Hi there. It's Jen Saki. I spent 20 years working in Democratic politics, and now I'm the host of MSNBC's Inside with Jen Saki.

And since November, I probably, like most of you, have been spending a lot of time thinking about what gave us another Donald Trump presidency.

Now, to be clear, Trump didn't win in a landslide.

He won the popular vote by the smallest margin of any president since Nixon.

But he did win six swing states that one blue last time. And he is now sitting in

the Oval Office. So how did we get here? And more importantly, I've been thinking a lot about

where the Democrats go from here. Look, those questions are hard, and they warrant longer and

definitely more introspective conversations than a short segment on TV allows for.

Plus, the actions of the Trump administration

and our efforts to try to understand them

and explain them, it all takes up a lot of oxygen.

So I wanted to have a place to discuss

what the Democrats are doing to regain power.

It prompted me to call up some people

I've known a very long time, some who I think

just have interesting and different perspectives, to take a candid look at what just happened and

talk about what they think the blueprint should be for Democrats winning again. I'll talk with rising

stars. If you believe in this country, that doesn't mean saying that it is flawless.

Loving your country doesn't mean lying about its history. Griseled political hands.

We have a debate about message, totally legit, but we lose sight that the messenger is also a message.

Party organizers. We've got to be selective. We also have to be able to differentiate between what is shock and awe and what is meaningful action.

And even some social media darlings.

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