 In his first post-debate television interview, the president told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that he's spoken with congressional leaders about staying in the race. I've spoken to all of them in detail, including Jim Clymer, every one of them. They all said I should stay in the race, stay in the race. No one said, none of the people said I should leave. But if they do? Well, it's like, we're not going to do that.