And as you said, it s been a very tough state for democrats, for a long time. i think the fundamentals, the sheer politics of it all, the political environment is one in which republicans in general feel like, this is one in which their candidates are likely to do well. the one avenue, i think, that, and you re already starting to see, tim ryan is looking to use against jd vance is vance s own history. it s his turn from being an anti-trumper, a venture capitalist. there s a new ad from tim ryan talking about his use of his hillbilly book to make a netflix show trying to use that to paint him as someone who is not of the state of ohio, not of the kind of populist narrative that vance is campaigning on right now. if there s a chance it could
Strongest speech. i appreciate it was short. i do think more of the key of we he hit during the luncheon is going to serve him better in the long haul in washington. hugh, what about some of this language. and i i note that your favorite attribute of the speech was that it was short. yes. crime, gangs, drugs, american carnage, sad depletion of the military, wealth, strength and confidence dissipated, and factories equal tombstones. is that a tad on the dark side for you? well, it s very consistent with his themes throughout the campaign. it s also very consistent with not being of peace of the davos man. i go back to that hillbilly book that j.d. vance wrote. victor david hansen wrote a piece about this, they believe every single word he said because they lived it. the coastal elites and beltway elites don t experience the way the country experienced the last