Richard Blanco returned to a poem he wrote from the second inaugural Barack and

me. A poem won today. It says, and always one moon like a silent drum tapping every rooftop

and every window on every kid of every county. Country, let me start this over again. I'm

so intimidated by being here. And always one moon like a silent drum tapping on every rooftop

and every window of one country, county, county. The 2024 Republican presidential primary

field is taking shape. The battle lines are becoming clearer and so is the field of

candidates. Is the odds on favorites if you look at the polling still trump or fiden?

That seems to be it, but it's just way too early to tell it. I'm more angry now and I'm

more committed now than I ever was. Big challenge for these candidates is going to be how do they

navigate Donald Trump? And how do they navigate Rhonda's emphasis? You and I have a rendezvous

with Destiny. We'll preserve for our children. Jesus, fellas, I don't know that we can get any worse.

I mean, every single time we sing a lepso. Every single episode, I feel like our our

Biden audio at the top is worse. Right. We were told it was a stutter. It's actually he just can't

read. What the hell? Oh, poem. Like first of all, from a staff perspective, like are you really

having this president read poetry? That is an excellent, excellent point. I mean anything

that's more than a syllable. It's going to be a challenge. Yeah. I just dude. Shikes. It's like

a cognition test every time he rolls out. Yeah. Oh, well, welcome back to the Ruthless Friday

program. A big high energy Thursday to you. We've got a bunch of really great content and fun stuff.

And we have a great guest today. We do. The chairman of the National Republican

Senate, the Royal Committee, Steve Danes is with us to talk Senate races and a little hunting.

And by the way, Smog, you've been heavy on to this. Then we ought to go to Montana. Yes.

I got to tell you after this dude, give me his rundown of of hunting and outdoors stuff. I think

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