WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.520 This is Dan Caplis and welcome to today's online podcast 2 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:05.719 edition of The Dan Caplis Show. Please be sure to 3 00:00:05.759 --> 00:00:08.240 give us a five star rating if you'd be so kind, 4 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:11.599 and to subscribe, download and listen to the show every 5 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:16.039 single day on your favorite podcast platform. Rian, please call 6 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:18.679 the West Wing get two more hours today at least. 7 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:20.519 There is so much going on in the world. 8 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:24.000 Thank you to the lawman Sheriff Steve Reems for filling 9 00:00:24.039 --> 00:00:27.559 in yesterday while I was at a Catholic Charities board meeting, 10 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:31.679 and you'll get more of Sheriff Freemes next week. I'm 11 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:34.079 in this mode that I've been talking about for a 12 00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:36.359 while where I've all these jury trials coming up back 13 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:39.039 to back, and next week we'll be meeting with some 14 00:00:39.119 --> 00:00:42.119 experts and other folks to prepare for trials. So just 15 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:44.840 got an all star lineup for you, as we normally 16 00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:48.159 do when I'm gone, which makes me surprised every time 17 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:50.039 my key card works on the way back in. 18 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:53.560 But Sheriff Fremes will be with us next week. 19 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:58.520 And Wayne Logison another listener suggestion as a fill in 20 00:00:58.679 --> 00:01:02.159 superstar Wain log from the Gazette. We'll be hosting a 21 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:04.200 couple of shows next week as well, and of course 22 00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:08.359 we have our usual gang of top flight talents. So yeah, 23 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:10.000 it's going to be a great week next week, and 24 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:12.239 hopefully you'll still listen when I get back, and then 25 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:14.840 it'll kind of be week on week off for me 26 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:18.799 because they've got these four jury trials in six weeks, so. 27 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:21.439 It's going to be it's going to be tremendous. 28 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:23.840 Three three, seveone three eight two five five the number 29 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:28.840 techs d an five seven seven three nine. Where to start? 30 00:01:28.840 --> 00:01:30.920 I think we have to start with Michael Bennett because 31 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:36.040 there's finally some interest in the Colorado governor's race because. 32 00:01:35.719 --> 00:01:38.079 It looks like Michael Bennett's going to be the nominee. 33 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:40.480 So I think people are starting to see what I've 34 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:43.359 been saying for a while is true, that there is 35 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:47.000 a real chance for a high quality GOP candidate with 36 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:50.359 a great campaign, things break the right way, et cetera. Yeah, 37 00:01:50.719 --> 00:01:54.319 because I think anybody paying attention sees that as tough 38 00:01:54.359 --> 00:01:57.400 a nut as Colorado is to crack, is tall a 39 00:01:57.519 --> 00:01:59.840 hill as it is to climb, well, let's call it 40 00:01:59.879 --> 00:02:04.280 a mountain. Then at that point, hey, Michael Bennett, Michael 41 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:06.519 Bennett gives you a chance and love the way the 42 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:09.280 Denver Post came out and I respect the Post for it, 43 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:11.759 and went after Michael Bennett for the same thing that 44 00:02:12.039 --> 00:02:13.840 I was going after him for the other day on 45 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:16.039 air when he announced, which is, well, there are a 46 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:18.039 few things, but in. 47 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:20.360 Common we have a second. 48 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:25.479 Bennett says he's going to keep his US Senate seat 49 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:29.360 while running for governor, which is a beautiful thing, right, 50 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:32.120 because if you're the GOP nominee and you want to 51 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:35.560 beat Michael Bennett, that is like manna from heaven. Talk 52 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:42.400 about the ultimate East Coast arrogant elitist. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 53 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:45.080 You peons in Colorado. You elected me to go to 54 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:47.680 the Senate, and you think I'm going to give that. 55 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:49.919 Up while they run for governor. Well, I haven't been 56 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:50.919 doing anything for you. 57 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:54.080 Anyway, so why should I give that up while I 58 00:02:54.199 --> 00:02:54.879 run for governor? 59 00:02:54.919 --> 00:02:56.039 And then the big play. 60 00:02:55.840 --> 00:02:58.560 Behind all that that he wants to be able to 61 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:01.639 appoint his own success or. So the Post really went 62 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:04.240 after him on that as well, And I thought the 63 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:08.159 way I read the superb Post editorial, I thought they 64 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:12.159 were hinting at the possibility of criminality. Now they didn't 65 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:16.280 use that word. This is just my optimistic read of 66 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:21.000 their House editorial. But wait a second, didn't Ryan we 67 00:03:21.039 --> 00:03:23.159 had a guy right down the road, right down Hampton. 68 00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:26.599 We're broadcasting from our Denver Tech Center studios today. 