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sarily means as much as you might think it would mean. It could mean that he's just less controversial so the others have some specific reasons you're mad at them. But I can't think of a specific reason to be mad at Kevin McCarthy, can you? I can't think of a like a scandal or was he on the wrong side of something? I know it could be that he just hasn't caused any trouble and that people respond t…

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would suggest it would be a hit? And the executive said we don't look at the average because that's useless, which is really interesting to know. We look at how excited some people are. What you want is that a few people, you know maybe 10 percent of the audience just thinks it's the best thing they've ever seen. You don't even care about the other 90 percent because most shows are not watched by 90 percent of the public. A huge hit whether it's a song, a movie, a TV show is because 10 percent of the public loves it. That's what makes it. Same with Dilbert. If you ask the average person hey how about this Dilbert comic, the average person would say not for me. But something like 10 or 20 percent of the public who has a job and relates to the situations etc. will cut it out, buy the book, get the calendar and that's enough to make Dilbert wildly successful.

So be careful when you're looking at average favorability because it doesn't predict. What does predict is if you're wildly hating or loving an individual such as a Trump or an AOC. So Kevin McCarthy doesn't have the wild hate or the wild love and that usually does not predict national success at least running for president's success. But how hard would it be for him to learn that or to use, let's say, to adopt a persona that could get him elected? Probably could do it. Probably could do it. I would guess he has the capability to raise his game but we'll see.

All right that's all I got for now. Yeah I know about the brains behind AOC. There's you know she was sort of selected and groomed and there was a mentor who probably made a big difference. But here's the thing. Everybody who thinks she's not smart, you're all wrong. Say what you will about her politics. She's really smart. I hate to tell you but it's obvious. If you're still judging her as like the bartender you are so missing what's going on. She's smart. Most of our members of Congress are. Most of them. It's not even unusual. That's how they

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get elected. Somebody says she's misinformed. My point was that her mentor may have taught her a lot but if you factor in how quickly she would pick up what she learned the mentor may have already given all he could give. There may not be more to give there. All right. When has AOC ever faced a tough interview? You say I wouldn't worry about that at all. I'm pretty sure she could handle a tough i…

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