Childermass cocks his head at the other man and offers him something of a smile. What counts as a smile for Childermass, at least. "I'm sure that it was. To go into his campaign expecting no issues with his re-election, and to suddenly find himself so usurped."

He leans forward towards the other man. "You see, the reason I ask is because. I was told there was someone in this place that might know a little something about how that came to pass. You wouldn't know anything about that, now would you?"