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There's all sorts of stuff going on here.

Obviously, the debate with all of the candidates. We all want to know what Doug Bergam has to say about

2024. We've all got Bergam momentum. We've got Asa Hutchinson feeder. And of course, we will see the launch

of the chrissons, the croissants for short uh for mr christie's campaign gentlemen before

we get too far into the show predictions for the debate absolute cataclysmic boredom i mean

so so here's the thing about this debate basically it's going to be all against desantis

and the only question is whether

Desanis can survive. DeSan's been taking incoming for weeks. He's dropped in the polls from

in April. He was in like 24% range. He's down to in the real-cler politics polling average in

the 14 to 15% range of a significant decline. About half of that support has gone to Trump.

About half of that support has gone to Vivek About half of that support has gone to Vivek.

The big question for DeSantis is can he weather the storm tonight? Because I'm not of the opinion that he can actually win tonight in any way, shape, or form. He's challenged on one side by Trump,

who's 40 points out of the field. But on the other side, by the entirety of the field, which is

seeking to claw him down like a crab pot, back in there so that somebody can take that second place slot. The other contenders on the stage all have sort of various motivations for even being there in the first place. So I'm not of the opinion, for example, the Vivek Ramoswami actually believes he's going to be president of the United States. To me, he seems like a candidate who pretty clearly is running for vice president of the United States, Senate in Ohio, or a media slot. If you look at Mike Pence, Pence is there basically just to provide a counter to Trump. He has to know that he has no shot at the actual nomination. If you're Nikki Haley or Tim Scott, you're basically just hoping that you're standing around when somebody dies and, you know, that you have kind of a small percentage of

the base. And if you're Chris Christie, you're a kamikaze. And Chris Christie is showing momentum

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