Jimmy Williams began his career in politics as a Republican, working for the Bush-Quayle ’92 re-election effort, before coming to the realization that his politics didn’t align with the party he was working to support. He spent five years working for my good friend U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, ultimately serving as his senior economic policy advisor. Following his tenure on Capitol Hill he became a full time lobbyist until his moral compass became so conflicted with the process that he quit his half million dollar a year job and walked away. Today a journalist focused on the political arena, he founded the media organization Blue Nation Review that was ultimately responsible for exposing the lavish and illegal spending by closeted gay Congressman Aaron Schock of Illinois. For several years he hosted the podcast DecodeDC and today he serves as a freelance political analyst appearing on MSNBC and other media outlets. Currently he is the senior advisor to the Lindsey Must Go PAC, a grassroots movement to unseat Senator Lindsey Graham. Jimmy and I are both convinced that bourbon makes our politics more tolerable.