The office door was shut tight.
The ambition that had burned like molten iron just moments ago began to cool as Murphy sat back down on the sofa.
Reason retook control of the Congressman's mind.
He was a veteran who had fought his way through Washington for many years, and he knew just how many insurmountable chasms lay between "I want to be a Senator" and "I am a Senator."
Murphy picked up the bond proposal from the table and flipped through it again.
This time, his eyes were on the financial figures and risk assessment clauses.
Once the passion faded, it was time to face the cold, hard reality.
"Leo, your vision is brilliant." Murphy's voice had regained its composure. "Use five hundred million US dollars to leverage the port, use the port to leverage jobs, and use the jobs to leverage the entire state's vote. It's a perfect logical loop. Sounds impeccable."
He closed the file and tossed it back onto the coffee table.
"But that's just in theory."
