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Even more complex for some of his nominees than we've seen on the previous nomination. >> the substructure of government. there are 690 positions to be filled. key positions to be filled. so far, he's only named people to 27 of them. the defense department, the state department, the justice department and treasury, the big four. one person per department has been named so far. a total of 370 positions in those 4 departments, only four have been named. >> where is he in comparison to other administrations? >> he's behind. >> thank you. i appreciate it, all of you. i hope all of you got to speak...

Policy making. >> of all the unfinished business this is the one that concerns you the most. >> the conflicts do because it's a nonpartisan issue. it's about what we respect of our political leadership regardless of the side of the aisle you come from and what mechanics we want in the government around ensuring we get the best policy. people of power aren't off the tax budget. >> and then here's one we don't talk about much and these executive branch appointments. there's 690 of them that need to be made. only 27 out of the 690 have been nominated. none jyet confirmed. how is he going to do th...

Is not satisfied with his picks because they don't represent -- >> my question was about me n r minorities. >> i want to back into that. he got more african-american vote than mitt romney or john mccain did because african-americans are interested in his urban agenda, miss -- his agenda that will fight crime -- >> i've got to push back on that congressman. 7% or 8% of the african-american vote is not the bulk of the african-american vote by any means. >> but don think about this, here's a guy who is getting a lot of criticism, but goes to milwaukee, goes to flint, michigan and detroit and says...

Because african-americans are interested in his urban agenda, his agenda that will fight crime, increase education and give jobs and opportunities to not just african-americans but everybody. >> 7 or 8%. i have to push back on that, congressman. 7% or 8% of the vote is not the bulk of the african-american vote by any means. >> don, think about this. here is a guy who is getting a lot of criticism, but he goes to milwaukee, goes to flint, michigan, he goes to detroit and he says, what do you have to lose? i want to bring jobs here. i want to talk about education. i want to address the crimes. l...

He wins 690 counties. the gentlemen graphic share shrinks that much that in a big win they lost ground. >> if em democrats don't want to concede, that geographic is destiny. if they want to roll that stone up that hill, is this the way to do it, to try to be strategic about winnable seats, to try to flip legislatures in a way that's advantageous? >> absolutely. it's a longer-term question and the best news for democrats on that front is, look, in 2010, which is the legislatures that were seated is a result of the 2010 election. it was an off-year election and a mid--term election with a democr...