Leo began to lay out his overall strategic thinking for the election to his team.
Everyone in the room fell silent.
Frank and Sarah wanted to know what kind of plan Leo had to go up against Carter Wright and Morganfield.
As for Karen and Ethan, the two professionals from Washington, they hoped this presentation would give them a true understanding of the man leading the team they had just joined—the young man who had earned the simultaneous approval of both Sanders and Murphy—and what his thought process was really like.
Leo drew a timeline on the whiteboard.
"Everyone, the war ahead of us can be divided into two main phases."
"The first phase, and the most critical for us, is the Democratic Party primary. According to the election schedule, primary voting day is in five months."
"If we can defeat the incumbent Mayor, Carter Wright, in the primary and secure the official Democratic nomination, then we will have already won eighty percent of this election."
