The warm room, with a deep red carpet and a few very expensive-looking camel hair rugs.
The gentlemen of high society were dressed in high-end formal wear, and their speech and conversations exuded a distinct upper-class style.
Even their topics were very high-end, related to the state elections.
"Old Joe has a great chance in Orante State. This time the party has placed heavy bets there; Hicks' loss was really undeserved, wasting a lot of our resources..."
This was a group of Conservative Party politicians. Hicks' sudden withdrawal indeed put the Conservative Party in a somewhat passive position in their political map strategy. Now, besides stabilizing their stronghold, the Conservative Party has new targets in the swing states.
Resources originally intended for Hicks were all used on this gubernatorial candidate named "Old Joe."
Old Joe was quite well-known within the Conservative Party. Prior to this, he was a Senator in Congress, serving for eight years.
