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All right, time now to visit with Moon Griffon. We
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cover everything under the sun with Moon every Monday.
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How are you, man?
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Ron, doing great, man. Monday, I always call it the
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best day to work week. I got a whole week
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to get it right when I screwed up last week.
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Well, I tell you what, we're not going to rewind
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all the way back to last week. We got to
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rewind back to yesterday. Breland, you got the cut ready?
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This was yesterday on Meet the Press.
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Senator, are you thinking about running for president?
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Yeah.
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And first, let me correct Rahm. Rahm's running for president.
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If you don't believe that, you'll never own your own home.
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My plans right now are to run for reelection. But
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as I've said before, if I don't think I can
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be effective in the Senate anymore, I would consider it.
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You know, what's the old judge song? Why not me
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on a rainy day? Why not me to love your
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blues away? But I haven't made a decision. On my
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side of the aisle, if a bunch of goobers run,
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and I think they're goobers, and one of the goobers
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might win, and I think I could do a better job,
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I would consider running.
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Well, I'm going to be shocked if he runs, number one.
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Number two is he has a big advantage if he
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does run. because there's some people in the Democrat party
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would think this is the John Kennedy of the 1960s.
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He's come back to life. I used to, I used
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to laugh with John back in the day. John was
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a Democrat before he became a Republican. And he said, uh,
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he can run for something. He said, cause half the
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people think they'll can't do the John Kennedy presidential. I
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remember he told me that we used to laugh about it, but, uh,
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I don't know how serious he is. Uh, it's just
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starting to be floated out there. Uh, He said Goobers.
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I don't know who he considers a Goober. We'd have
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to ask him. I'm supposed to have him on again
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this weekend. So since that's out there, we're just asking
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the question. But, you know, let's see. You've got two years.
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I do believe if he's serious, you do need to
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start throwing your name out there now.
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Yes.
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I do believe that because the presidential election is in
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two years, which is 2028. So if you're going to
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throw your name out there, I would say this for him.
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He's probably got as good a name recognition as most
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Republicans in the United States because of his appearances on
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Fox and his won honors. And everywhere we go, you know,
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I've been fortunate enough to do Bongino's show. They love Kennedy.
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Everywhere you go and talk to people outside the state,
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they really do like him.
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Oh, no, 1,000%.
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And it's difficult to not like him. I am curious
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as to who are the goobers. That was the second
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part of that that I took away was who are
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the goobers. The first part I took away, though, is
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what he said when he said, if I feel that
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I can't be effective in the Senate, I'll go ahead
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and run for president. So my takeaway from that, Moon,
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was that once this midterm election's over with, if Republicans
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lose control of the Senate— Now would be a good
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time for John Kennedy to bail, run a new Republican
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so we could start building seniority because John Kennedy would
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not be effective when we're not in the majority, or
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at least that was my takeaway of what his position was,
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is like I'm going to lose effectiveness as far as
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being able to push a Republican agenda. So it would
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be a good time for Louisiana to break from– you
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always want seniority. You always want seniority in the Senate, right?
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Yeah.
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Unless, you know, well, we're flushing seniority with Senator Cassidy.
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The only reason you would want to have two younger
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senators at.
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The same time.
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Would be because your party's not in power, so go
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up there and just vote no to what Democrats try
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to pass, and that's the whole agenda, is to keep
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America not moving in a leftward direction as opposed to
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actually moving in a more conservative direction. So that would
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be a good break for Louisiana to actually lose some
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seniority for a hot minute, while it wouldn't matter if
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we had the seniority anyway.
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Yeah, I guess I can't put my all around the
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fact that somebody from Louisiana being a major player in
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the presidential election, if anybody can do it, it might
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be Kennedy. I guess I don't know about that yet.
