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Jim Merritt, Hello, and 34 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 2: you know him as the owner and operator of India 35 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 2: Politics Dot Org. 36 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 3: Dua Keeps Shabaz. Hello, Logan. 37 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 2: All right, so let's start with the uh. Let's sort 38 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 2: of like meet the new boss same as the old boss. 39 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 2: The Tally doesn't change. And yet the conversation continues, and 40 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 2: that is that there have been two poles come out 41 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:06,559 Speaker 2: on redistricting, and neither one of those polls shows any change. 42 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 2: And now Hoosiers are feeling about redistricting, which is they 43 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 2: don't they don't want it. 44 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 3: They don't want it. 45 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 2: Before we get into the polls, Jim, you know these people, 46 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 2: while you had the misfortune of spending thirty years around them, 47 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 2: why can't they just give it up? Clearly, there has 48 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 2: not been a single poll produced, not only that shows 49 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 2: Whosiers wont it or it's even close, like it's not 50 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 2: it's just not a thing. And yet we're still having 51 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 2: this conversation. 52 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 4: Well, it's obvious to me that Vice President Vance, who's 53 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,399 Speaker 4: been to Indiana twice now, is making quite an impact 54 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:43,959 Speaker 4: on my my former fellow brethren in the legislature. And 55 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 4: and uh, it's it's undeniable how much the federal government 56 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 4: does impact and specifically the Trump administration does impact the 57 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 4: state of Indiana. And and uh, Senator Banks, Senator Jim 58 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 4: Banks coming back on Air Force too with with Vice 59 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 4: President JD. Vance to convince his former brethren, uh, to 60 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,239 Speaker 4: we all know he was a State senator. Uh, to 61 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 4: have this special session. It's gonna if you do it right, 62 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 4: you're gonna have to have hearings. You're gonna it's gonna 63 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 4: take two weeks. No, I bet you know. I'm gonna 64 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 4: do it right type of guy. So that's why you're 65 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 4: not there anymore. Yeah, well, yeah, you guys think of 66 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 4: them not doing it right. But if they're gonna do 67 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 4: it right, it's gonna take a couple of weeks. And uh, 68 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 4: and I'm sure the push and the pull and the 69 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 4: tug is present down the market street from us, and so, uh, 70 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 4: I believe it's gonna happen. 71 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 3: Uh. 72 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 4: At one point, I didn't think so, but I do 73 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 4: think it will. And I think that anybody thinks that 74 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 4: is under the consideration that uh Congressman Frank Mr Van 75 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 4: Junior is an easy out and won't be the new 76 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 4: that won't be the congressman in twenty twenty seven is 77 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 4: teasing themselves. I think he has a. 78 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 5: I think called smoking crack. 79 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 3: Yeah. 80 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 4: I think I think it ignites. I think it ignites 81 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 4: Northwest Indiana. I think he's beloved and uh, and so 82 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 4: anybody that thinks that they're going into session to redistrict 83 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 4: to uh come out of it with a district that 84 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 4: doesn't take into consideration uh Congressman Yakam's district up in 85 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 4: the South Bend area as well as Yes, I think 86 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 4: it's like mercury bottle. You know, you're you know who 87 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 4: you're going to pay Peter to steal from, you know the. 88 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 5: Whole rob Peter to pay Paul. Right, very good, rock 89 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 5: Peter write a bad check to Paul. 90 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, So let's keep the results here and 91 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 2: then I'll go to you abdul So the Star, and 92 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 2: he started a nice job of kind of compartmentalizing these 93 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 2: two poles. First of all, there was what is this 94 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 2: three D research? I believe was the groups. Now, now 95 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 2: both of these pollsters are Republican based polsters, these are 96 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 2: not radical left groups. Three D strategic research, and they 97 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 2: had what they have here, what was it, fifty twenty 98 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 2: one in favor. 99 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 3: Something? What was it? Yeah? 100 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 2: Sixty nine? Okay, yes, this is the number. Twenty one 101 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 2: percent of the people are agreed with the statement, counter 102 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 2: the one sided partisan maps that Democrats have drawn in 103 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 2: states like Illinois, New York. 104 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 3: And California. 