonathan, thank you. lot of democrats are looking ahead to 2020 weighing their chances to win the party s nomination and take on president trump. former mississippi governor haley barber is former chairman of the rnc. he joins me here live. so good to have you here. so, republicans aren t going to have to worry about a primary in 2020, but the democrats. i have a friend who told me, she s a democrat, she has a list of 40 names of potential people who want to run in 2020. first of all, i think it would be a mistake to assume there won t be a republican primary. it s not 100% chance president trump will run. there s an assumption he would run. i wouldn t bet against it. i think it would not be smart to
scale of many races. i wouldn t bet against nancy pelosi. she was a great speaker. she ushered in the affordable care act. many people in the congressional black caucus support her. but there are things that i think people bring up valid reasons and right now, i m tunnel vision on one race. it has i m not for or against nancy pelosi. i love nancy pelosi. i love steny hoyer. i m for jim clyburn. out of the three leadership positions, only the african-american male has opposition within our party. there s no announced opposition to nancy, nor steny. but there s opposition to jim clyburn and if you take out jim clyburn, that means out of the top three leader positions we would have no diversity because the person running against him is not a minority. so i think this talks about who we are as a democratic party. we re good fluff to vote and get elected but not good enough to lead? that s a real issue. as chair of the congressional black caucus, that s something i won t bite my tong about.
their response. there is good confidence there. but then how about nancy pelosi? she said she is 100% confident she s going to be the next speaker. are you 100% confident of that? i m 100% confident of, i have worked with nancy pelosi for a very long time. and she s a very good counter of votes, and she s very focused. good she says she s got the votes, i wouldn t bet against her. that s a strong statement. congressman, let me ask you this. seth muldon, one of your colleagues, he s one of the democrats who wants someone else to be speaker. i want to play what he said to cnn last night about leadership. it s time that our caucus leadership represent the american people. we have never had a leader of the house who is a woman of color, for example. the american people have been very, very clear that it s time for new leadership, and we
her. do you support mel pel? does the cbc support her. i m chair of the congressional black caucus. i don t put my fingers on the scale of many races. i wouldn t bet against nancy pelosi. she was a great speaker. she ushered in the affordable care act. many people in the congressional black caucus support her. but there are things that i think people bring up valid reasons and right now, i m tunnel vision on one race. it has i m not for or against nancy pelosi. i love nancy pelosi. i love steny hoyer. i m for jim clyburn. out of the three leadership positions, only the african-american male has opposition within our party. there s no announced opposition to nancy, nor steny. but there s opposition to jim clyburn and if you take out jim clyburn, that means out of the top three leader positions we would have no diversity because the person running against him is not a minority.
magic number of 218. democrats are leading. they re looking pretty good right now. they must be happy. and here s one of them. we re looking, again, emphasized, you start watching these. looking to find the 23. can democrats flip 23 republican districts without losing any of their own or if they lose one of their own, to make up for it. republican incumbent, tom rice, running as a democratic candidate, very small slice of the vote so let s be careful but that s one. south carolina was not a place we were thinking of tonight. a ruby red republican state, not a place we were thinking, okay, can the democrats look to retake the house, let s look to south carolina. but you get surprised sometimes in a midterm year if there s something going on. let s just keep an eye on it. i wouldn t bet the ranch on this one but let s keep an eye on it so far. interestingly, pick-up opportunities in north carolina. patrick mchenry, prominent member of the republican conference here in washington, that