Eric Swalwell

So keeping the government open, lifting the debt ceiling, which the incoming president now supports, which we welcome that, and we would love to get rid of it, by the way. You know, the funding of, even the funding, you know, to Israel, that, that... move forward because Democrats were unified on that front.

So keeping the government open, lifting the debt ceiling, which the incoming president now supports, which we welcome that, and we would love to get rid of it, by the way. You know, the funding of, even the funding, you know, to Israel, that, that... move forward because Democrats were unified on that front.

So I think Hakeem has shown himself as like a practical negotiator and someone who can work with Speaker Johnson.

So I think Hakeem has shown himself as like a practical negotiator and someone who can work with Speaker Johnson.

who who is the elder statesman that can help push and cajole and influence the democratic party to find a more solid ground i think one of i think one of our best thought leaders is mark cuban i think he's mark cuban mark cuban yeah he he's very influential uh he has a lot of relationships with my colleagues uh and myself he has business experience but i think he's also not lost touch of like what regular people

who who is the elder statesman that can help push and cajole and influence the democratic party to find a more solid ground i think one of i think one of our best thought leaders is mark cuban i think he's mark cuban mark cuban yeah he he's very influential uh he has a lot of relationships with my colleagues uh and myself he has business experience but i think he's also not lost touch of like what regular people

care about. And I thought he was an effective surrogate for Kamala being out there on the trail. But I, I go to Mark on a lot of stuff. And I think he understands where most people are.

care about. And I thought he was an effective surrogate for Kamala being out there on the trail. But I, I go to Mark on a lot of stuff. And I think he understands where most people are.

How did she get selected? So she was vice president, and the runway was about 100 days. And we can go through the different scenarios. I don't think any of them were good. And as you said, if your premise is that President Biden should not have run for reelection, making that decision that close to the election, I don't know if any candidate would have done it.

How did she get selected? So she was vice president, and the runway was about 100 days. And we can go through the different scenarios. I don't think any of them were good. And as you said, if your premise is that President Biden should not have run for reelection, making that decision that close to the election, I don't know if any candidate would have done it.

We could go through 100 scenarios. There are a bunch of great candidates. I still think all of them would have probably been set up to fail. It's too short of a runway.

We could go through 100 scenarios. There are a bunch of great candidates. I still think all of them would have probably been set up to fail. It's too short of a runway.

I didn't, and my colleagues and I, I don't think we interacted with him that often. And we kind of, you know, we started his presidency in COVID. And so the Joe Biden that I knew when I was in a baby, you know, child in the Congress in 2013 was very engaged and, you know, loved meeting with Congress and the meetings would go an hour over the time allotted.

I didn't, and my colleagues and I, I don't think we interacted with him that often. And we kind of, you know, we started his presidency in COVID. And so the Joe Biden that I knew when I was in a baby, you know, child in the Congress in 2013 was very engaged and, you know, loved meeting with Congress and the meetings would go an hour over the time allotted.

And it was kind of that Bill Clinton charm offensive that he could put on. And I will just tell you, like the first two years with the COVID restrictions that we had, we didn't see that because we, you know, we would have remote meetings with the White House. And so they hit him. They hit him. I don't know. I know where we are now. The reports are he was gatekept.

And it was kind of that Bill Clinton charm offensive that he could put on. And I will just tell you, like the first two years with the COVID restrictions that we had, we didn't see that because we, you know, we would have remote meetings with the White House. And so they hit him. They hit him. I don't know. I know where we are now. The reports are he was gatekept.

Like I said, I'm focused on the future. Let's talk about the future.

Like I said, I'm focused on the future. Let's talk about the future.

Might be back tomorrow. Might.

Might be back tomorrow. Might.