Joe had plenty of enemies and did himself (or us) no favors with his ego. He was on the way out regardless. But the thing people missed with Soros was that all over the country, he was eroding law enforcement. Everyone is looking at the executive offices while Soros is taking out the DAs and AGs that would be necessary to enforce laws. There might be more sheriffs: here we were in this pickle because we don't have a sheriff that could look into elected officials' corruption. Serious underestmation of the enemy. Penzone was lying low until Fontes could set up a crooked election, abetted by Hobbs.