105 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 2: While sixty nine percent of voters agree with the statement quote, 106 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 2: there's no need to spend our time or money on 107 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 2: mid decade redistricting. So that's three D Strategic Research sixty 108 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 2: nine A POSE twenty one support. Then there was another 109 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 2: one done by and this was for the Independent Indiana 110 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 2: People North Star Opinion Research poll. The opposition was at 111 00:05:54,200 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 2: fifty three percent, and so on both of these polls 112 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 2: you have a majority of people saying they do not 113 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 2: want redistricting, and yet they're still going with this. 114 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 5: Why well, my Republican friends are cought between a rock 115 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 5: and a hard place. On the one hand, you have 116 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,720 Speaker 5: the Trump people really pushing for drawing new maps, and 117 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 5: you have the people who vote for these guys say 118 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 5: we don't want new maps. Everything is just fine, and 119 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 5: so Republicans are in a bit of a bund uh. Now. 120 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 5: When jad Advance was here talking to Republicans, I found 121 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 5: out I did to find out the exact nature of 122 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 5: the conversation, still working on that, but what I did 123 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,039 Speaker 5: find the atmosphere was very It was very polite. He 124 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 5: did a lot of talking, they did a lot of listening, 125 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 5: and that was that was it. Thank you for coming 126 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 5: to have a nice day. But I don't think I 127 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 5: don't think that we needle moved at all. I think 128 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 5: the Republicans were still opposed to this reditioning plan. They're 129 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 5: still opposed to have some more hopefully have some more 130 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 5: details later on this week. And also, by the way, 131 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 5: when we're talking to one of the posters who actually 132 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 5: pulled this this week as well for Saturday show, to 133 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,479 Speaker 5: find out what's going through the minds of the of 134 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 5: the Hoosia voter. But at the end of the day, nobody, 135 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 5: nobody thinks this is a good idea or thinks this 136 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 5: is going to end well. And I frankly think Republicans 137 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 5: are just going through the motions right now. I do think, Jim, 138 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 5: they'll probably past maps the maps to be thrown out 139 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 5: for violating eight million different things. The next day we 140 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 5: did it and now it didn't work and it's done. 141 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 5: And also too Speaker Houston Center Rod Ray want to 142 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 5: protect their caucuses, plain and simple. 143 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 2: Okay, So are these people aware, because I think this 144 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 2: is the bigger risk is people are looking at this 145 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 2: going okay, polish poles just people know they don't want it. 146 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 2: A majority of people clearly don't want it. You're not 147 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 2: producing any poles to show people do want it. There's 148 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 2: not a single lawmaker who's been able to come out 149 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 2: and go, look at this, just trove of emails of 150 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 2: people who are passionate about this, and people look at 151 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 2: this gym and they go, so you'll do all this 152 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 2: for something we don't want, but something we really do want, 153 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 2: like property taxes, you won't do anything for. 154 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 3: I mean, there's a. 155 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 2: Real chance of backlash on that when people you started 156 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 2: kind of expose yourself to people what your priorities are. 157 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 4: Well, I think I think there could be backlash. But 158 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 4: I still think that people are concerned about inflation, they're 159 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 4: concerned about food, they're concerned about their their their energy, uh, 160 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 4: they're concerned about their property taxes. But but when it 161 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 4: comes down to it to the average voter, the average Hoosier, 162 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 4: they they they always they seem to get back to 163 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 4: the idea of a pox on all your houses. And 164 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 4: I think the backlashes is good for Frank Mrvan and 165 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:43,359 Speaker 4: and that sort of thing, because it's kind of a 166 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 4: it's a mantra, it's something to go to battle about. 167 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 4: And so when it comes down to it, twenty twenty six, 168 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 4: the election is just about a year away. I think 169 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:00,560 Speaker 4: though that that that we're dealing in a TikTok type 170 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 4: of world where, uh, you know what am I mad about? 171 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 4: What am I concerned about right now? And and what 172 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 4: they're concerned about when they go to vote a year 173 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 4: from now will be totally different than what it is 174 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 4: today exactly. 