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Class people. i think it is something that will be a factor in wisconsin. so i'm cautiously optimistic. >> very interesting. to that point, even to dhcharlis point, how much money could randy bryce's popularity, could it cause republicans to have to spend more in paul ryan or then they would have to get name id for a new candidate of their own. how much do you think they willing to spend to keep wisconsin read? >> i this i they will spend all of the money that they need in order to try to do that. whether or not they can do that is totally different question. you're talking about who to progre...

>> and a democratic challenger to house speaker paul ryan's seat in wisconsin is garnering attention for his fund-raising totals. randy bryce raised $1.2 million at the end of last year according to reporting from milwaukee journal sentinel. the union ironworker and military veteran sat down yesterday to talk about his fund-raising and whether the -- whether when he supports efforts to impeach the president. here is an excerp the t from that interview. why do you think you're raising so much money? >> well, because people had enough in this country of what our leadership is actually not doing....

He's just been a good fit for that district for a very long time and i believe still is a good fit for the district according to people on both sides of the aisle he doesn't have a real challenge. bryce is raising a lot of money because of the mood. a couple of data points. you see across the country republicans who have never had any problems politically in a lot of trouble. some one like john culberson is in trouble. i want to point out this immigration deal to bring it full circle. if you had an issue what would depress the base -- immigration depresses the republican voter base so you have...

Point to a wave. >> i think it does and i think one of the things that carey said earlier the intensity among democrats is really high. i think you look at a state like california it's fertile ground for democrats. you know, i think democrats feel really confident but it's early in the year. we couldn't predict this is where we would be right now in 2018 at this time in 2017. >> jake sherman you had a scoop in playbook about paul ryan's challenger. i do think it's interesting hat you reported about the speaker's democratic challenger. >> randy bryce raised $1.2 million. he's won and lost for o...

2018 at this time in 2017. >> jake sherman you had a scoop in playbook about paul ryan's challenger. i do think it's interesting hat you reported about the speaker's democratic challenger. >> randy bryce raised $1.2 million. he's won and lost for office many times over the last couple of years in wisconsin. what people don't realize paul ryan has a competitive district in wisconsin. he's just been a good fit for that district for a very long time and i believe still is a good fit for the district according to people on both sides of the aisle he doesn't have a real challenge. bryce is raising ...