Mike Nellis

Like she inherited and adopted Joe Biden's team.

And a ton has been written about how that relationship was not perfect.

And one of the things is like, I don't agree with everything in Jake Tapper's book.

I've often described it as the most frustrating book I've ever read because I don't believe half of it.

And the half that I do believe really pisses me off.

So it's like she was robbed of the opportunity to run in a Democratic primary and become a better candidate with a better team.

Like she either would have risen to the occasion and

and been in a better position to win the race, or somebody else would have usurped that position, which is exactly what happened to Hillary Clinton in 2008.

Like Democrats had a actual landslide election in 2008 because we ran Barack Obama.

And now I think in hindsight, like Hillary Clinton may not have performed as well in that scenario against John McCain.

I think it's something to be mindful of.

We have to let Democratic primary voters decide, but it also gives them a chance to build their campaign and get their opportunity to be a better candidate.

So that's number one.

Number two, if you're running for president of the United States, you are doing one of the hardest things that you will ever do in your life period.

You kind of have to, on a certain level, delude yourself into believing that it's fate that you are going to win, that you are going to be president of the United States.

Like Kamala Harris, I don't think had ever lost an election before that, really.

because ultimately she didn't make it to the 2020 primary, so you can argue she didn't lose, but maybe she did.

But she had never lost.

She'd gotten a chance to be on the vice presidential ticket.

They had defeated Trump and Pence four years ago.