James Talarico

I mean, that takes a certain amount of ego to make those kind of decisions.

You just can't let the ego be the boss.

Correct.

And this was the problem.

I mean, we focus so much on President Biden's age, which I agree was a problem.

But I don't think we've really discussed that the biggest problem was ego.

It was his inability to step aside and let someone else do the job.

Right?

Yeah.

Well, and he said he was a transitional figure.

I mean, he I don't know how explicit he was, but he certainly made it sound like, you know, he was stepping in so that he could usher in a new generation.

And that never happened because when you get into these offices and I again, I'm just a little state rep at a low level.

But even I know, like people call you representative, your mail, your mail says the honorable representative.

And you're like, oh, this feels pretty good, right?

And you have a bunch of new friends, right?

All the lobbyists are like, now they're professionally friendly, right?

And all that can go to your head very quickly.

And think about someone who's been in it for 60 years.

I mean, it almost becomes a fused part of your identity to where you can't step aside.

Everything is for self-preservation.