across on the stage on wednesday? >> i really hope in the shadow of air force one and in the reagan library, that people choose to invoke reagan's 11th commandment, that they talk about what they want to do and where they want to go or hopefully focus their jabs at hillary clinton and not at each other. i get that primaries are tough. that's where you distinguish yourself from one another. that's part of the process. but the more we can stay focused on the democrats, the more we can focus on the candidates telling their story and their vision, i think that's much better for the party. >> okay. there are going to be a lot of people up on that stage. it's a really crowded field. 11 candidates. do you think that there are too many candidates? >> oh, god, no. absolutely not. i think when you look at these people, right? and you talk about the level of qualifications and accomplishment that each one of them brings in a hooung way, those who have been in washington, those who have been outside of washington, that's