Oct 14, 2026 · 50 min · 10 segments
Bob Hardt, New York political director for Spectrum News, joined the show to analyze the lone debate between Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul and her Republican challenger, Nassau County Executive…
We got into the issue of tariffs, which is a real issue, especially upstate with Canadian and upstate trade.
And I don't think – I mean it was a good response, but I think that's kind of a winning issue for the Democrats like Hochul.
Like you could, she could have done this whole thing and put Blake been more on his heels because I mean, you talk to Susan Arbiter, our upstate political anchor, this is a big deal, particularly upstate.
And, and I think that was a, another missed opportunity was talking more about the relations with Canada that have really gone sour because of the, of the president who is,
You know, he could, he could remove the tariffs and your grocery bills would be going down.
And some people could argue it's mostly broader macro trends that are like inflation coming out of covid.
But but I thought that was an interesting debate that we didn't really get that much clarity on.
I think, as you're saying, there's reason, you know, you could point to a variety of things.
We got into the issue of tariffs, which is a real issue, especially upstate with Canadian and upstate trade.
And I don't think – I mean it was a good response, but I think that's kind of a winning issue for the Democrats like Hochul.
Like you could, she could have done this whole thing and put Blake been more on his heels because I mean, you talk to Susan Arbiter, our upstate political anchor, this is a big deal, particularly upstate.
And, and I think that was a, another missed opportunity was talking more about the relations with Canada that have really gone sour because of the, of the president who is,
You know, he could, he could remove the tariffs and your grocery bills would be going down.
And some people could argue it's mostly broader macro trends that are like inflation coming out of covid.
But but I thought that was an interesting debate that we didn't really get that much clarity on.
I think, as you're saying, there's reason, you know, you could point to a variety of things.
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