For once Chuck Todd makes sense..."The two most unpopular public figures in America"

[Armstead]

Ol' Chuck seemed genuinely upset and indignant tonight for some reason. He said, with uncharacteristic emotion: (Very sightly paraphrased)

"We are looking at the likelihood of a contest between two of the most unpopular figures in America running for president. Trump is going to make it very ugly, and Clinton is likely to follow suit. It's going to be very unpleasant. And we're going to have six months of this?!? It's uncharted territory, and it's just going to fuel the anger of the American people."

Don't know what someone put into his dinner...but for once he was making sense.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Well they created this situation

and the rest of us get to live with it

Chucky will be fine... the rest of us... maybe not

[villager]

9. The chickens of empire and oligarchy come home to roost.

"Interesting times," indeed.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. And trust me, they are far from cute

or cuddly...

[villager]

22. Buzzards picking over the carcass?

Well, except there's the self-annihilating feeding frenzy first....

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. Now that is not an image I particularly needed

[villager]

25. I have found, since my 60's childhood, that most of the images American politics throws at me

...were not, and never will be, of my choosing.

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. True

[Hortensis]

38. Armstead, Chuck Todd is working to defeat us.

Or, I should say, to defeat the Democrats. It's not clear what side you want to win, but Todd's conservative bias is very well known.

In this case, Todd is putting down the Democratic Party's nominee by deliberately unfavorably equating her with an amoral, highly dysfunctional buffoon. Or, as you see it, "making sense."

[jillan]

16. This!!

[Stallion]

2. Cruz Is Much More Unpopular than Clinton Too-And Trumpis Twice as Unpopular as Clinton

nm

[IdaBriggs]

12. Except tonight the top two Repugs got 971k votes to the 626k the Dems brought home.

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Be afraid. Be very afraid.

ON EDIT: Bad link originally with weird numbers - apologies!

Now using google at 95% reporting -

[snowy owl]

20. I think you're wrong. If you watched, you hear a different Trump from time to time...

Victory speech tonight wasn't typical Trump. He is charismatic and he is focusing on America while Clinton seems better at foreign intrigue. People will grow tired of Clinton I fear. Bernie is a much better match but Trump will be hard to beat by anybody.

[bjo59]

29. Hillary is all about foreign policy, foreign wars, and globalism. 100%.

[Trust Buster]

3. Amongst Democrats, Hillary is very popular. She will win the presidency IMO.

[bettyellen]

10. She is beating SBS yet everyone pretends otherwise...

Why is that?

[Loudestlib]

13. You can't win the GE with just democrats. n/t

#mathfacts

[uponit7771]

32. You can win this with mostly democrats and 5% indies, the racist hate faction will be attracted

... to Trump but the power of the indie vote isn't there either

[jillan]

19. There's only one problem with that:

[bjo59]

30. That graph says so much. Look at the year where the big spike in registered

independents begins to shoots skyward.

[uponit7771]

33. Political affiliation and ideals are 2 different things

[runaway hero]

43. 43 percent independent

So people are too scared to stand for anything any more. Smh.

[L. Coyote]

27. And many independent, and lots of women, and many minorities, even some Republicans, and ....

I first read the title of the Op as two most popular and immediately thought of Bernie and Hillary, our two great candidates, and thought, "He said that!"

So, I don't know what the guy ate either, but is seems he's up to the same old yak, yak, yak for money.

[uponit7771]

31. +1, among republicans Trump is less popular relatively speaking

[Warren DeMontague]

36. Yes, but there are only so many ways you can champion the middle class by telling the middle class

they need a champion for everyday americans because everyday low prices are championed by champions of the middle class so buck up, champs, you deserve a break today! have it your way, just do it, I'm lovin it, because your middle class champion is chompin' ready to champion the CRAP out of the middle class.





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Sooner or later she's probably going to need to actually, you know, run on actual issues.

[cali]

37. She better. And dems are only about a third of the electorate.

[highprincipleswork]

4. Very well put.

[panader0]

5. The front runners are the two worst candidates I can remember.

[grasswire]

7. somebody on MSNBC said just now...

....that the trick for Hillary will be not to follow Trump's style and be loud and insulting.

Sigh.

There's a way to avoid that.

Step aside, Hillary, and let a candidate with 86 percent trustworthy ratings get the job done.

[appalachiablue]

8. Saw it, Toad was intense. Someone (Kornacki?) with Brian Wms. just

now remarked that many upcoming states are working class, white voters---gasp!!

[reformist2]

11. It's what happens when you vote selfishly, not thinking about who the country would like.

[Luminous Animal]

14. If Trump and Hillary are the nominees, I and 100% on board with the anger of the U.S. people.

[Doctor_J]

15. Then MSNBC and the rest of Big Media should not have made it come out this way

[Armstead]

18. I agree -- It's kind of schizophrenic

It would be helpful if there were more journalism and less punditry

[pdsimdars]

39. The fight promoters wrangling for the fight they want

the one they make the most money from

[sadoldgirl]

21. And Trump has great success with his

anti-trade agreements talk and pointed out
that B. Clinton was the first one to sign these
kind of agreements: Loud, very loud applause.

[Blue_In_AK]

24. John Dickerson on CBS said basically the same thing.

I think the word he used was "dark."

[madamesilverspurs]

28. Fuck Chuck!

He's been swilling rightwing spewage for so long that it's become part of what remains of his brain.

[uponit7771]

34. Fuck Rod has little credibility

[Nyan]

35. The Trumps, Clintons, and Bushes wine and dine together

while the rest of us are forced to watch their contrived little game.
So who cares if it's Trump or Clinton? You'd be voting for Wall Street and wars any way.

[pdsimdars]

40. let me finish the sentence . . . . .tey wine and dine together on the backs of the American people

[BootinUp]

41. It would have made a lot more sense if he talked about the reason

Hillary has high unfavorables, can you say "vast right wing conspiracy" Chuck?

[panader0]

42. My GF Jeannie is a Texas panhandle gal

She voted for Obama twice. She voted, as did I, for Bernie in our Az primary.
But she will not vote for Hillary. I asked her--"What about a Trump presidency? What about the
Supreme Court?" She said "I can't vote for Hillary." I've learned over the years that arguing with
her is futile.
It is amazing that the two most unpopular public figures in America are what we will probably have
as candidates. In my 65 years I have never seen a cycle like this.
Then again, Bernie may be able to pull this out.
The curtain has been pulled back--anyone who is remotely aware sees the insane machinations
of the political system.