Clay Travis

And that is there's running and there's auditioning.

And I think we need to think of those as different things now, even when someone is technically a candidate.

Vivek was not a candidate for president of the United States and he did it.

Now, people have done this before where someone says, oh, they're auditioning for a cabinet post.

I mean, that's not a new concept, but I think the Vivek campaign

made it, in my opinion, a little too explicit.

It seemed the whole thing struck me as phony, but it was, I'm going to basically be another voice in this.

I'm not really going to attack the front runner in any way that's going to create friction down the line, but it'll get me my moment in the sun so that then I'm in a better position to be secretary of state or whatever.

To me, like when you're talking about someone like a Josh Hawley, for example, running, Josh Hawley's not gonna be the next president of the United States, whether it's a Republican or a Democrat.

And I think Josh Hawley's got a lot of skills and I've always thought he's, you know, acquitted himself well when he's been on the show and everything else.

But if he runs, it's so that his name is alongside a Rubio or a Vance in contention.

And I think that's true of some of the other Republican candidates.

I don't think that's true of Ted Cruz.

I think Ted Cruz would run to run like Ted Cruz runs.

He's running to be president.

He's not running to be secretary of state.

That's just the distinction that I wanted to throw in there.

Buck, you agree?

Unfortunately, I hate admitting that Clay is right, but Clay is right about that.

All is restored.