Good evening, Democratic presidential candidates, Marion Williamson and Kirsten Gillbrand.

Join us tonight.

We begin, though, with growing concerns among Democrats and some never-Trump Republicans

in the wake of the scene and debates in Detroit.

The candidates, they say, are risking their general election chances by taking on one another

and tarnishing Barack Obama's legacy instead of focusing on defeating President Trump.

President Obama is, after all, an ex-President with 95% popularity among Democrats, according

to Gallup, and 65% among Independents.

Again, this is not us giving Democrats advice.

This is Democrats and some Republicans giving Democrats advice, echoing President Obama,

who warned about this before the campaign, the campaign even got going at a town hall

in Berlin earlier this year.

One of the things I do worry about sometimes among progressives in the United States,

maybe it's true here as well, is a certain kind of rigidity where we say, oh, I'm sorry,

this is how it's going to be, and then we start sometimes creating what's called a circular

firing squad where you should shoot at your allies because one of them is straying from

purity on the issues.

Well, that sentiment is being echoed.

Now you're seen on political commentator and Democratic strategist Paul Baggalla earlier

today.

This is my problem.

The whole two-day debate is, I believe, many of these candidates seeking to win the

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