Ron Klain: “We can't get numb to that loss. I thought the vice president was quite articulate and powerful on that point last night.”

Well, look, Anderson, I'm covered by the Hatch Act, I have to be careful what I say about electoral politics here at the White House.

I think the president had won the nomination fair and square. 14 million people went and voted for him and the vice president as vice president.

She has united the party behind her forcefully and effectively, and that's what we need to win this fall.

So I don't think rallies have proved effective for candidates in the midterms. And so we're trying something different that we think will be effective.