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the story. The last thing that Kamala Harris would do is bring in a vice president who becomes the main story. That's not going to happen. No way that's going to happen. So it's got to be somebody like Swalwell who you know he's not going to run for president and get very far. Yeah somebody like that. Pence. Somebody says Pence. Pence would be a good vice president. So if she has to pick somebody…

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e's probably a ten. What would Newsom be on the same scale of one to ten? It's more like you don't prefer him isn't it? It's different. Newsom is just somebody you don't prefer. Hillary is somebody you want to have a terrible accident. I take that back. You don't want that. You don't want anybody to be hurt. But the point is that people have a much worse opinion of Hillary than they do of Newsom. I think Newsom is unfortunately likeable enough that he would just get all the anything but Trump vote.

I think speculating on an election that's 30 months away. Gee have I ever done that successfully? Have I ever speculated on an election that was two years away and did okay? I wonder.

All right. Ask the AI who's the most influential person in the country who's not elected. I dare you. I dare you. Ask the AI who's the most influential person in the country who's not elected. It won't be me. Yeah it'll be somebody like Musk or Joe Rogan or something. Maybe Tucker. Yeah but ask it that question. See what happens.

All right. That is all for today. I'm going to turn off the YouTube feed and Spotify. Thanks for joining. You're always awesome. Bye for now.