69 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:28.000 Right down Hampton. 70 00:03:28.759 --> 00:03:31.439 We had a guy incarcerated at the federal pen down 71 00:03:31.479 --> 00:03:35.120 there who used to be the governor of Illinois, right 72 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:37.080 riding high at all that. 73 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:40.080 Hair, right broad Blogoevitch. 74 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:44.639 And then what happened, Well, there was a senator left, 75 00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:47.120 so he had sent Barack Obama. Some people have heard 76 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:50.159 of him, so he had a Senate seat he got 77 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:53.000 to make an appointment to and he said, you know, 78 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:56.599 I'm paraphrasing for a family show. This thing's really valuable. 79 00:03:56.719 --> 00:04:00.159 I'm not giving it away for free. And so then 80 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:03.520 he ends up in jail for that. Well, if Michael 81 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:12.639 Bennett is actively using, actively using the implied suggestion, promise, etc. 82 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:16.160 That wink wink not not, he may he may appoint 83 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:20.120 you over here, Joe A Goose to the US Senate 84 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:22.680 seed if you back me, I'm not saying there's been 85 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:27.759 that conversation or that implication or anything purely hypothetical, purely hypothetical. 86 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:31.439 If Michael Bennett or the Bennett minions are sending the message, Hey, 87 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:34.720 Joe a goose, playball beck me, come stand behind me 88 00:04:34.759 --> 00:04:37.160 at City Park, and you may end up with that 89 00:04:37.279 --> 00:04:39.839 US Senate appointment, and it'll be a good long stretch 90 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:43.399 that you'll be in that US Senate seat. And well, 91 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:46.560 it seems to me that you know, if an I underline, 92 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:48.519 if I don't know that anything like that has occurred, 93 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:50.439 but if it occurs, seems a lot more likely that 94 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:52.560 Joe no goose is going to get into line and 95 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:55.600 everybody else out there who would hope to get that 96 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:58.959 Senate appointment, which which, as I think the post points 97 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:02.360 out in its own way, helps Michael Bennett keep people 98 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:05.399 in line and peel people off, feel wiser, and the 99 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:08.720 whole thing stinks to high Heaven, which I love because 100 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:10.920 it gives the GOP nominee a better chance. 101 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:11.600 This is such a. 102 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:13.600 Great perspective, Dan, I'm glad you brought it up, and 103 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:16.879 I'm glad that you made the Blago comparison, because there's 104 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:20.639 the appearance of impropriety. It's certainly open to that type 105 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:23.959 of corruption that you're talking about, and there's the conflict 106 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:26.360 of interest that's inherent in this you and I had 107 00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:29.120 discussed this where I kind of popped off like it 108 00:05:29.160 --> 00:05:32.160 was a theory, and then you push back rightfully so 109 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:35.959 by saying, look, Garrett Poulis, before he leaves office, might 110 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:39.720 appoint the Senate replacement for Bennett should Bennett win, But 111 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:43.240 that defeats the whole purpose for Bennett having that kind 112 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:46.600 of power, that cudgel, if you will, politically, that if 113 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:48.560 he were to remain in the Senate seat, which right 114 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:50.519 out of the gate is you don't think you're gonna win, 115 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:52.920 Why why don't you just run and abandon the seat? 116 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:54.120 Now he's not doing that. 117 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:56.959 But the only explanation, Dan, is what you're saying, what 118 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:59.279 the Denver Post is saying, is that he wants to 119 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:02.319 hold on that Senate seat because it's a carrot, because 120 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:04.839 Jonah Goose won't run against him, because he can have 121 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:08.680 like a playoff to decide who gets to take the 122 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:12.759 Senate seat that he would be vacating for the Governor's chair. 123 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:17.040 This has it stinks, like you said, Yeah, And as 124 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:20.279 the Post says, impertinent part as they like to say, 125 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:24.519 Bennett must send a clear message to Colorados that he's 126 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:26.560 in it to win it, and that he won't play 127 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:28.319 political games with this vacant seat. 128 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:31.720 We are certain the power to appoint his successor would 129 00:06:31.879 --> 00:06:35.759 sideline some Democrats on a short list for the appointment 130 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:39.759 who would otherwise be tempted to back Wiser. That alone 131 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:42.879 doesn't feel like a fair fight. See, that's the thing, right. 