I'd love to run into Kornacki on the street.

[PCIntern]

I will tell him that in an industry full of giant assholes he is indisputably the king.

That is all.

[brooklynite]

1. Its a good thing you keep watching him so you know how bad he is...

MSNBC appreciates your viewership.

[USALiberal]

5. +1000! Nt

[NurseJackie]

24. Flawed premise. One doesn't need to "keep watching" in order to know he's a spastic butthole...

... all it takes is one or two times. Most people can remember a simple fact about his behavior and demeanor and attitude without needing to be constantly reminded of it.

[brooklynite]

27. I somehow doubt that the OP woke up this morning and decided to share this perspective...

[cwydro]

44. Lol.

Morning Joe has the same type fans.

Watching so as to keep us all apprised about their horridness.

[PJMcK]

2. He's no king

More like the jester or a knave.

He's not that influential.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. He's not the worst by any means, just one of the most irritating.

He reminds me of one of those tube-shaped things with the flapping arms you see at car dealers' lots.

[PCIntern]

7. He manages to get on my nerves more

Than anyone else on TV including the Fox people. He’s like the guy who did your crowd of friends who you want to take a baseball bat to. Like if it’s one in the morning and you say Something happened tonight and he says well actually that was yesterday

[COLGATE4]

55. Another DUer referred to him as "Tigger"

I thought that was perfect/

[USALiberal]

4. LOL, I'm sure he would not give a shit. He is ok IMO! Nt

[MoonRiver]

6. He's spewing this crap about Chump winning, with no real rationale for that claim.

Every time he appears I switch channels.

[jayfish]

8. You Think He's Bad?

You should hear what Andrea Mitchell is saying about Joe. She's garbage.

[PCIntern]

9. She's a prune.

[cwydro]

45. A prune?

Is that a new insult?

[Dagstead Bumwood]

85. It could be a compliment.

'Cause, you know, she helps keep you regular.

[demtenjeep]

91. never watch Ms. Greenspan

she needs to retire

[Hoyt]

10. Actually, I'll watch Korancki Nov 3. If early returns do favor trump, Kornacki will set us straight

on where votes have yet to be counted and how well Democrats are likely to do in those areas.

I like the guy, sorry.

[jimfields33]

17. I definitely like him on election night

He knows his stuff. Not sure why so many don’t like him. He does get excitable, but to me it just shows he’s passionate about his craft.

[Hoyt]

25. Exactly. Nothing wrong with being a little hyper.

[jimfields33]

34. I agree!

[TomSlick]

87. I sincerely do not understand why so many here hate him so.

He's a number nerd who is really into his job.

[moonscape]

94. He was definitely thorough and knowledgeable during

Bridgegate. I kept up with it through him and his show and liked him then. He wasn't so hyper then, or else I didn't register him that way, but appreciated his geekiness about NJ politics.

[Midnight Writer]

68. Yeah, I don't have a problem with him. He's a numbers guy and is nerdy. Big deal.

I love seeing numbers crunched. I'm nerdy, too.

No, I don't always agree with him, but I do appreciate someone showing me the numbers.

[Rice4VP]

77. I think he's great

[Polly Hennessey]

11. Agree.

He is at it again. Twisting, flipping, flopping any which way to show how tRump will win. Andrea bumbling, wide-eyed egging him on and on and on. Now tRump is whining about money, now law and order. Is it just me or is he becoming repetitively boring. I have them on as background noise while checking DU.

[NewJeffCT]

12. what did he do?

just curious

[obnoxiousdrunk]

19. Nothing.

It's just the hate Kornacki day I guess.

[USALiberal]

29. +1000! Nt

[BComplex]

21. He consistently skews the news toward republicans.

[PCIntern]

32. Bingo!!!

[USALiberal]

33. Lol, not true at all, but nice try! Nt

[BComplex]

41. Since I have many others on this thread that see it the same way, I'm going to have to say

that we'll just have to agree to disagree on that point.

[Meowmee]

96. This, most of them do though with the sides crap

[eShirl]

31. bobbing and weaving over his map like a crazed mantis

as usual

[misanthrope]

90. I feel quite sure he is performing as he's been directed to do

That's why he wears the same "costume" when he's in front of his board: the khakis, the loosened tie and rolled up sleeves with paper in his hand. It's a character, the breathless statistician, politico-nerd and most obviously something egged on by the producers.

[GulfCoast66]

84. This time? I have no clue. But based on previous post about him I have a couple of guesses.

- he did not say Biden was a lock to win.

-he explained the ways trump could win.

The first is undeniable true. The second explains it what could drive the first.

If I’m wrong I will apologize. Let me know.

