On Balance with Leland Vittert
Oct 23, 2026 · 29 min · 12 segments
On this episode of "On Balance," Leland Vittert analyzes the Michigan Senate debate blow-up. Peter Meijer, Lon Johnson and Mike Nellis weigh in. Meanwhile, could the war with Iran deliver an October…
Leland VittertHost
Robert HarwardGuestTom DupreeGuest
Peter MeijerGuest
Mike NellisGuest
Lon JohnsonGuest
Katie PavlichGuestDid you lie on your resume? Yep, did.
He lied about being a physician.
Did he lie about his relationships with an organization that should give us all pause? Yep, he did.
citizen.
That is your record.
You don't want to own it.
You don't want to talk about it because you are embarrassed of it.
And you are also embarrassed of the fact that you cannot win this race without Donald Trump coming here and stumping for you.
That's why you begged him to come.
The race is not just deciding the Senate, but the direction of both parties for 2028.
If Sayed wins, it will fuel progressives like AOC and launch her run for the White House, unquestionably.
When you think about Dr. El-Sayed's campaign, his victory and the victory of Democrats across this country is of critical importance to our city.
In Michigan, we have one of the most important, maybe the single most important race of the 2026 midterms.
It is so tight right now that every single vote matters.
There are very few opportunities that we have in life where we feel like an action we take can actually change the country.
Everybody thought the national race would be Ken Paxton, James Tallarico in Texas.
That actually changed after I asked Al-Sayed if Israel or Iran was a bigger threat, and he told me it was a dumb question.
His answer focused the country on something we have been telling you for months.
The alliance between political Islam and progressive socialists will be the fight of our time.
Did you lie on your resume? Yep, did.
He lied about being a physician.
Did he lie about his relationships with an organization that should give us all pause? Yep, he did.
citizen.
That is your record.
You don't want to own it.
You don't want to talk about it because you are embarrassed of it.
And you are also embarrassed of the fact that you cannot win this race without Donald Trump coming here and stumping for you.
That's why you begged him to come.
The race is not just deciding the Senate, but the direction of both parties for 2028.
If Sayed wins, it will fuel progressives like AOC and launch her run for the White House, unquestionably.
When you think about Dr. El-Sayed's campaign, his victory and the victory of Democrats across this country is of critical importance to our city.
In Michigan, we have one of the most important, maybe the single most important race of the 2026 midterms.
It is so tight right now that every single vote matters.
There are very few opportunities that we have in life where we feel like an action we take can actually change the country.
Everybody thought the national race would be Ken Paxton, James Tallarico in Texas.
That actually changed after I asked Al-Sayed if Israel or Iran was a bigger threat, and he told me it was a dumb question.
His answer focused the country on something we have been telling you for months.
The alliance between political Islam and progressive socialists will be the fight of our time.
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