132 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:46.759 I think the Post from the beginning has been supportive 133 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:50.800 of the Wiser candidacy, and I think that's probably why 134 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:51.560 they're doing this. 135 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:52.000 Though. 136 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:54.879 You'd want to do this anyway, right, even if they 137 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:58.160 didn't support Wiser. You would want to do this because, first, 138 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:01.079 I've got to believe the Post obviously wants the Democrat 139 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:06.920 to win, and Bennett acting so obviously that's the thing. 140 00:07:07.319 --> 00:07:09.759 Give him a little credit for this, would you. He 141 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:14.160 is not hiding his elitism, his entitlement, his arrogance. He's 142 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:16.160 making no effort to hide it. 143 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:16.480 Here. 144 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:18.360 He is right up front with it. 145 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:19.519 He isn't even. 146 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:24.360 Pretending, you know, to play friend of the regular guy 147 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:27.959 or anything like that. He's just coming right out and saying, 148 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:31.360 I'm going to win this seat, and so I'm holding 149 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:34.480 onto the Senate seat. I don't care what anybody thinks, 150 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:37.480 you know, I don't care that the people of Colorado 151 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:39.839 want a full time senator. I'm going to win this thing. 152 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:42.720 I'm holding on to all of this double middle finger. 153 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:45.759 So give him a little bit of credit for being 154 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:46.319 right up. 155 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:46.920 Front with it. 156 00:07:47.720 --> 00:07:51.759 But what a gift, What a gift by revealing himself, right, 157 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:55.800 What a gift to whoever that GOP nominee is, because 158 00:07:55.839 --> 00:07:57.680 it gives you a much better chance to win than 159 00:07:57.720 --> 00:08:03.079 would otherwise be there, because you know, this is the 160 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:05.920 sort of thing that cuts through the noise. Right, if 161 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:09.879 you talk about the typical talking points, those aren't moving anybody. 162 00:08:10.600 --> 00:08:12.000 Those are not moving anybody. 163 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:14.839 So if we end up with the GOP nominee who's 164 00:08:14.839 --> 00:08:16.680 doing the typical talking point. 165 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:19.160 Thing, we'll just pack it in. That race is over. 166 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:22.600 But you need the stuff that cuts through the noise. 167 00:08:23.560 --> 00:08:29.680 And this kind of open, blatant, in your face, arrogant 168 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:34.080 entitlement from Bennett, especially with this background, you know, the 169 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:37.440 whole East Coast blue blood thing. Yeah, that's the kind 170 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:39.480 of thing that can cut through the noise. The other 171 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:42.080 thing Ryan, that I think really helps that the GOP 172 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:43.279 on this and helps. 173 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:46.399 Open the eyes of all Coloradin's is listen. 174 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:49.240 Arrogance is always a bad look, right, We've all fallen 175 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:51.639 victim to it at some point. It's always a bad look. 176 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:56.720 But undeserved arrogance, there's a better word for it. 177 00:08:56.799 --> 00:08:59.960 Let's say, well go with that for now. 178 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:05.480 What is Michael Bennett ever done, ever done to make 179 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:07.879 him think he can get away with this kind of arrogance? 180 00:09:08.360 --> 00:09:10.679 Listen, if if. 181 00:09:10.519 --> 00:09:13.799 You had Tiger Woods or something, Yeah, Tiger Woods, he 182 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:17.080 just won his twenty third major or whatever, and he 183 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:20.080 makes a mistake of getting a little arrogant. It's still 184 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:22.000 a bad look, but at least you can say it's 185 00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:25.600 Tiger Blanket Woods. He's just won his twenty third major. 186 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:31.679 Michael Bennett. Nobody has ever done less with more? 187 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:36.440 The door's open, who's going to walk through? You're on 188 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:37.600 the Dan Kepla Show. 189 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:41.960 And now back to the Dan Kapla Show podcast. 190 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:45.759 Jagger was a good singer, right, he had some other 191 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:48.679 issues because Kylie Simon wrote that about Mick Jagger. 192 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:51.000 Right, Wow, there's a lot of rumors, and that it 193 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:54.720 was actually maybe about two different people. David Geffen, that's 194 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:57.200 the one that flew his private judge sy the total 195 00:09:57.200 --> 00:09:57.919 eclipse of the Sun. 196 00:09:57.960 --> 00:09:59.960 But then, of course Warren Batty, who. 197 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:02.559 Was all I thought it was a Mick Jagget. Yeah. 198 00:10:02.639 --> 00:10:05.960 Yes, he's singing in the song with her. Oh okay, 199 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:07.559 maybe that's where I got the idea. But the point 200 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:09.639 being if you just joined is Ryan played that because 201 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:12.360 of Michael Bennett, because this is one of the funniest 202 00:10:12.399 --> 00:10:15.440 things I've ever seen in my life. We have had arguably, 203 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:18.200 and i'd ask your take on this. You can call 204 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:20.159 us through a three someone three eight two five five 205 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:23.519 text DA and five seven seven three nine. Is this 206 00:10:23.639 --> 00:10:30.759 the single most blatant display of political arrogance in the 207 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:33.799 history of the state of Colorado. Michael Bennett saying he's 208 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:36.200 going to stay in the Senate seat while he runs 209 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:37.159 for governor. 