Chuck’s Commentary - Voters Don’t Like Democrats… But They Want To Fire The Republicans + Pete Hegseth Needs To Be Impeached

A month out from the midterms, Chuck Todd separates the garbage polls from the real ones and lands on the NYT/Siena swing-state data: Democrats are winning or tied in Alaska, Iowa, and Kansas, Talarico is over 50, and Rob Sand holds a double-digit lead. His key insight is that voters aren't embracing Democrats — they're firing Republicans, with affordability driving everything and millennials the most squeezed group in the country. He also hits a Ken Paxton ad that basically says "support the team" without ever mentioning Paxton, Trump doxxing Tom Cotton over daylight saving time, and Hegseth's new Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs, announced at Quantico with the line that "the real battle is spiritual." Chuck calls that last one what happens in theocracies, and says Hegseth deserves impeachment.

Finally, Chuck hops into the ToddCast Time Machine to revisit Earl Warren’s appointment as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and why it’s important for justices to have experience in the political system as elected officials. He also answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment and recaps the weekend in college football.

Timeline:

00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction

06:00 Separating the real polls from the garbage

09:15 Inside the NYT/Siena swing state numbers

13:00 Voters aren't embracing Democrats — they're firing Republicans

16:45 Millennials, Gen Z, and the generational split

20:00 The Democratic brand problem nobody has solved

23:30 Paxton's "support the team" ad and the rot in Republican politics

27:00 Trump's denial, Hassett's spin, and the $90 Medicare checks

31:45 Trump doxxes Tom Cotton over daylight saving time