And for more analysis on the rapidly changing state of the presidential race,

we're joined now by Democratic strategist Faz Shakir and Republican strategist Kevin Madden.

It's great to have you both here.

So Faz, V.P. Harris could hardly have hoped for a better start in establishing herself among Democrats

after President Biden abandoned his bid for the 2024 election.

I mean, just judging from her historic fundraising hall

and the apparent level of enthusiasm.

What's your assessment of this transition,

this handing of the baton from Biden to Harris.

Yeah, you're right that it's gone smoothly and that as a campaign manager you've got to feel really good about you've got all the tactics lined up to run a very aggressive race against Donald Trump.

Now let's think about the challenges because that's what they have to deal with.

At the end of today Jeff, voters decide this race.

So as much money as you want, as much delegates as you want, those are all good, but the voters are

going to decide.

And when you look at the electoral map, she's got to think about Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania,

North Carolina, Nevada, Arizona, those are going to be critical, Georgia.

And the map is starting to change as we were hearing here that the

persuadable voter universe could be large for her. And you could either think of

her as Obama 3.0. Remember Obama? In 2008, he wins places like North Carolina, Indiana, Ohio.

He expanded the map. Why did he win?

Because he got a lot of young voters, a lot of new voters who voted for Obama.

You could also think of her as Hillary 2.0.

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