175 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 5: And also too, I want to say and instead of 176 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,559 Speaker 5: brings last thing I thought was very telling at the 177 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 5: very end, say no, we we listen to the Vice 178 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 5: president blah blah blah blah that we'll take back, We'll 179 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 5: talk amongst our caucus and listen to what our constituents 180 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 5: want us to do. That is that's the out right 181 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 5: there with that led last line, because leg all the 182 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 5: polling and you can and you can bet a million 183 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 5: dollars uh at the at these Third House meetings, and 184 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 5: you know Center Republican caucuss is doing the polling left 185 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:41,320 Speaker 5: and right. And I want to say I got details 186 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 5: another poll. There's another one, yeah, that that they're sort 187 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 5: of quietly pulling and see what the district is and 188 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 5: nobody wants this. 189 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 3: How do they sell it if they do it? 190 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 2: Because at this point, it's the kid's been at this 191 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:57,719 Speaker 2: for months, You've drugged this out for months. Every time 192 00:09:57,760 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 2: you come out and don't do something, I think it 193 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:03,839 Speaker 2: gets worse. For if they go forward with it, what's 194 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 2: the cell are they just like, well, say it's republic 195 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 2: and we don't really fear you people, and we're just 196 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 2: gonna do what we want you. 197 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 4: In retrospect, it would have been a lot better in 198 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 4: August or July to rip that band aid off and 199 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 4: it be healed by now yep, and and. 200 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 5: But it would have been summertime. Nobody wouldn't fan attend. Well. 201 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 3: Yeah. 202 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 2: The other part of this too is I I, of 203 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 2: course I'm against the redistricting, but I'm kind of surprised. 204 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 2: And it shows you that Houston and Bray really don't 205 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 2: want it, because if they wanted it, they'd say, all right, 206 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 2: Braun calls special session. We're putting this up on the floor. 207 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 2: We dare you to vote against this. We dare you 208 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:40,959 Speaker 2: to run against us, even if you don't want it 209 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:42,959 Speaker 2: or your constituents don't want it. And the fact that 210 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 2: they haven't done that, I mean, they can make these 211 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 2: guys do about whatever they want to do, the fact 212 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 2: that they haven't done that tells you where the leadership 213 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 2: of this of this party is as it relates to 214 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 2: general Assembly. 215 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 5: And here's the thing to think about. 216 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 3: Two. 217 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:58,439 Speaker 5: Let's say Republicans don't redistrict, which I think is more 218 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 5: likely going to happen. There's always a chance of where 219 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 5: it could happen. I don't think Republic's gonna redistrict. You do, So, 220 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 5: you guys are odds on this. You think they will? Yeah, 221 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:07,079 Speaker 5: I do. I do think they want don't. I don't 222 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 5: think they will? Very good, Okay, but here's the thing. 223 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 5: If you're got to get a primary challenger, what's the 224 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 5: primary challenge you're gonna run on? Right? Because you got 225 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 5: it because remember to get rid of somebody at office. 226 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 5: And hey, here's why they're bad. Here's why I'm good. 227 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 5: They're bad because they didn't redraw a line on a 228 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 5: on a map that technically exists on paper. Meanwhile, my 229 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 5: health care costs are going up. I can't my kids 230 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 5: can't find a job after college anymore. The housing stock 231 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:33,679 Speaker 5: market is housing market is going through the through the 232 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 5: freaking floor here, and you're talking to me about a 233 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 5: redistricting line. 234 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, it appears very Jim and an electropop And it 235 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,679 Speaker 2: appears they appear very out of touch when there's all 236 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 2: these things they could be should be addressing and they're 237 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 2: just not. 238 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 5: I think they will. 239 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 4: I think I think Abdul's right, you'll get thrown out, 240 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 4: but they'll they'll be able to say they did. You 241 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:58,079 Speaker 4: look at how Trump deals on the world stage with 242 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 4: with with this RNGK and and and pushing his strength 243 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 4: to convince parties that never agreed on anything to agree 244 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 4: on something and and uh. Sarah Banks and vice person 245 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 4: Vance probably put a pretty good show on on how 246 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:17,319 Speaker 4: the how the federal government is helping Indiana and will 247 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 4: help Indiana in the future. 