Oct 16, 2026 · 49 min · 14 segments
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is pressed by journalists over his background, FBI chief Kash Patel demands an apology from MS NOW after the network falsely reported on his location. Plus…
Mick MulvaneyGuest
Naomi LimGuestAdam WeissGuestKelsey ReinhartGuest
Elizabeth PipkoGuestAccording to the latest Fox News polls, he's got an approval rating of 36% with a disapproval rate of 64.
Number two, that is the ongoing Iran war, which has again been a drag on Trump and Republican numbers, particularly as the Houthis, and the Iranians, and every other ratbag jihadist group over there realizes that trouble in the Middle East means trouble for Trump.
Combined hits of petrol price rises tied to the Iran war, plus inflation, prices are running hotter than expected, and the latest numbers show that in September, inflation spiked with energy the chief culprit.
So is it any wonder that in the RealClearPolitics average of polls, the generic Democrat ballot is up by 8.1% over Republicans? But let me tell you something.
Four weeks ago on this program, I said things were not as dire for the Republicans as many of the headlines were predicting.
Yes, the party in power tends to go backward at the midterms, and it will be no surprise if the Democrats make enough gains that they need to flip the five seats to win a majority in the House.
But in the Senate, which is 53-47, well, I'm sorry, but I think the Democrats are still dreaming.
Ever since 2016, pretty much every poll seems to tilt to the left, leaving everyone surprised when candidates on the right win the day.
Remember when a bunch of hard left Democrat socialist candidates were supposed to win their primaries by huge margins? In Wisconsin, radical leftist Francesca Hong, who once tweeted about how much she hated Thanksgiving, had a double-digit lead going into her polling day.
According to the latest Fox News polls, he's got an approval rating of 36% with a disapproval rate of 64.
Number two, that is the ongoing Iran war, which has again been a drag on Trump and Republican numbers, particularly as the Houthis, and the Iranians, and every other ratbag jihadist group over there realizes that trouble in the Middle East means trouble for Trump.
Combined hits of petrol price rises tied to the Iran war, plus inflation, prices are running hotter than expected, and the latest numbers show that in September, inflation spiked with energy the chief culprit.
So is it any wonder that in the RealClearPolitics average of polls, the generic Democrat ballot is up by 8.1% over Republicans? But let me tell you something.
Four weeks ago on this program, I said things were not as dire for the Republicans as many of the headlines were predicting.
Yes, the party in power tends to go backward at the midterms, and it will be no surprise if the Democrats make enough gains that they need to flip the five seats to win a majority in the House.
But in the Senate, which is 53-47, well, I'm sorry, but I think the Democrats are still dreaming.
Ever since 2016, pretty much every poll seems to tilt to the left, leaving everyone surprised when candidates on the right win the day.
Remember when a bunch of hard left Democrat socialist candidates were supposed to win their primaries by huge margins? In Wisconsin, radical leftist Francesca Hong, who once tweeted about how much she hated Thanksgiving, had a double-digit lead going into her polling day.
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