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Oct 16, 2026

Jonah GoldbergPANELIST
10:24
And so in places where Democrats are the uni party, they're gonna win because they don't like the uni party in Washington more.
Jonah GoldbergPANELIST
10:33
But voters are kind of-- There are voters at the margins who are annoyed with the status quo in their own states because their party hasn't delivered, and that w- all also explains why Charlie Cook of Cook Political Report talks about how it's not a blue wave, it's a red undertow.
Jonah GoldbergPANELIST
10:51
'Cause the Democratic Party's approval rating is still pretty crappy, and that just shows you it's a massive...
Jonah GoldbergPANELIST
10:59
The massive anti-incumbent vibe here is a little masked by the even more massive anti-Trump vibe.
Mark SimoneHOST
7:48
The Republicans are pulling out of these states.
Mark SimoneHOST
7:51
If you watch MS Now or CNN, they keep quoting the Cook political report.
Mark SimoneHOST
7:58
The widely regarded, highly checked Cook Political Report.
Mark SimoneHOST
8:03
They keep telling me about this Cook Political Report.
Mark SimoneHOST
8:06
Nobody reads this except these swamp idiots, except the fake news crowd.
Mark SimoneHOST
8:11
They love this Cook Political Report.
Mark SimoneHOST
8:13
Started by Charlie Cook.
Mark SimoneHOST
8:14
Even he has nothing to do with it anymore.
Mark SimoneHOST
8:07
Nobody reads this except these swamp idiots, except the, uh, the fake news crowd.
Mark SimoneHOST
8:11
They love this Cook Political Report started by Charlie Cook.
Mark SimoneHOST
8:15
Even he has nothing to do with it anymore.
Mark SimoneHOST
8:17
Even he left.
Mark SimoneHOST
7:52
Nobody reads this except these swamp idiots, except the, uh, the fake news crowd.
Mark SimoneHOST
7:56
They love this Cook Political Report started by Charlie Cook.
Mark SimoneHOST
8:00
Even he has nothing to do with it anymore.
Mark SimoneHOST
8:02
Even he left.
speaker_0ADVERTISER
0:21
News
Tom KeeneHOST
0:22
This is a joy, and for those of you younger, I'm gonna explain the impact of Charlie Cook on trying to look at elections in a structured and rational way.
Tom KeeneHOST
0:32
It is the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter.
Tom KeeneHOST
0:35
Charlie's still writing piercing essays about the certitude of the media and covering this.
Peter HartcherGUEST
20:49
So what does that tell you? That the Democrats' approval rating is every bit as bad as Donald Trump's.
Peter HartcherGUEST
20:55
It tells you that this is not a blue wave, a, a cresting Democratic triumph that's impressed, uh, the American voter, but it's what the political analyst Charlie Cook calls a red undertow.
Peter HartcherGUEST
21:08
It's the, it's the retreating tide of support, red support, Republican support for Trump and the Republican Party.
Peter HartcherGUEST
21:16
That's the big motive part in this election.
Ari MelberHOST
6:57
So that's the sound of a lame duck quacking early and Republicans running from him.
Ari MelberHOST
7:02
Then there's Charlie Cook, kind of one of the gold standard nonpartisan election forecasters.
Ari MelberHOST
7:06
He says this is the election Republicans had nightmares about.
Ari MelberHOST
7:11
Now, what does he know that Joe Rogan apparently knows? They both are working off data.
Ari MelberHOST
7:22
He can see down to each episode, down to each YouTube clip, what people want and like in his audience, and he was very supportive of Trump two years ago this cycle, and he had a big interview with Trump in the fall two years ago this cycle.
Ari MelberHOST
7:35
But he can see where they are now and what they're mad at and what they click on and what they don't click on.
Ari MelberHOST
7:40
And in his own Charlie Cook version of math, after that friendly interview he gave Trump in '24, he's saying this now.
Joe RoganSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
7:50
What Trump stood for, some of it turned out to not be real.
Art CullenGUEST
10:29
you got it.
Stephanie RuhleHOST
10:30
Charlie Cook of the Cook Political Report said there will not be a blue wave.
Stephanie RuhleHOST
10:35
It's a red undertow.
Stephanie RuhleHOST
10:36
You think he's wrong.
Dasha BurnsGUEST
17:10
I mean, this is the situation that Republicans are in now, having to stand on the stage with this president and then trying to figure out a way to put some distance between themselves.
Peter AlexanderHOST
17:20
Mark, let me get to this with you because Charlie Cook says it this way.
Peter AlexanderHOST
17:23
He says this is the election the Democrats fantasized about and the election that makes up Republicans' nightmares here.
Peter AlexanderHOST
17:31
There are now some new numbers that aren't looking good for Republicans.
Katy TurHOST
27:15
Yeah, it's not just Texas.
Katy TurHOST
27:16
Let me read this from Charlie Cook.
Katy TurHOST
27:18
Um, this column had previously noted that Trump's pu- public image has shifted from unpopular to toxic and now radioactive.
Katy TurHOST
27:27
Proximity to him is a heck of a risk for almost any Republican on a ballot this year.

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