"I was kind of comfortable with who we had put out there, but when a guy like Mel calls you with an idea like that and wants to share the ball, it’s kind of a rare trait in our business."
"If there’s something that stands out to me, I’ll mention it to him, but not necessarily the day after the game. It might be in a series of conversations we have a week later."
"He could announce tomorrow that he is throwing his hat in the ring for a 2024 presidential nomination tomorrow or he could wait until 2025 and decide to be a part of New York City’s mayoral election. Neither one would surprise me."
Borrell Associates projects that figure will climb considerably over the next four years as the industry undergoes what it describes as a "great reshuffling."