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And we start with this ad.

This ad that Max Engling is running in the Secretary of State's race.

And you kind of get an idea.

of where people are based on the ads they're running.

And so what have we seen from the England campaign thus far? Well, he's in a box because he needs to run against the office.

Everybody running needs to run against the office.

The problem England has is his party controls the office.

His party has controlled state government for the better part of 20 years.

And the people who appointed him, anointed him, put him up to running can't have that office held accountable.

Too many donors, too many power players, too many whatevers could potentially be implicated in all the stuff Diego's done.

So he can't do the thing he needs to do.

Anything, any ad he would run about how to make the office better essentially becomes an indictment of the office itself.

It becomes an indictment of the Republican Party.

It becomes a reminder about who Diego is.

So he's really in a box.

Like, what ads do you even really run? England doesn't have a lot of accomplishments.

He was a career Washington insider person for Kevin McCarthy and then for Jim Banks.

So there's not like some great level of personal success to run on.

He did an introductory ad, but he's got a major problem, which is he has not one but two viable opponents in Greg Ballard.

And the Ballard thing is very problematic because he's pulling from Republicans and by the Democrat.

So what do you do with these ads? Well, his opening ad was a negative ad against Greg Ballard.

Nobody knows who Engling is or nobody knew who Engling is.

They still probably really don't.

And your opening ad is a negative attack ad, not even on the Democrat, but on the independent guy, the Lincoln Party guy, the former mayor of Indianapolis.

And people were looking at that going, what is that? Nobody knows who you are.

And we start with this ad.

This ad that Max Engling is running in the Secretary of State's race.

And you kind of get an idea.

of where people are based on the ads they're running.

And so what have we seen from the England campaign thus far? Well, he's in a box because he needs to run against the office.

Everybody running needs to run against the office.

The problem England has is his party controls the office.

His party has controlled state government for the better part of 20 years.

And the people who appointed him, anointed him, put him up to running can't have that office held accountable.

Too many donors, too many power players, too many whatevers could potentially be implicated in all the stuff Diego's done.

So he can't do the thing he needs to do.

Anything, any ad he would run about how to make the office better essentially becomes an indictment of the office itself.

It becomes an indictment of the Republican Party.

It becomes a reminder about who Diego is.

So he's really in a box.

Like, what ads do you even really run? England doesn't have a lot of accomplishments.

He was a career Washington insider person for Kevin McCarthy and then for Jim Banks.

So there's not like some great level of personal success to run on.

He did an introductory ad, but he's got a major problem, which is he has not one but two viable opponents in Greg Ballard.

And the Ballard thing is very problematic because he's pulling from Republicans and by the Democrat.

So what do you do with these ads? Well, his opening ad was a negative ad against Greg Ballard.

Nobody knows who Engling is or nobody knew who Engling is.

They still probably really don't.

And your opening ad is a negative attack ad, not even on the Democrat, but on the independent guy, the Lincoln Party guy, the former mayor of Indianapolis.

And people were looking at that going, what is that? Nobody knows who you are.