Jim Merritt, had so much fun yesterday, or lost a bet.

Either way, you're back here again today.

I am.

And you are the perfect guy to have it today, because of course you spent 30 years in the Indiana

Senate, never losing an election and then you made the grave

choice to be the sacrificial lamb as the 2019 Republican candidate

for mayor of Indianapolis and now that albatross is lifted from your neck.

Jim congratulations.

It's still on the record.

Yeah, but you are no longer the most recent guy to have his head bashed in with a hammer by the Democrat establishment in Marion County.

Congratulations. You've won the pony.

Yeah, I was feeling for Jefferson Shreve last night.

Ouch!

That's all like, ouch.

Well, look, and I saw you respond to this,

so maybe we can get into this a little bit.

But to me, winning elections is really about three core things and that is number one people believing in

the candidate or the cause number, it is defining the debate around issues of that election,

defining the debate of that election around issues that fit the candidate or cause or in terms that benefit the candidate or cause.

And number three, getting your message to voters.

Shreve got his message to voters.

No doubt, I mean, he he spent we think it'll be maybe

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