optics, more billionaires and that black people on stage. that is a problem. however, i feel the way we process this now going down from a massive amount of candidates to four or five, the process is playing out the way it should. >> victor, may i make one other point? >> quickly. >> our problem is not with the candidates on the stage. there's the need to train and recruit and dedevelop more diversified candidates from local office to national. >> yeah, investing in the next generation of glonchs and senat senators who will be prepared to run. in the battleground states, and that's the 15 state decided by 18 points or fewer -- this is in 2016 -- the margins have tightened in head to head with the top four democrats in the race. the president is either within the margin of error or just outside to his benefit. what's going on here? >> you know, that poll doesn't concern me. what concerns me is that any