Rahm Emanuel

But did I screw up?

Yeah.

If you're looking for perfection, I'm not that guy.

Do it.

If you're looking for a person that knows how to learn from mistakes, 100%.

Another sort of big fight within the party has been generational.

I think when I first said it, you texted me and said, great.

Yeah, I was like, fuck yeah, man.

But as you know, all your strengths are your weaknesses.

After Donald Trump, I'm not sure who you can afford as a country on your job training.

I say it jokingly, but I'm serious.

You got to be good in the family room.

You better be good in the classroom.

You better know the boardroom, the break room, the situation room, and not just the bathroom, which is something we really get experts as a party.

Now, I also think also one piece of change with a party that's known as weak is

There's nothing, as you know, when it came to fighting the insurance companies to get 10 million kids health care, one person got that assignment.

When it came to making sure we got health care for people with pre-existing condition, one person had to lead that effort.

When it came to making sure we took on the financial industry and the banking industry to do fundamental reform, one person got that call to lead that effort and take on the gun lobby and the NRA.

Nobody's ever gotten in the ring with me, didn't walk out without a bloody nose.

Or a broken nose.