210 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:40.039 And he's going to appoint his successor. Even the Denver 211 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:40.840 Post came. 212 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:42.879 Out and slammed him for it. So that's why Ryan 213 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:46.039 played that song. But again, arrogance never a good look. 214 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:49.360 But whoever that song was written about, at least they'd 215 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:52.120 accomplish something. And this is not meant as a pejorative. 216 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:54.600 I'm sure he's a good father, a good husband, a 217 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:58.600 nice person in his lane, but he is the least 218 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:05.159 accomplished person in high office probably in Colorado history. Nobody 219 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:08.879 has ever done less with more so to get this 220 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:14.000 kind of arrogance from him. Is it's just fun. It's 221 00:11:14.039 --> 00:11:18.039 great for the Republicans. It's tremendous entertainment, and it's probably 222 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:21.480 exactly what we needed to get somebody interested in this 223 00:11:21.559 --> 00:11:25.360 governor's race. Let's go to the phone lines. We'll start 224 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:28.600 with Dean in ar Veda. You're on the Dan Kaplis Show. 225 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:31.320 Welcome, Hey, Dan, thank you. 226 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:31.840 Hey. 227 00:11:32.759 --> 00:11:34.440 If you don't run for governor, I don't think we 228 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:34.840 can win. 229 00:11:35.279 --> 00:11:37.639 Oh man, it's so nice you to say. I would 230 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:40.080 respectfully disagree, but it's so nice of you to say. 231 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:41.399 Well. 232 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:43.360 And then the last thing I want to say, I 233 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:47.360 know you're really fast on time. Is then allowed to 234 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:50.879 do all these things like appoint his own successor and 235 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:53.159 stay in office? I mean, is there there's no rules? 236 00:11:53.159 --> 00:11:56.720 I guess you just rule right, there's no rule. 237 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:59.000 I mean that the people, the people can say no, 238 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:01.960 that the people are the only limit on them. 239 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:06.399 If this is his big and title, Trene, what's the 240 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:09.320 chance of you running for governor? You know, that's a 241 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:11.480 fair question that I'd rather not answer right now. 242 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:12.120 Is that is that? 243 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:12.399 Okay? 244 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:14.279 D okay? 245 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:15.240 That's fine? 246 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:15.320 Yah? 247 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:18.440 I was you answer, oh no, no, no, no, just listen 248 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:21.159 this this I will guarantee you. Okay, this, I will 249 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:24.519 guarantee you. I will never tease about this. And number two, 250 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:28.320 if I do end up running for this or any 251 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:30.519 other office, what you're going to get from me, It's 252 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:32.639 going to be a campaign like you've never seen before. 253 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:35.159 It is going to be brutal. It is going to 254 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:37.720 be brutal honesty. It is going to be direct, no 255 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:41.639 political games. So a question like that, the question like 256 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:44.240 that is is a kind of question you will get 257 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:47.039 an absolute direct answer to. The only reason I don't 258 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:50.159 give it to you now is, as you might imagine, 259 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:54.440 right for anybody, there are a lot of different family 260 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:59.240 conversations and pieces and everything else, and I I just 261 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:02.759 don't want to say any thing publicly until everything's addressed 262 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:03.399 with folks. 263 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:05.200 You know, in the family. 264 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:09.120 You're still working on the cyberbe's truck, right, oh. 265 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:09.360 My lord? 266 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:13.600 And and I will promise you this if and underlying if, 267 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:14.519 because it's a big if. 268 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:18.320 If I get into a race, that's my campaign car. 269 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:21.320 I mean you will have just think think of all 270 00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:23.320 the billboard space on a cyber truck. 