Secretary of State in Ohio Jon Husted is conspiring with Chuck Todd in redistricting ?

[sasha031]

@JonHusted
Enjoyed having lunch today with NBCs @chucktodd - he and I agree Redistricting reform needs to happen in OH and across the US.

[octoberlib]

1. WTF!? nt

[JaneyVee]

2. The only reform needed is to stop republicans from redistricting. People>Land

[TwilightGardener]

3. Why would Chuck Todd agree with that? Weird.

[pinboy3niner]

4. Todd needs to be 'redistricted' out of MSNBC. nt

[sasha031]

7. could not agree more on that one, we've always known he was never on our side.

[jaysunb]

9. It shouldn't be about whose side he's on

He's supposed to be an unbiased journalist.

I've never liked the smary little bastard.

[DearHeart]

18. Bingo! So much for "objective" journalism, huh?

[irisblue]

5. As if I need/want another reason to loath them both.

Husted is awful and who gives a hoot about chuckels political advice?

[dsc]

6. It might be his way of trying to get out in front of

future initiatives about redistricting. The Dems put one up which lost in 2012 and they are likely to try again. I don't believe for a minute Husted is up to anything but no good but my guess is this is his version of PR.

[PennsylvaniaMatt]

8. The funny thing is....

Right-wingers hate Chuck Todd as much as we do, so he would not find much love on Fox, even if continues to interrupt the President during press conferences and have lunch dates with Republicans.

[Bjorn Against]

10. I actually agree very strongly with that statement, redistricting reform does need to happen

We need to reform the redistricting system so that corrupt assholes like Husted and his GOP friends no longer have any say in how the districts are drawn.

[deminks]

11. David Shuster is on it.

He asks Chuckie Toad what exactly he agreed to with Husted:

Hey @chucktodd, can you clarify what you and @jonhusted agreed upon today? Thanks.

https://twitter.com/DavidShuster

Shameful if true. Shameful if it isn't true. One of 'em is screwn here.

[Enrique]

12. thanks to whoever follows Joh Husted on Twitter

this is quite a find. Chuck Todd has some splaining to do.

[deminks]

13. Kick, and BTW, who paid for lunch?

Just asking.

This could get interesting.

[JEB]

14. Todd needs to redistrict

his head from his ass.

[LW1977]

15. Screw Schmuck Todd

He was wrong all along during the 2012 elections about how "Close" it was.

[CranialRectaLoopback]

16. So people on this thread seem to be down with current redistricting?

Because I think redistricting reform is absolutely necessary. But then I'm a troll.

[blogslut]

17. Do you honestly think that Jon Husted

...wants redistrcting reform that's fair to Democratic voters?

[CranialRectaLoopback]

19. No more than I think Chuck Todd wants blatantly unfair redistricting

Todd may be a conservative, but I don't think he's off the deep end.

[Bjorn Against]

20. I think Husted is trying to play people

He is well aware that people like him are the reason that Democrats want redistricting reform so what I think he is doing is speaking about redistricting reform himself knowing that Democrats will not trust him when it comes to redistricting and hoping that they will oppose redistricting reform because he supports it. I think he is using reverse psychology on us and we should not let him get by with it.

We need to make it clear, we need redistricting reform to stop corrupt assholes like Husted from rigging our elections.

[Tom Rinaldo]

21. I don't assume the worst but Todd does need to respond to this now

Todd is a political reporter, regardless of how well he does at it that is his job. Frankly I would expect him to have lunches and dinners and drinks with a wide array of political players from all across the political spectrum. Nothing on the face of it wrong with him having lunch with Husted. The tweet came from Husted, so by definition it is self serving from Husted's perspective. We can't even know for sure that Husted is describing their coversation accurately, whether or not Todd is or is not "in agreement" with whatever Husted believes. And of course the term "redistricting reform means different things to different people. They may agree on the term but not the plan.

Having said all that I don't have much trust for Chuck Todd, he almost always looks for a chance to spin to the right when possible. But we simply don't know enough about their lunch. Given that Husted know made it and part of their discussion "public", Todd needs to clarify what Husted's comments are about given the all of the controversy Husted has been at the center of regarding voter rights.