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We are in the thick of it now.

I think yesterday was three weeks until election day.

So you know, it's in any election.

I remember when it was okay, we're at the one year point, six months, three months, a week ago.

Now we're within a month.

We are right there, right coming into the final lap of the campaign and the tension is

upon everyone. You know there was that at the Democratic Convention there was that moment when

Michelle Obama said you know there's going to come a time when there's a bad poll and you're going to have to decide for yourself are you

gonna you know are you gonna crumble or are you gonna say like okay that's that's what is you know the not to I can't remember

if it's is it is it the godfather you know that's the life we've chosen, right?

You get bad polls.

This is a high stakes game we play in.

And of course, it's not a game.

The consequences are immense.

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