271 00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:26.720 You know, absolutely, I've had a TAO for a lot. 272 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:28.480 Of years, this and that, but it doesn't have as 273 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:29.840 much billboard space. 274 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:31.679 Thank you, Dean, Hey appreciate the call. There. 275 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:35.600 Listen, here's what we know right the Republican Party now, 276 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:38.159 especially since it looks like Michael Bennett's going to be 277 00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:41.080 the nominee of the Democrats and he's started out in 278 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:46.039 such a terrific way for the GOP, the GOP is 279 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:48.919 going to have a lot of good candidates. It's going 280 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:51.519 to be a really interesting race that way, because you're 281 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:54.799 going to have a lot of talented people in this 282 00:13:54.919 --> 00:13:58.519 governor's race on the GOP side, and so that's kind 283 00:13:58.519 --> 00:14:02.080 of fun to watch because then the nominee may win 284 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:05.200 with what do you think, Ryan, the nominee if if 285 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:09.039 I'm right, and you're gonna have at least five really 286 00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:16.039 high quality, respectable, accomplished GOP candidates in that primary, and 287 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:18.840 then you'll probably have another five good people who just aren't, 288 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:22.279 you know, as maybe high profile, but anybody could win 289 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:25.440 because I think in the end, your GOP nominee might 290 00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:28.759 get twenty percent of the vote with that many good 291 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:32.480 candidates twenty five percent of the votes. So it creates 292 00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:36.360 it creates a really cool dynamic. Right, Because you've got 293 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:40.039 that going, you got that possibility, But then you'll also 294 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:42.519 have more attention on the GOP and more interesting. Then 295 00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:45.159 comes a big challenge, right Ryan, have you ever been 296 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:46.919 part of a circular firing squad? 297 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:50.080 I mean, not willingly, not what I wanted to be, 298 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:51.639 but yeah, sometimes in some ways. 299 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:53.919 Yeah, Okay, yeah, because that's going to be the big 300 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:56.000 challenge for the GOP because it's going to have a 301 00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:59.440 bunch of good people in that primary, and then somebody's 302 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:02.120 gonna win, and they're going to win without. 303 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:02.799 Fifty percent of the vote. 304 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:05.600 They may win without thirty percent of the vote, and 305 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:07.720 then the challenge for the GOP is going to be 306 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:09.960 can they unite around that nominee? 307 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:12.200 Because look at the math. 308 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:15.240 If the GOP doesn't unite around that nominee, there is 309 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:18.440 no chance. If the GOP learns the lessons of the 310 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:21.759 past and unites around the nominee, then you're at least 311 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:23.720 in the game. Three or three seven three eight two 312 00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:27.679 five five the number text d an five seven seven three. 313 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:31.120 Now, so it's getting good. It's getting fun now in Colorado, 314 00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:32.759 where I think everybody's. 315 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:35.120 Starting to see what I've been saying for a while, yeah, 316 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:37.639 the GOP they've got a shot here, and not a 317 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:39.000 dumb and dumber shot. 318 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:41.360 Do we have that in our button bar? How does 319 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:43.279 that go again? So you're saying I have a chance. 320 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:46.879 Yeah, yeah, And that just proves to you that our 321 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:50.639 marriage was meant to be and it was destined to succeed, 322 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:53.360 because that was the first I think that was the 323 00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:56.600 first movie I ever took Amy two bold movement. We're 324 00:15:56.679 --> 00:15:58.600 dating dumb and dumber and you took her to a 325 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:02.919 sporting event, right, Well, I think it was the second 326 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:06.600 time we went that really tested the relationship because I 327 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:07.919 saw that movie twice. 328 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:10.799 I love that movie. I love that movie. 329 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:11.200 Yeah. 330 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:15.039 First date was c U c SU game, all right, 331 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:15.440 all right. 332 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:19.440 Second date two days later because it was a Monday 333 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:25.360 night game Broncos Raiders. Third date was a presidential debate, 334 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:28.360 which I think was maybe the next night. 335 00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:29.679 Huh. 336 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:36.000 So if she saw me for a fourth time, you 337 00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:38.200 knew there was you knew I had a chance. 