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I do think he's smart. If he really is considering this,
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start now. Because you have to start to get the
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base built. So going into this time next year, if
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you were in October of 2017, you would be within
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three or four months, really two or three months of
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having your state starting to vote who they want. So
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you have to move now. And I would say one
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of the things he'll base it on is what you said,
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I think 100% of the money, who wins. But the
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flip side, the other thing would be, can you raise money?
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That's going to be the kicker. So he can start
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looking at all that stuff now to see if there's
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money out there to get behind him.
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Well, he will know by November 4th or, you know,
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unless something shady and sideways goes on on November 3rd,
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he'll know on November 4th whether or not he can
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be effective in the Senate. Now, as far as the
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goobers are concerned, that's going to trickle out over time.
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So I would argue that if you know the answer
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to question one, go ahead and start getting your name
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out there. If you want to retract your name later,
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you can, but start building early.
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Yeah. Well, you have no choice. I mean, we're talking
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about 50 states. Yeah. You have to start now. to
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get the momentum to raise money next year. The ability
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to raise money, and I don't have to tell you this,
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but the ability to raise money is important. I will
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tell you this, but John's Senate race here, he's never
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had a problem raising all the money he needed. Never.
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So you would think that would translate into being able
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to do that in other states. I'll be surprised if
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he runs, but I'm looking at it from a Louisiana perspective.
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I've just never seen... A person from Louisiana be a
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major player in the presidential election, and I can remember that.
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We met everyone four years ago. I just don't remember.
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No, no.
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Okay, so just in rewinding order here, Bobby Jindal ran
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in 2016, and you remember at that time they had
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like 12 different candidates, and Jindal had to sit at
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the little kids' table for debates.
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Yeah. He never made the top eight. Yeah.
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Before that, I want to say, did Buddy Romer run
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for president for a hot minute?
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I don't remember Romer. I do remember Jindal. But Jindal
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shot himself down. Remember when Obama gave a speech and
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they let Bobby come up there?
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Oh, God, yeah.
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With the Republican response? Instead of letting him sit at
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his governor's desk and be the governor. And that bill,
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that hurt him. That hurt him immediately.
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And remember the interview with him after the Super Bowl? Where, like,
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I don't know, he tried to talk about ethics reform
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in a post-Super Bowl interview?
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Oh, God.
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Oh, dude.
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Well.
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For a guy, I like him a lot.
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And it was like, man, did you drop the ball
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on that one?
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Read the room.
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Yeah, it happened. a couple times, and he was out.
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He was out. And the only reason, and I'm going
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to say it, Obama's a minority. He won. And I
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think Republicans will look for somebody they can call somebody
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that's quote, wouldn't white. And I think that's why they fumbled.
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You don't really look for that. You look for the
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best person. And Bobby General, let's be honest, I wasn't
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a big General guy. I was for him and challenged
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him for eight years. But Bobby's a smart guy. I
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never said he wasn't smart. I just think his handlers
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overplayed that. And that hurt him. Oh, yeah.
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Yeah. No, it didn't.
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Yeah, it led to some wrong answers at the wrong times,
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to be sure, or some tone-deaf answers at the wrong time. But, yeah,
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beyond that, Buddy Romer did run for president for a
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hot minute, but I think it was as a third party.
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But before that, I couldn't tell you the last one
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of any real political significance.
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Yeah. No, I can't either. Like I said, I had
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no problem with John wanting to run for president. None whatsoever.
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None whatsoever. If he wants to do it, he's just
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got to make sure he's organized on the front side
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and can raise money. Because when it comes to the debate,
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they may have five, they may have nine on the stage,
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but they're not going to have anybody if you can't
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raise the money. He's got the name recognition and raising
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the money to kick. I've got a feeling John can
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raise money, though. I've just got a feeling he can
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raise money. Oh, I agree with you. He comes across
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as a regular guy. And, you know, Stephanie Grace and
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the Devil's Advocate, they hit him all the time. They
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hit him today or Sunday. But he really does come
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across as kind of a regular guy.
