Hey, everybody. Welcome to another Tuesdays with Trey. There are a thousand reasons at least that I enjoy doing this podcast, starting with the chance to be with you each week. I am out this week, but even though I'm out, I thought it would be fun to take a look back at one of those conversations that I enjoyed the most.

So I hope that you all enjoy this encore episode.

And I will be back very soon.

Thank you for listening.

A Labor Day is sort of the unofficial end of summer, which used to be the source of great sadness for me. I love summertime running around all day with my shirt off.

I mean, you can't do that anymore. People would call the cops on me if I, my wife would call the cops on me if I did

now. But back in the day, the old days, I love summertime and now autumn is my favorite

time of the year and it's right around the corner. Labor Day is not the real beginning of fall,

but it's sort of the unofficial beginning. It's also the traditional start to another political cycle.

I was doing a radio interview last week, and the host asked me how I would handle the current

political environment if I were on the ballot, and I made the mistake of being honest with him.

I said, I don't know that I would run, period, in the current political environment.

And if I did run, I would not win because I would not be what most primary voters want right now,

which is, you know, neither bad nor good.

It's just the truth.

The host seemed surprised at that answer, as if it would be

quickly followed up with some lamentation or complaint. And there was none. There's nothing wrong

with admitting that you're not what the market wants. That's what representatives do are supposed to do.

They represent their constituents.

So if you can't or don't truly represent the views of your constituents, you shouldn't run.

And if you do run, you shouldn't be surprised if you lose.

So I would have lost at some point over the past two cycles had I not gotten out.

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