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Vice president, i'm the centrist candidate. kamala harris, who is she in the race? what's her card? >> i think she's trying to straddle a little of both and that's part of her struggle, right, especially in a spraulg fie -- sprawling field. it's difficult in a crowded field but her strategy doesn't seem to be a messaging shift, though. she's more focused in getting on the ground in iowa. she's been fundraising, it's taken away from the trail, but now she's had to refocus. >> people are concerned with biden perhaps there is an age issue, maybe he's a little loose-lipped. since he first ran in 1...

Capacity to go through the primary and the general election process. and that's why you cut the sprawling field with a lot of moderates who are hanging out, living off the land here the best they can. and waiting for the moment when biden fades. the governor will say he's not going to fade and the fact is it's past labor day now and he's hanging in there. but again the question is will the accumulation of the missteps hurt him before iowa. >> we can all agree that is what other people on the stage are betting on and hoping it will happen. that's -- >> hang in there. he's getting better at hand...

What they were supposed to be doing. here's kirsten gillibrand. listen to this. >> the first thing i'm going to do when i'm president is i'm going to clorox the oval office. the second thing i'm going to do is i will re-engage on global climate change. >> clorox the oval office. the audience seemed to like that one. but other opportunities they missed to go after president trump? >> right. there were a few moments where there was perhaps a really good zinger with respect to the president or cutting line like you heard from kirsten gillibrand or watching governor jay inslee say there was a whit...

Joining us now for our first "fox news sunday" sit-down, south bend mayor pete buttigieg. mayor, welcome. >> thank you, good morning. chris: so, today kirsten gillibrand entered the race, there are now more than a dozen candidates officially in the race, you'reas the only one who still has an exploratory committee. when are you going to decide whether to get in? >> so we put together the ponsettee and rolled it out in would be to the idea of a midwestern millennial mayor something the conversation for president, how would thehere bea level of interest. now we're seeing a all of those things. b...

Democrats have a big problem, too many candidates and too few minority staffers. there aren't enough minority operatives to staff what's expected to be a sprawling field of candidates. da dana milbank is a political columnist with "the washington post," and michael steele is an msnbc political analyst. good to have you. we've seen what happens when a candidate staff isn't diverse. in 2016 hillary clinton called bernie sanders out for his overly white campaign team compared to her highly diverse one. minorities make up 41% of the democratic party, and that number is expected to grow. why do the...