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Talking Mugrafon, talking everything under the sun with Moon as
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we do on Mondays. You'll find Moon 9 to noon
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right here weekdays on Talk 107.3 FM.
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It's kind of.
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Spreading off of that a little bit. You know, everybody's
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expecting J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio to be a head-to-head battle.
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Who else would even be in the running there?
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You know, this is the funny thing about elections. There
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may be somebody that tries to do what Trump did
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that doesn't come from the political side. Only because, like,
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Rubio and Vance are really going to be tied to
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whatever happens with Donald Trump the next two years. Okay,
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so will that help him or hurt him? I don't know.
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We've got two years up the road. Whereas Kennedy was
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a senator sitting on the sideline. Well, they sit on
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the sideline. The Senate, you really don't sit on the sideline, but...
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I just don't know of anybody else, uh, I've always
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thought Rubio and Vance would probably be Ted Cruz. I
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think days have come and gone. So I just don't
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know who else would come up. But, you know, you
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can book it. An open seat comes at a Republican party.
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I think the old Bush establishment Republicans are going to
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grab somebody and put them in there, maybe a couple people.
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I don't know who. I don't know who, but they're
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going to grab somebody from the establishment side.
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Don Jr., is that a possibility?
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Maybe.
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Once again, I think you'd agree with me. Since we
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don't know what's going to happen in the next two years,
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it's kind of hard to say who's going to put
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their name out there. It's going to really make a
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difference what happens economy-wise, where is our country at in
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two years. I say two years. Let me back up, Brian.
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by the end of next year.
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Yeah. Oh yeah.
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I would even argue that by the end of this year,
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I mean, it's hard to, you know, turn this big
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a ship around. So by the end of this year
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and we'll know, and based off of what parties in
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charge in the house and Senate, we'll know, we'll know a.
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Heck of a lot more.
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So it just, it's, is it wrong that I don't
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want it to, I don't want it to eat up
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that much conversation this early, but yet at the same
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time though, with so many variables, it's hard not to.
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Well, let's be blunt. It's, Trump has dominated since he
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walked down the elevator, escalator, whatever you want to call it.
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And he's pretty much dominated. Now, part of it is
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because of who he is. But another part of it
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is the media and the left hate him so bad.
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So they made the concentration, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump.
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And so he's been dominated for, what, 11 years now?
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11 or 12 years.
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Thereabouts. What else is on the show today?
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It is Jason Ossock will judge big Supreme Court decisions.
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or at least they're hearing a decision dealing with climate
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change in all companies. I think this is gigantic. And
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so Jason Isaac may join us. And then we also
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have somebody from the Digital Watch dealing with, you know,
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It is Lawsuit Abuse Watch Week, if I'm not mistaken.
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He's Moon Griffon.
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You catch him 9 to noon right here on Talk 107.3
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Always appreciate the time, brother. Talk to you soon.
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Thank you, Brian.
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All right, time now to visit with Moon Griffon. We
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cover everything under the sun with Moon every Monday.
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How are you, man?
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Ron, doing great, man. Monday, I always call it the
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best day to work week. I got a whole week
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to get it right when I screwed up last week.
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Well, I tell you what, we're not going to rewind
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all the way back to last week. We got to
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rewind back to yesterday. Breland, you got the cut ready?
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This was yesterday on Meet the Press.
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Senator, are you thinking about running for president?
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Yeah.
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And first, let me correct Rahm. Rahm's running for president.
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If you don't believe that, you'll never own your own home.
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My plans right now are to run for reelection. But
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as I've said before, if I don't think I can
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be effective in the Senate anymore, I would consider it.
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You know, what's the old judge song? Why not me
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on a rainy day? Why not me to love your
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blues away? But I haven't made a decision. On my
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side of the aisle, if a bunch of goobers run,
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and I think they're goobers, and one of the goobers
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might win, and I think I could do a better job,
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I would consider running.
