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I have thought for years that there is no one with a higher IQ in the Senate. He and Rev. Warnock squeezed into office through that magic time window after Joe Biden's victory in 2020 and before the inauguration (one ONE DAY before the Jan. 6 riots to take attention away). They threaded a needle in time, and never looked back.

Jon is pleasant, smart, focused, and has the energy of someone who knows who he is, where he is, where he wants to go, and has no illusions about what he'll need to get there. In a one-on-one, he'll listen, and ask the right questions. He doesn't tell you what he's going to teach you, he'll find out what he can learn from you.

If he harbors any presidential ambitions, he certainly hasn't said anything about it to me, and we do keep in touch,. However, IF (and this is a big if) he wins re-election by a surprisingly big margin, the deck could well be re-shuffled. For him, I would even consider retirement to work on his campaign, I like him that much. Whenever I like someone that much it's usually the polical kiss of death, so let's hope karma isn't listening. I haven't forgotten that 66 years ago, a Catholic from Massachusetts was supposed to have no chance in a presidential race. Now, 66 years later, I suppose the pundits would say the same thing about a Jew from Georgia.

But you heard him. You haven't heard the last of him. I still haven't heard a peep from him about presidential ambitions. He just wants to get re-elected, and that won't happen without a lot of work. The good news is that the work he puts into re-election now will serve him well later, no matter what he decides. After all, a year ago, I would have said the same thing about Mark Kelly, and now speculation about him is everywhere.