It brings regional balance to it and there were people that thought we shouldn't have Michigan on it. Well, I'm going to tell you that We need to make sure that the issues that are going to be talked about in October, they're going to make a difference in the campaign. You need to see the candidates talk about them in the early primaries. So I think that this is a balance analyst calendar. You've got many different interesting states. (08:21–08:28)
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