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Well, I'm going to be shocked if he runs, number one.
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Number two is he has a big advantage if he
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does run. because there's some people in the Democrat party
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would think this is the John Kennedy of the 1960s.
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He's come back to life. I used to, I used
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to laugh with John back in the day. John was
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a Democrat before he became a Republican. And he said, uh,
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he can run for something. He said, cause half the
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people think they'll can't do the John Kennedy presidential. I
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remember he told me that we used to laugh about it, but, uh,
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I don't know how serious he is. Uh, it's just
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starting to be floated out there. Uh, He said Goobers.
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I don't know who he considers a Goober. We'd have
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to ask him. I'm supposed to have him on again
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this weekend. So since that's out there, we're just asking
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the question. But, you know, let's see. You've got two years.
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I do believe if he's serious, you do need to
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start throwing your name out there now.
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I do believe that because the presidential election is in
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two years, which is 2028. So if you're going to
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throw your name out there, I would say this for him.
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He's probably got as good a name recognition as most
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Republicans in the United States because of his appearances on
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Fox and his won honors. And everywhere we go, you know,
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I've been fortunate enough to do Bongino's show. They love Kennedy.
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they really do like him.
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Oh, no, 1,000%.
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as to who are the goobers. That was the second
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part of that that I took away was who are
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the goobers. The first part I took away, though, is
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what he said when he said, if I feel that
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I can't be effective in the Senate, I'll go ahead
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and run for president. So my takeaway from that, Moon,
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was that once this midterm election's over with, if Republicans
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lose control of the Senate— Now would be a good
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time for John Kennedy to bail, run a new Republican
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so we could start building seniority because John Kennedy would
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not be effective when we're not in the majority, or
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at least that was my takeaway of what his position was,
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is like I'm going to lose effectiveness as far as
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being able to push a Republican agenda. So it would
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be a good time for Louisiana to break from– you
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always want seniority. You always want seniority in the Senate, right?
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Unless, you know, well, we're flushing seniority with Senator Cassidy.
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up there and just vote no to what Democrats try
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to pass, and that's the whole agenda, is to keep
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America not moving in a leftward direction as opposed to
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actually moving in a more conservative direction. So that would
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be a good break for Louisiana to actually lose some
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seniority for a hot minute, while it wouldn't matter if
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we had the seniority anyway.
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Yeah, I guess I can't put my all around the
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fact that somebody from Louisiana being a major player in
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the presidential election, if anybody can do it, it might
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be Kennedy. I guess I don't know about that yet.
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I do think he's smart. If he really is considering this,
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start now. Because you have to start to get the
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base built. So going into this time next year, if
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three or four months, really two or three months of
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having your state starting to vote who they want. So
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you have to move now. And I would say one
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of the things he'll base it on is what you said,
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I think 100% of the money, who wins. But the
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flip side, the other thing would be, can you raise money?
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looking at all that stuff now to see if there's
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money out there to get behind him.
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unless something shady and sideways goes on on November 3rd,
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he'll know on November 4th whether or not he can
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be effective in the Senate. Now, as far as the
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goobers are concerned, that's going to trickle out over time.
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So I would argue that if you know the answer
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to question one, go ahead and start getting your name
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out there. If you want to retract your name later,
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you can, but start building early.
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Yeah. Well, you have no choice. I mean, we're talking
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about 50 states. Yeah. You have to start now. to
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get the momentum to raise money next year. The ability
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to raise money, and I don't have to tell you this,
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but the ability to raise money is important. I will
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tell you this, but John's Senate race here, he's never
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had a problem raising all the money he needed. Never.
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to do that in other states. I'll be surprised if
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he runs, but I'm looking at it from a Louisiana perspective.
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I've just never seen... A person from Louisiana be a
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major player in the presidential election, and I can remember that.
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We met everyone four years ago. I just don't remember.
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No, no.