248 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 2: What's the argument with that, Jim. If you don't then, 249 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 2: if you don't do this, then we're gonna stop helping you. 250 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 2: This is what I've never understood with the strong What 251 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 2: is the strong arm here? You're super red state that 252 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 2: has been loyal to the president. If you don't do 253 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 2: this one thing, you're out. 254 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 5: In that show. Yeah, it's like, hey, if you don't 255 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:36,319 Speaker 5: do this at that royal hospital you need over in Seymour, 256 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 5: uh it may get delayed or you know, you guys 257 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 5: want to toll that road I seventy Uh, well make 258 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 5: it look paperwork may get lost. You know really, yeah, well, there. 259 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 4: Are a lot of states. There are a lot of 260 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 4: states that need help right now. 261 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 5: And in Indiana and there's a line and Indiana is 262 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 5: notorious this and this is the the hidden almost sort 263 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 5: of hip hippocritical thing about Indiana. They hate the federal government, 264 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 5: but the the federal government's money. 265 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 4: Sure, yeah, well that's not a hidden fact. 266 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 5: I'm just saying the quiet part out loud. 267 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 4: Yes, yes, And you know, it goes back to when 268 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 4: we were when we were looking at point one oh 269 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:19,079 Speaker 4: and and uh ba c blog blood alcohol content and 270 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 4: in the threat from the federal government that if we 271 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 4: didn't go to point o eight we would lose highway monies. 272 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 4: I mean that that that is a very very bold threat. 273 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 4: And we went to point o eight. It was a 274 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 4: good idea, but that threat was out there and it 275 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 4: was it was really really real. 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They both 317 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 2: pulled about Braun and he stinks, boy, this is Disasterville. 318 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 2: So three D had him at thirty two percent favorable, 319 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 2: forty six percent unfavorable. North Star had him at twenty 320 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 2: four favorable, forty three unfavorable. 321 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 5: Jim, this is a night for Actually, it's very consistent 322 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 5: with the polls. 323 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 3: Well, well, I'm gonna get to that, but that's what 324 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 3: I'm saying. I mean, this is the all of these polls, Like. 325 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 2: These numbers, you go woo, but then you realise they 326 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 2: sort of match up with whether it's the politicians or 327 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 2: the redistricting, they match up with other all the other 328 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 2: kind of all the other polls. Jim Brown hasn't even 329 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 2: been there nine months. He's just been there nine months. 330 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 3: This is horrible. 331 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 4: Yes, I I always kind of put myself in the 332 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 4: shoes of the governor. If I'm governor, I'm concerned Now 333 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 4: if now are they concerned in Room two or six 334 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 4: in the in the State House and the Governor's office, 335 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 4: I'm not sure because they've been pretty much governing by 336 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 4: executive order right now. Uh, they had a session that 337 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 4: was you know, and I always say that budget sessions, 338 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 4: the first one really makes the governor's first term because 339 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 4: by the time the second bust budget sessions coming, you're 340 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 4: running for re election. And so I would be concerned 341 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 4: about the poll. I'm not sure if the if the 342 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 4: bron people are actually because they can with one fell 343 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 4: swoop to an executive order on whatever they feel that 344 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:10,879 Speaker 4: is necessary. 345 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 2: Everything but property taxes. No executive orders allowed there. 346 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 4: Yeah, and and uh and rightfully, so I think that 347 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 4: needs to be a public you know, transparency. But but uh, 348 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 4: I think I think this group over in the governor's 349 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 4: office is should I think I think I'd be calling mayors, 350 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:34,119 Speaker 4: I'd be talking to grassroots. I'd be you know, when President. 351 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 5: Clinton having a relationship with those people. 