I kind of like the guy. He is nerdy and focuses on the numbers. He is the best on election night.

But I respect that others disagree.

But this election is not in the bag. Even if there is no cheating. If we get out the vote we could win in what amounts in a landslide in today’s time. But that is not guaranteed.

[moonscape]

95. If there was no cheating, I feel it would be in the bag. By

cheating I include closing polling places of minorities, purging voter rolls, and other domestic voter terrorism, not just by Russia.

[malaise]

13. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[global1]

14. The Ones I Refuse To Watch On MSNBC......

Chuck Todd
Steve Kornacki
Andrea Mitchell
Alex Witt
Katy Tur - she's beginning to get to me now - attitude

Any time any of these people show up on the channel - I immediately turn MSNBC off.

[lillypaddle]

18. Love katy

but I'm with you on the rest.

[MoonRiver]

22. I'd add Stephanie Ruhle to that list.

[COLGATE4]

56. Yep. For sure.

[Hoyt]

28. I have been liking CNN for a couple of months. Before that, I had MSNBC on all day while working or

messing around. Rachel Maddow got me through bush years, but I just can't listen to them anymore.

[USALiberal]

35. I'll alert the media! Nt

[TuxedoKat]

67. I think he's doing ok

He seems less frenetic to me these days. I like his analysis better now.

[idziak4ever1234]

15. No way is Michigan a three point race.

[USALiberal]

40. Lol, link to your analysis please! Nt

[idziak4ever1234]

43. I'm not going to link it but Politico had an article today...

Saying Trump is thinking of pulling out😀

[cwydro]

46. Lol.

Too funny.

[idziak4ever1234]

48. Fine... Here is the link.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/08/swing-states-michigan-409051 😀

[cwydro]

49. I'm just commenting that it's too funny to think he will drop out.

I dont care who writes it.

[idziak4ever1234]

53. Ok... Fake news then.

[cwydro]

57. More likely an opinion piece.

Opinion is not held to any sort of truthiness lol.

[idziak4ever1234]

58. Click the link below. I am bored with this conversation and won't engage further

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/08/swing-states-michigan-409051

It is not an opinion piece and Politico is not fake news.

I gave my opinion, was asked to back it up, and I did. You can disagree, but people have to stop crying "fake news" when they are proven wrong.

[cwydro]

59. You seem to be having an argument with yourself, and a fine one it is.

You’re the one who called it “fake News”, not I.

I simply stated my OPINION, which is that he will not drop out.

Please show me where I called it fake news. Those are the words of repubs, not mine. Interesting.

[RhodeIslandOne]

71. "Dropping out" of Michigan means not spending money there

Trump doesn't need Michigan to steal this again.

[cwydro]

73. Sure nuff.

But he’s not dropping out of the race.

[RhodeIslandOne]

74. Does it say that in the article?

I didn't see that. That's nuts.

[cwydro]

75. I didn't bother to read the article.

I only responded to the one poster

[RhodeIslandOne]

76. Okay, I guess I missed whatever they claimed

The article actually makes great points. Some pretty good breakdown numbers in there for those of us who care about such things. Michigan falling to Trump in 16 was a freak.

[cwydro]

80. Well, it'll be great if that doesn't happen again.

[Totally Tunsie]

64. His father should have done that.

[world wide wally]

16. Kornacki has always been a Trump dweeb.

I always change the channel when he comes on.

[crimycarny]

20. I don't even have to ask why

Because just reading his name I though “Kornacki must be predicting a Trump win”. Am I right?

Guys like Kornacki love to search for the most implausible, yet technically possible, routes to a Trump win and present them as some sort of smart analysis that others are missing.

[RhodeIslandOne]

78. Probably not

But he's fond, like Nate Cohn, of saying "This should give Democrats pause" to seem like there's something going to break for Trump.

[crimycarny]

82. When I see those types of opinion pieces I don't even read them

Too much anxiety as it is with California wildfires, COVID-19, etc.

[RGTIndy]

23. They have to keep saying it's a race. No matter what.

Otherwise half their viewers will start watching baking contests.

[nolabear]

26. Why does he piss people off so? Is it the message? The enthusiasm?

His expertise? I like him a lot and want the numbers, good or bad.

[Hoyt]

30. Me too. I don't get it.

[nolabear]

36. People seem to think if people show or talk about possible scenarios

it’s an attack on Joe and Kamala. I’m glad they show them. We need to keep that fire under our tails!

[MoonRiver]

37. But when they say it over and over, hour after hour and day after day,

with very little supporting data, it becomes propaganda (for Chump) IMO.

