Ross Ramsey

Deep.

Um, and that would be one Ross Ramsey, uh, now in the shadow consulting world.

[laughs] Semi-shadow consulting world.

Semi-shadow consulting.

Is the Realtors.

I, you know, I realized that.

For those of you that don't know what we're talking about, I was trying to remember Ross's categories in his seminal a- and much-watched Hot List at Texas Weekly, and for a little while, The Tribune, right?

Right.

Right.

Uh, we used to go quite a bit by Ross Ramsey's list-

Mm-hmm

...

Yeah, Ross, let us know

... and remind us.

But the Texas Weekly or the Ross Ramsey b- branded hot list was one that people used pretty widely back in the day.

So there's also kind of a insider media component.

I mean, the way I was, I think I talked about it.

I did a conversation for a group with Ross Ramsey a couple of days ago.

And, you know, we were talking about kind of the idea of, I mean, I've been kind of using this.

If we think about political wins, when there's no wind at all and the windsock is just collapsed against the pole, you're looking at an 8 to 10 point Republican advantage and probably something like parity in the enthusiasm numbers.