Remember, the Democratic Party used to be a coalition of Northern liberals and Southern conservatives - and we lost that. I think here's a chance to start to win that back.

He's really going back to his Democratic roots - which is very significant, because it shows where the Republican Party is and where it has moved. And maybe where tens of millions of Reagan Democrats are at. If James Webb is representative to any extent of these Reagan Democrats, which I think he is, I think this can be very significant for the Democratic Party.

He sees the Republican Party drifting far, far, far to the right on social issues and a lot of other things-- and he's not happy with it.

I think it's pretty much a no-brainer. James Webb is an extraordinary, unique candidate that comes along very rarely. You just don't see somebody like James Webb coming into the Democratic Party.

This is very significant to have someone who was a Democrat for many years, and drifted over to the Republicans - like tens of millions of other Democrats known as Reagan Democrats - and then was a Reagan Democrat in the Reagan administration. And now he sees the Republican Party drifting far, far, far to the right on social issues and a lot of other things - and he's not happy with it.

If you could repair it faster than they could destroy it, you'd win the battle. But you can't.