Chuck Todd

And it's

Let's just say there's a lot to dig in.

And as you know, I'm obsessed with all things going on in Michigan these days inside the Michigan Democratic Party and all the tumult there where you have a former Democrat running as an independent for governor, that very competitive and probably going to be increasingly nasty Democratic primary for the for the Senate that is going to be definitional, perhaps on the near term future Democratic primary debates going into the presidential race.

So, yeah.

It's just a very rich conversation.

I encourage you to have it.

Also, this episode, I have a fantastic top five list or maybe a depressing top five list, depending on your point of view.

But it's a fun one, I think, actually.

I'll tell you.

So in case you really are so excited, you want to quickly jump to it, which is the top five.

laws that used to be, that you won't believe used to be legal when it came to politics.

And then a top five list of things that we ought to make that 50 years from now, someone's going to say, I can't believe you guys let this.

that this was as legal as long as it was.

So we'll get to that, do a few questions.

But bottom line, a pretty robust episode.

So let me start with sort of the state of politics in 2026, because we've had a lot of movement.

Probably the most significant disaster has been averted for the Republicans.

And what do I mean?

Susan Collins finally announced that she is definitely going to run for reelection.

Had there had been