[nolabear]

39. We must watch different stations.

[USALiberal]

38. +1000! Nt

[WhiskeyWulf]

47. Same here.

I may have missed something, but I've never seen him show bias toward Trump. And as for the claim that he's hyper, I just don't see it.

[Maru Kitteh]

62. The man shouts at the top of his lungs and writhes about like an injured snake on

a hot sheet of tin. You don't see the hyper.

[WhiskeyWulf]

63. I really don't, LOL.

Maybe I'm catching him at the wrong moments. Or maybe my tolerance is different -- I've dated a few people who were way more hyper than he is.

[nolabear]

69. You see snake. I see Tigger. 😄

[lastlib]

70. He could get his points across without the wild gesticulations....

I can understand that he wants to make dry, dull numbers more exciting, but his histrionics are very distracting from that. I would prefer to see him be a little calmer, and use his voice inflections to get his information across.

[RhodeIslandOne]

72. His biggest problem is he needs to make it feel close

He could just be honest and say the race isn't close right now, but the postal and COVID bullshit throws a wrench in all of it.

[Trumpocalypse]

86. For me it was the Clinton emails story

He was one of the people in the media pushing it as a crime. One night he was guest hosting Hardball and David Corn was trying to state facts about the story, Kornaki got nasty and shut down the discussion because what Corn was saying didn’t fit the anti- Clinton narrative Kornaki was pushing.

[nolabear]

89. Interesting. I could see hating that.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

42. He is an actor playing his role...

Some like Ari, Hayes, Rachel and Larry O get to play the hard style potential libs. Others play middle of road and Kornacki is the big board freak who always finds a sliver of hope for trump and his fans or doubt for Biden fans. Either way it's mostly a game. He can't stand up there for hours and tell everybody it's a blowout even when it is.

I really hate good television "Must see" horse race shit should have gone out the window when the 2000 election was stolen, when we really needed one, nobody was pounding away hard enough for Al Gore and they should have never stopped. When the courted decided an election and not a state, we were FFFFFFFFed and have never been the same since.

I doubt he really cares either way.

[NurseJackie]

50. Does he have a boyfriend or husband? I'll bet that type of behavior would drive anyone crazy.

If he's single... this could explain why.

[USALiberal]

51. Lol, FFS! Nt

[NurseJackie]

52. LOL

[misanthrope]

92. Well, at least you get it

Can't say the same for others.

And I can't stand Lawrence O'Donnell since I heard that Bill O' Reilly-style meltdown he had with his staff. No sense in treating people poorly.

[COLGATE4]

54. This

[Celerity]

60. I like him, so to each his own. NT

[Sunsky]

61. Don't know if he's king but

I believe his purpose is to demoralize Democrats. That's why I've stopped watching him. Anytime he is on, is time for me to watch or do something else.

[renate]

65. I like him. He's one of my favorites

I love enthusiasm and I love nerdy enthusiasm.

I also think it's his job to analyze the numbers rather than just report them. Anchors and talking heads can talk about numbers, pure and simple, but it's his job to say "yeah, but there's more here than meets the eye." And if the "more here" shows that things look better for the GOP than the plain numbers themselves, it's his job to report it, whether we like it or not.

[Nexus2]

79. He seems ok, just kind of stats geek. Seems pretty innocuous and can entertaining.

I was actually surprised by the thread's level of vitriol regarding him.

[Jersey Devil]

66. My wife wants to send him some pants, black, blue, brown

I laugh at all his jumping around and enjoy his enthusiasm, but why the hell does he ALWAYS wear the same color khaki pants?

[budkin]

81. I gave up MSNBC completely

And he is one of the main reasons!

[steve2470]

83. Ok he is a bit hyper but....

1- From what I can tell, he is presenting the polls, whether we like the numbers or not
2- If he simply ignored any *possible* ways for Trump to win, that would be more like DNC TV
3- If anything, his less rosy scenarios for we Dems is GOOD for us! Right now, I am a tad concerned that some may get complacent and over-confident (despite the 2016 fiasco). I damn sure don't like *any* possible scenario for Trump to win, but I'd rather bear the discomfort NOW than deal with Dictator-wannabe back in the White House in January 2021.

Florida is too damn close for my comfort right now, and the polls I have seen (except maybe Michigan) put the Asshole-in-chief within striking distance if his deluded followers turn out in droves. GOTV for us is everything. If GOTV fails... we have the asshole again for 4 more years.

My 2 cents, so I guess we agree to disagree about him.

[Hotler]

88. Somebody get him a different pair of slacks. nt

[misanthrope]

93. That's the character's costume

When the clothes are rumpled, it looks more authentic, like he's so focused on crunching the numbers that there's little care for anything else.