338 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:40.360 Well, all of that combined with Dumb and Dumber Dan, 339 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:42.639 this a whole bunch of guy oriented stuff for the 340 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:45.679 most part, I mean, largely, with the exception maybe. 341 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:48.080 She's a big she's a big football That's why she's 342 00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:50.399 she really is. She's a big football fan. Well it's 343 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:55.000 not the only reason, it's one, but but now she 344 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:58.919 is a Yeah, maybe I'll put that on my next 345 00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:06.559 gift tour, but she might take it the wrong way. 346 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:08.200 Careful how you play that? 347 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:09.680 You know the other thing? 348 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:11.759 And we have Greg Lopez coming up, right, We did 349 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:14.240 four six Greg's officially and the governors. 350 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:14.960 I see what I mean. 351 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:17.200 We're gonna have a lot of good people in that 352 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:20.079 governor's race on the GOP side. But you know what 353 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:24.839 really convinced me that this was meant to be was 354 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:27.559 I had just come off a long trial, so you 355 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:29.200 know how it isn't during trial. Yeah, you may be 356 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:31.880 getting an hour or two of sleep a night, just 357 00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:34.039 come off a long trial. We have our first date 358 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:38.839 c UCSU game. We're sitting there afterwards watching the Skins game. 359 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:40.799 I think I can't remember we're watching some kind of 360 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:46.799 golf tournament. Unfortunately I dozed off. Not a great look 361 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:50.000 on the first date, right, at least not before the 362 00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:55.720 sun goes down. But hey, she saw she saw the 363 00:17:55.759 --> 00:18:01.519 real me underneath everything else whatever it was, Thank goodness, 364 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:04.880 she stayed. Hey when we come back, Greg Lopez. He 365 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:07.359 is in the governor's race. We'll talk to Greg next. 366 00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:08.960 You're on the Dan Capla Show. 367 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:15.400 You're listening to the Dan Caplis Show podcast. 368 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:18.359 Boy, just have to love President Trump, right, just all 369 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:21.559 these fresh ideas, that's what you need. You're the latest 370 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:23.480 today Ryan. You may have been talked about. Ryan does 371 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:26.599 a great show from two to four in the Denver market. 372 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:30.119 Just before this show starts, he's going to be soon 373 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:35.240 offering a cash stipend and a plane ticket to everybody 374 00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:40.400 whose self deports. That is going to be fascinating to watch. Hey, 375 00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:42.759 let's go the VIP line. Greg Lopez kind enough to 376 00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:46.599 join us after a successful stint in the US Congress, 377 00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:49.039 has now entered the race for governor in this great 378 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:52.319 state of Colorado. Greg, welcome back to the Dan Caplis Show. 379 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:55.359 Hey, Dan, it's great to be on your show again. 380 00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:59.079 And you know what, you're absolutely correct about Senator Michael Bennett. 381 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:03.359 I mean talk about, you know, really opening the door 382 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:05.880 for us, you know, because if he is going to 383 00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:10.599 be their lead candidate, I welcome that all day home. 384 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:13.079 Oh yeah, and it sure looks to me as if 385 00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:15.319 he's going to be right. I mean, to me, he 386 00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:19.000 doesn't get in this race unless it's wired. And you know, 387 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:22.480 he had No Goose behind him at Crow, but that's 388 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:25.039 relatively meaningless. No Goose was the big one, right, because 389 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:27.799 I think if if No Goose was the DEM nominee, 390 00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:30.839 he would be the toughest of the whole crew to beat. 391 00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:33.359 I think Bennett probably the easiest. 392 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:37.960 Maybe Diamond Mike Johnston from Denver, but Bennett a close second. 393 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:40.119 Any of them are going to be tough though, right, 394 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:43.279 just given the numbers in Colorado. But what a gift 395 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:44.920 Bennett's given right out of the gate. 396 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:48.359 Yeah, you know, and when you say he is an elitist, 397 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:51.799 that is a band, you know, and people are starting 398 00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:53.759 to see it. I mean I remember when he was 399 00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:58.000 the superintendent of Denver Public Schools, you know, and how 400 00:19:58.200 --> 00:20:02.039 that hall went down with then Mayor Hickelooper and that 401 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:04.240