Mr. Schundler, having done well on Wall Street, had been looking to enter political life, when the most unlikely opening presented itself: the then-mayor of the heavily minority, solidly Democratic Jersey City went to jail. Mr. Schundler ran for the office and won, becoming the first Republican mayor of Jersey City since World War I. Most viewers will be meeting him for the first time on this show, and the Republicans among them should be greatly interested in this engaging young star. Mr. Schundler: "The reason I changed from being a Democrat and became a Republican: I was a Democrat because as a Christian I feel that government, should be concerned, as the Scripture puts it, about the least of these. We should be out there trying to make sure that every American who is born has a decent chance to live on a safe street, has a chance to get a good education, has a chance to realize their dreams. And the Democrats' rhetoric is so wrapped up in that idea of being there for the underdog.... But then, working with the party, I became convinced over time that they didn't care about whether the programs were working or not. What they cared about were the interest groups who were invested in the programs.... I became a Republican because I saw people talking about changing the way programs operate to make them actually work."