352 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 4: Yes, I would establish that realationship. When when when when 353 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 4: Clinton and Obama got wax in a midterm, what they 354 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 4: did was they started looking at school uniforms and the 355 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 4: little putts. I would I would be uh, finding a 356 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 4: small communities and and having small victories in all nine 357 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 4: two counties because you know, Broun did a really job 358 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 4: when he was US saiator talking to all the counties 359 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 4: and making it through those counties every year. 360 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:07,199 Speaker 5: That's what I would be doing right now. 361 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 2: Duel is part of the part of but one of 362 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 2: the biggest problems is his signature issue. The thing he 363 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 2: ran on He ran on begrudgingly, but he ran on it, 364 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 2: which is property taxes ended up being a complete dumpster fire. 365 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 2: That everyone hates your You can't have your thing. You 366 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,120 Speaker 2: can have some people hate it, you can't have all 367 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 2: of the people hate it. And in this case, whether 368 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 2: it's the mayor's, the schools, or me, everybody hates it. 369 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 5: Well, I will give the bron folks credit. They managed 370 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 5: to the United State of Indiana bring all these different facts. 371 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 5: We talk about device for government these days. No, everybody 372 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:37,679 Speaker 5: pay us that. Everybody think this sucks. 373 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 1: No. 374 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 5: But to go back to what Jim said, I do think, 375 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 5: I think the I think the I think the broad 376 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 5: administration is basically in two camps right now. You know 377 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 5: the people who are like, oh my god, we need 378 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 5: to turn this around right now, you know, they'll be like, A, 379 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 5: I don't worry about It'll be just fine. That that's 380 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 5: probably just coming from one individual who uh Josh Kelly, 381 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 5: yash we got, Jasha, we got do have a long law. 382 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:01,880 Speaker 2: That is the governor's chief of staff. And I think 383 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 2: you touched on this. He puts somebody in charge and 384 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,120 Speaker 2: look in a weird way, it's sort of now, Josh 385 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:12,360 Speaker 2: Kelly knows a lot more about government than Micah Beckwit's 386 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 2: chief of staff, but it's sort of the same thing 387 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 2: when you put some loyalist around you who doesn't know 388 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 2: how the system works. And in the sense of Josh Kelly, 389 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 2: he doesn't know how state government works. He doesn't have 390 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 2: the relationships. He was a you know, he was a 391 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 2: what do they call it, what what would you help 392 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 2: people get elected? Political consultant? 393 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:32,160 Speaker 3: Right? 394 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:34,919 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, for someone like Josh in the administration is 395 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 5: I'm not saying that Josh doesn't have a doesn't have 396 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:39,360 Speaker 5: a role in the administration. I would say, Josh thing 397 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 5: that right hand man, that that senior that's senior, that 398 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 5: senior policy advisor, that senior advisor to the governor, like, hey, 399 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 5: bat this around. But you have a chief of SEO 400 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 5: knows how the government works and can make the trains 401 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:50,919 Speaker 5: run on time. And what we're seeing is with all 402 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 5: this sort of disarray, even though for redistricting, like we 403 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 5: should be shouldn't be having this discussion, but human Sev 404 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 5: put it like, no, we're not talking about this. We're 405 00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 5: gonna take our proper text, don't take our health care 406 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 5: and take your goals and that's it. 407 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, And that's part of the problem, Jim, is when 408 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 2: you put somebody without those relationships or knowledge in that position, 409 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:11,439 Speaker 2: you don't have the ability to bring all the puzzle 410 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,919 Speaker 2: pieces together. And Braun's puzzle is totally discombopulated. 411 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 4: Well, yes, and and you know, you go back to 412 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 4: Mitch Daniels, who was kind of his own chief of staff. Uh, 413 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,119 Speaker 4: Earl go my way, Earl good Uh, you know, was 414 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 4: the chief of staff. But but when it really came 415 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 4: down to it that that, uh, that Mitch would work 416 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 4: with a mayor. Mitch would work with the department head. 417 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 4: He wouldn't actually work with an intern. Being governor, you 418 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 4: have to understand the details and and. 419 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 5: Understood the details, yes, miss not sometimes missed acually smarter 420 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 5: than the agency. 