At the mention of the name, Stern's brow furrowed.
"Daniel, you need to keep him in line."
"He was the one who came up with this plan, and he was the one who cobbled this alliance together. That's good. It proves he has a brain."
"But he's too wild."
"That whole stunt he pulled in Pittsburgh—suing the government, inciting strikes... I even heard he's messing with some kind of credit certificate system."
"He's walking a tightrope with all of this."
"Now we've opened the door and let his people in."
"What if he screws it up?"
"What if that Leo Wallace causes some kind of racism scandal one day?"
"What if that group of Republican mayors who just joined our ranks says something they shouldn't to the media, like attacking the President's immigration policy?"
"If something like that happens, who will the media blame?"
Stern's fingers rapped heavily on the desk.
"They'll say it's a failure on the part of the White House, the decay of the Democratic Party."
"So, Daniel."
