Why does Chris Hayes do this to himself

[leon8822]

He gets these Republican on his show and they kick his ass in a debate.He brings Christ Christie on his show of all people.And he's talking over him repeatedly.

[elleng]

1. Had to mute it.

They both like to hear themselves talk too much, imo.

[drray23]

2. its the usual pattern.

Chris is very smart but he is totally inept when it comes to interviewing right wingers. He acts as if he is almost sorry to have to interrupt and ends up being run over every single time.

[Hoyt]

3. Yeah, but I enjoyed Christie's remarks on Trump and Cruz regarding the hurricane.

[ecstatic]

9. What did he say?? I gave up on All In a while back

for similar reasons as the OP. Too weak in arguments and also too much devil's advocate/giving rethugs the benefit of doubt.

[Hoyt]

11. Part I saw -- was taking nap -- he was talking about Cruz lying about the reason he voted for bill

that withheld funding for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Again part I saw, he was saying that the way Trump was approaching this was not the way he would.

Hayes did have a problem getting Christie to admit climate change might be fueling all these big storm in the past 15 years of so. Christie stuck to saying we need to require buildings to be built higher to withstand floods and similar stuff.

It was not a Trump love fest, the part I saw. Although, it wasn't the kind of bashing Trump deserves.

[ecstatic]

13. Great! Thanks. I love that Cruz was called out! nt

[malaise]

4. I switched

Your observation is correct - Joy Reid would have carved up Christie

[Loryn]

8. So much this!

I had to change the channel.

[Funtatlaguy]

5. Chris and Joy should trade places.

He used to be on weekends. Needs to go back.

[LisaM]

6. These GOP guests always, ALWAYS, have a list of talking points they bring along...

and they just shout them, no matter how the anchor tries to direct the narrative or get a straight answer. It's effective, but by now, Chris Hayes should know to get a list of those talking points ahead of time and be quick to denounce them as such, and to have responses ready.

[JNelson6563]

7. I think of Chris as more of an academic.

Rather delicate in some ways.

[Hieronymus]

10. Enough of Christie.

[doc03]

12. Rachel would have destroyed that jerk. nt

[lordsummerisle]

14. I think Chris Hayes handled himself very well

And actually I thought Christie came off a lot more moderately than he usually does and seemed to be quite defensive throughout the interview. The best moment was when Christie said of Trump, "I've known him for 15 years and he doesn't have a racist bone in his body". Kudos to Chris for not bursting out laughing...

[flibbitygiblets]

19. AND Chris called him on it; said "the rest of us don't know him, and from what he does and says,

such as pardoning a racist like Joe Arpaio, and saying that some Neo-Nazi's are 'very fine people', how would we know what's in his 'bones'?

[flibbitygiblets]

20. Hays also asked Christie how he deals with the sheer volume of "untrue statements" trump makes

and when Christie said "Obama said you could keep your doctor", Chris called him on his "whatabout-ism" and said there's a fundamental difference in terms of volume and intent. Christie is a lawyer, so he's great at pivoting and equivocating but Chris did a good job of holding his feet to the fire I thought.

[Tarheel_Dem]

15. Chris Hayes isn't very good at his job. Either that or he has made an arrangement with these Repubs

that he won't go for the jugular if they agree to keep coming on his show. I'm not a fan of Chris Hayes' show, unless Joy is standing in. You ever wonder why Republican lawmakers line up to talk to him, but avoid Rachel & Joy like the plague?

[lordsummerisle]

21. That's the way it is on cable news

If the hosts keep going for the jugular then those guests won't be coming on. I'd rather see the guests be interviewed like Chris does and we can at least hear what they are up to. I have my complaints about Chris (actually just one, he talks too fast) but progressives should be more appreciative of what he can do IMO...

[Tarheel_Dem]

23. It really doesn't matter. As I said, I'm not a fan of him or his style. n/t

[JimGinPA]

16. The Thing I Can't Stand About Him...

And Steve Kornacki as well, they're always WAY too quick to qualify (i.e. weasel-speak). Like "The unsubstantiated Steele dossier" and "No evidence any votes were changed" etc. Not a fan.

[monmouth4]

17. He's pretty ineffective when it matters. n/t

[USALiberal]

18. I turned it off, cannot stomach the idiot.

[rockfordfile]

22. I like Hayes but

I noticed when he first started on MSNBC he had republican on. At first they would label the republican as some business guy, but soon as he opened his mouth you knew that it was a republican.

I turned to the show with Joy hosting and noticed a RedState guy on. WTF? The show ratings is not good.

Bring KO back. Maybe Sam Seder.

[jalan48]

24. Why? Maybe because he works for $190 billion media behemoth Comcast.

As much as we think they are on our side they exist to make money.