421 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 3: Well, and that's that's. 422 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 2: A great point, which is there's not been a governor 423 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 2: since Smitch who understands the details. Pends had no idea 424 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 2: holcom it's coming out, had no idea, not that we 425 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 2: didn't already know that. And Braun, I mean, I always 426 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 2: feel like when I remember in the first Halloween where 427 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,679 Speaker 2: Loomis is talking about Michael Myers and I this is 428 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:06,199 Speaker 2: something like I tried to reach him, but there was 429 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,159 Speaker 2: nothing there, like just blankness staring back at me. I 430 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,360 Speaker 2: feel that that's Braun with everything that he just has 431 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 2: no idea what's. 432 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 4: Going And then Governor Daniels I was at the Economic 433 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 4: Club luncheon one time and he was a speaker and 434 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 4: he had a PowerPoint and it went on for twenty 435 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 4: five or thirty minutes, and he did it without notes, 436 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 4: and he just knew everything going on in his government. 437 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 4: And the bron people are from a different ilk And 438 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,680 Speaker 4: you have to call up that mayor and just say, 439 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 4: how how are you? You know, what what can I 440 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:46,199 Speaker 4: do for you? And I think this last session, if 441 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 4: you look at the city councils around the state of Indiana, 442 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:52,680 Speaker 4: they're really struggling with with understanding Center built one and 443 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 4: how it impacts them and how they make the trains 444 00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 4: run on time. And and this makes them very very 445 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 4: irritable and and and you got to you gotta put 446 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:05,399 Speaker 4: salva on that wound. 447 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 5: When Miss Daniels tells you that don't do Mike, don't 448 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 5: do just don't do redistricting. It's a bad idea. This 449 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 5: is not going to end well that that should have 450 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:12,680 Speaker 5: been enough. 451 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, somebody else that got pulled on. It's gonna break 452 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 2: your heart because it's not good results. But Diego Morales 453 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 2: got pulled on both of these poles. The Street three 454 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 2: D Strategic Research poll has the Indiana Secretary of State 455 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 2: at nine percent viewing favorably. Twenty one Well, he might 456 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 2: have got some family members in there, but they took 457 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 2: a day off the poll, twenty one percent view him unfavorably. 458 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:40,160 Speaker 2: And then in the North Star Opinion Research poll, five 459 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 2: percent viewing favorably, seventeen percent under unfavorably. So he's underwater 460 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 2: in both these poles. But what's amazing is he's basically 461 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 2: campaigned every day, twenty four hours a day, seven days 462 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 2: a week for three years. He spent all his tax 463 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 2: payer money to legally campaign, and nobody knows who the 464 00:22:58,359 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 2: guy is. 465 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 5: Well, it's amazing and seen story real quick here. 466 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 4: Uh. 467 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:05,920 Speaker 5: Friday night was the Mary County Lincoln Day Dinner Republican 468 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:09,640 Speaker 5: republic Republican Republican dinner, and I was. I got invited 469 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 5: because of what I do for a living. And I 470 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 5: was at I had a VIP, I had a few 471 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,239 Speaker 5: I sked at the VIP table and who was at 472 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 5: the VIP table. Who is at the table with me? 473 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 5: Diego Morale. It was like, wow, this is kind of interesting, 474 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 5: and they go had that sort of nervous life, like, okay, 475 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 5: mister secretary, for tonight, this table is Switzerland. We're neutral territory. 476 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 5: But just this table. The rest of it, it's freaking 477 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 5: world war world world War two, but Switzerland for right 478 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 5: now is neutral. And and trust me, when people found 479 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 5: out that abdul diegle we're out what they Yeah, it was. 480 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 5: It was a very awkward moment. 481 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:42,639 Speaker 2: Now if you're bow bye, by the way, he's getting 482 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 2: a lot. He has a lot of rich friends. I 483 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 2: need more rich friends. I do not have someone who 484 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 2: can write me those sort of checks. He's got a 485 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 2: lot of yeah, yeah, yeah, he's got a lot of 486 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 2: money that's starting to roll in, as we predicted his 487 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 2: likely Democrat opponent. Are you happy that nobody knows who 488 00:23:58,320 --> 00:23:59,959 Speaker 2: he is? Because on one end, you can paint him 489 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 2: however you want to paint him, and they'll figure out 490 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 2: a whole bunch of stuff that other people can't. 491 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,680 Speaker 3: Would be my gas. 492 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:08,400 Speaker 2: But on the other hand, Diego's pulled all this crap 493 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,159 Speaker 2: and people don't know about it. So where are you 494 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 2: at if you're bo Bayer? Do you like that that 495 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 2: