I ve been critical of democrats in the past for doing and a target battleground that you are going to be reporting on for the next 15 months, and i think it s smart of team biden to get out there early and start messaging to the key demographic. john: bad news for joe biden in a head to head match-up. if you think donald trump is going to be the eventual nominee and they go head to head, if the election were held today, 43% say they would vote for biden, 43% for trump. any way you cut it, jim. if trump is the nominee, it s going to be a close race. oh, i don t think it matters who the nominees of both parties are. we have a country thinly divided. the last two presidential elections were razor tight elections. i would note the one i ran in 2012 wasn t but we ll put that aside for a second. and you know, we are probably going to face a third very close election and i think democrats understand that, republicans