A Despondent Chuck Todd Sounds Alarm Bells for Joe Biden After Devastating New Poll Released

Every once in a while I hear NBC News’ “Meet the Press” program jokingly referred to as “Meet the Depressed,” and in my opinion that characterization was never more fitting than it was this past Sunday, when a panel of sullen-looking, liberally biased journalists and partisan commentators were hitting the panic button after a new NBC News poll was released that showed a bleak outlook for President Biden and Congressional Democrats headed into the 2022 midterms campaign season.

Before we get to the clip, let’s take a look at some of the numbers:

And during the nation’s largest inflation spike in 40 years, overwhelming majorities said they believe the country is headed in the wrong direction and disapproved of the president’s handling of the economy.

Those are some of the major findings of the new national NBC News poll, which found that Biden’s overall job approval rating had declined to 40 percent, the lowest level of his presidency. The survey also found that Republicans enjoyed a 2-point lead in answering which party should control Congress ahead of November’s midterm elections.

For a more in-depth look at the numbers from the NBC News poll, click here.

The significance of the Congressional party control numbers was of particular interest to despondent “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd, who pointed out this is the first time since 2014 that the GOP has led Democrats on the generic Congressional ballot in an NBC News poll:

You’ll see 46/44; Republicans up by two. That’s a coin flip. This is the first time we’ve had Republicans leading on the generic ballot in our poll since September of 2014; eight years ago. There’s always a little bit of a Democratic – because Democrats are more packed in some districts here. This is a huge red flag.

Look at how crestfallen everyone looks in the clip after Todd proclaims these numbers are a “huge red flag” for Biden and his fellow Democrats:

“This is a huge red flag!” NBC’s Chuck Todd is panicking over the GOP leading in the generic congressional ballot. pic.twitter.com/8Jv8nG91F7

— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) March 27, 2022

NBC News political correspondent and numbers cruncher Steve Kornacki put an even finer point on the numbers in the below segment, noting that Biden’s numbers are particularly devastating for Democrats on the issue of the economy, as voters’ top concerns are the cost of living and jobs/the economy:

.@SteveKornacki on Biden’s crumbling poll numbers: “He had a 52% approval rating on the economy, and every poll since then that number has come down, and now it’s at a new low…33%…It’s basically a 2 to 1 disapprove on the economy.” pic.twitter.com/bvBGZnTapq

— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) March 28, 2022

NEW NBC Poll:
MOST important issue facing the country:
Cost of living 21%
Jobs/economy 16%
Russia/Ukr 14%
Voting rights/election integrity 13%
Climate change 10%
Taxes/spending 8%
Border security 4%
Coronavirus 3%https://t.co/NCEwI2ATXB

— Eddie Zipperer (@EddieZipperer) March 29, 2022

As I’ve said before, it doesn’t matter what else is going on in the country or in the world, for that matter. If kitchen table voters are struggling to make ends meet, are having trouble finding steady work, putting food on the table, etc., typically the party in power suffers come election time.

Though Todd is the very definition of a Democrat apologist, he has been sounding alarm bells for Democrats for a couple of months now, as there simply is no rosy spin even the most experienced spinmeister can put on any of the numbers that have come out for Biden and Democrats over the last six or so months.

I mean even Ron Klain, Biden’s chief of staff, now seems to be throwing him under the bus as the wheels continue to fall off the Biden Express. When you’re a Democrat and you’ve lost Ron Klain, you know it’s bad…