nobody knows who he is still? Or are you like well, 496 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 2: he's done a lot of stuff people should know. 497 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 5: Well, I would I would argue if you're if you're 498 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 5: bow bye, you you you sort of got you got. 499 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 5: You've got a couple of different tracks. We when you 500 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:26,119 Speaker 5: got to buy name which in establishment Democrat universe, oldest 501 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,199 Speaker 5: tip old old attatshment. It's not as bad as it's 502 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:30,120 Speaker 5: not as good as you speak, but still a wasn't 503 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 5: your father like a governor or something like that? 504 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 2: And then you got you imagine, hey wasn't like, Hey, 505 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 2: wasn't your dad the governor? Like when you're growing up, 506 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 2: what does your dad do for a living? You know 507 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 2: he's the governor and he used to be a government 508 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 2: like our parents. What did your dad do. 509 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,120 Speaker 3: For a living? You don't know anything about it? 510 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:50,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, And then and then on the other track, you've 511 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,479 Speaker 5: got uh so the people, he's got the he's got 512 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 5: the money in the resources to induce some stuff to 513 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 5: vote it. Hey, I'm bow bye. I believe in public service. 514 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,160 Speaker 5: My dad, sir, my grandfather's are wanted to help who 515 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:03,200 Speaker 5: We all know the same song and dance and if 516 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 5: you could do that, I think it's in a much 517 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 5: better position. And also, by the way, too, if you're Republicans. 518 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 5: Dave Sheldon's looking a whole lot better today. The Knox 519 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 5: County clerk who's gonna run against Diego in the convention. Now, 520 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 5: Da've still got some challenges to deal with, But I 521 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,680 Speaker 5: think Dave Shelton's in a much stronger position today. I 522 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,480 Speaker 5: predict that to those poll numbers than anything else, because 523 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 5: also number two, it's not the public who votes it's the. 524 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 3: Delegates who put the convention. Now. 525 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 2: Shelton was on our show earlier this week and he's 526 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 2: flip flopped on the redistricting now and he didn't have 527 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 2: a good answer for it, and buy our Diego. I 528 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 2: would crush him with that flip flop. But Diego's so 529 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 2: inept and lazy he may not even catch on. But 530 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,920 Speaker 2: Shelton seems to think the boring's gonna work, And I like, 531 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,119 Speaker 2: I'm not even I'm not trying to. And I like Shelton, 532 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 2: and he's very good, and he's very very commedy. He'd 533 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 2: be probably very good at the job, infinitely better than Diego. 534 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 2: I just think you got to bring some smoke in 535 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 2: the corners of the state on who Diego is. And 536 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 2: he seems to think he'd not go out to do that. 537 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,200 Speaker 2: He can just run and government compency. That's going to 538 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 2: be fascinating to me on just how many people are 539 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:08,360 Speaker 2: willing to reject Diego Morales, especially with a legitimate Democrat opponent. 540 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 4: Well, but way back when when bo Bay's father was 541 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 4: running and we tried boring against Evan Bye and it 542 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 4: didn't work. 543 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,760 Speaker 3: And different state though, right exact. 544 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:25,640 Speaker 4: Different political world. But if you look at the Secretary 545 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 4: of States race right now, and you're talking about Diego 546 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 4: versus versus Dave Shelton, there are two camps in the 547 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:38,199 Speaker 4: Republican Party. There are two camps. One once the boring 548 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 4: that the quiet people, the quiet force out there, and 549 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 4: I hear about them every time we talk about this. 550 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:50,119 Speaker 4: I hear from the the the quiet voter, maybe not 551 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 4: the quiet delegate, but the quiet voter that doesn't want 552 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 4: anything to do with Diego. Then I hear it from 553 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 4: the establishment outside the fifteenth two counties whatever WWBC reaches 554 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 4: UH that that that are forcefully behind Ruketa, they're forcefully 555 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:14,160 Speaker 4: behind Micah beck With and they're forcefully behind uh Diego. 556 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,200 Speaker 4: And and I've been out on college campuses talking about 557 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 4: the lifeline law I hear a lot from a lot 558 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 4: of different people, and and so it's going to be 559 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 4: interesting to see what happens, because as far as I know, 560 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:30,120 Speaker 4: Dave Shelton cannot jump into a room of two hundred 561 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,680 Speaker 4: and fifty people and make everybody his friend. 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