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Okay, so just in rewinding order here, Bobby Jindal ran
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in 2016, and you remember at that time they had
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like 12 different candidates, and Jindal had to sit at
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the little kids' table for debates.
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Yeah. He never made the top eight. Yeah.
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for president for a hot minute?
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I don't remember Romer. I do remember Jindal. But Jindal
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shot himself down. Remember when Obama gave a speech and
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they let Bobby come up there?
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With the Republican response? Instead of letting him sit at
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his governor's desk and be the governor. And that bill,
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that hurt him. That hurt him immediately.
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And remember the interview with him after the Super Bowl? Where, like,
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in a post-Super Bowl interview?
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Oh, dude.
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For a guy, I like him a lot.
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Read the room.
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He was out. And the only reason, and I'm going
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to say it, Obama's a minority. He won. And I
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think Republicans will look for somebody they can call somebody
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that's quote, wouldn't white. And I think that's why they fumbled.
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You don't really look for that. You look for the
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best person. And Bobby General, let's be honest, I wasn't
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a big General guy. I was for him and challenged
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him for eight years. But Bobby's a smart guy. I
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never said he wasn't smart. I just think his handlers
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overplayed that. And that hurt him. Oh, yeah.
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to be sure, or some tone-deaf answers at the wrong time. But, yeah,
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beyond that, Buddy Romer did run for president for a
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hot minute, but I think it was as a third party.
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of any real political significance.
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Yeah. No, I can't either. Like I said, I had
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no problem with John wanting to run for president. None whatsoever.
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None whatsoever. If he wants to do it, he's just
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they may have five, they may have nine on the stage,
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raise the money. He's got the name recognition and raising
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raise money, though. I've just got a feeling he can
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raise money. Oh, I agree with you. He comes across
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as a regular guy. And, you know, Stephanie Grace and
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the Devil's Advocate, they hit him all the time. They
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hit him today or Sunday. But he really does come
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across as kind of a regular guy.
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Talking Mugrafon, talking everything under the sun with Moon as
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Spreading off of that a little bit. You know, everybody's
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expecting J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio to be a head-to-head battle.
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Who else would even be in the running there?
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may be somebody that tries to do what Trump did
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that doesn't come from the political side. Only because, like,
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Rubio and Vance are really going to be tied to
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whatever happens with Donald Trump the next two years. Okay,
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so will that help him or hurt him? I don't know.
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We've got two years up the road. Whereas Kennedy was
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a senator sitting on the sideline. Well, they sit on
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the sideline. The Senate, you really don't sit on the sideline, but...
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I just don't know of anybody else, uh, I've always
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thought Rubio and Vance would probably be Ted Cruz. I
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think days have come and gone. So I just don't
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know who else would come up. But, you know, you
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I don't know who. I don't know who, but they're
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going to grab somebody from the establishment side.
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Don Jr., is that a possibility?
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their name out there. It's going to really make a
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difference what happens economy-wise, where is our country at in
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two years. I say two years. Let me back up, Brian.
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by the end of next year.
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charge in the house and Senate, we'll know, we'll know a.
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want it to, I don't want it to eat up
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that much conversation this early, but yet at the same
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And so he's been dominated for, what, 11 years now?
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11 or 12 years.
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Thereabouts. What else is on the show today?
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It is Jason Ossock will judge big Supreme Court decisions.
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or at least they're hearing a decision dealing with climate
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change in all companies. I think this is gigantic. And
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so Jason Isaac may join us. And then we also
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have somebody from the Digital Watch dealing with, you know,
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lawyers and suits and things like that. They're having a
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big week this week, so we'll be interviewing one person.
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It is Lawsuit Abuse Watch Week, if I'm not mistaken.
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He's Moon Griffon.
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You catch him 9 to noon right here on Talk 107.3
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FM and statewide.
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Always appreciate the time, brother. Talk to you soon.
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Thank you, Brian.
