The Forecast Fest with Harry Enten, Kate Bolduan and John Avlon

I followed Harry over here from FiveThirtyEight and enjoyed his solo shows. Adding the other two hosts wasn’t a good move. Hearing the Bloomberg ad in the last episode was the final straw for me. Nothing against Bloomberg; there should be no political ads on this kind of show. Sorry Harry!

I like Harry but hearing from the other hosts that Bernie is terrible for the Democratic Party seemed more the hosts personal feelings on the outcomes than any analysis. And then there was a Bloomberg ad. Why can’t we get some Harry’s Razors ads? I’ll check back in 2022

I’m so disappointed, I’ve been enjoying your daily updates for almost a year now. But the fact that before your segment on Bloomberg you have a paid advertisement by the candidate, truly shows this is not a neutral space to find the facts about this election. I’m just so disappointed.

I love Harry and miss him on the FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast. But this "analysis" discussion is sadly laughable. There's *literally* a paid Bloomberg campaign ad in the middle of the episode!!! And the other two hosts are so servile and in the tank for Bloomberg!! Slavishly heaping undue praise on him and waving off all his many faults and electoral vulnerabilities. They were making fun of Bernie and Warren the whole time for having principles. "Well you didn't mind when he was donating billions to causes you believed in, but now you don't like it that he's using his billions of dollars to try to buy an election and move the country far to the right of the progressive Democratic ideals that your whole candidacy is based on? Now you don't like him, but you'd still like him to donate his vast billions to worthy causes?" YES!!! Being obscenely rich does not make you virtuous -- he SHOULD donate to worthy causes, and one can still reject his attempt to turn American democracy into a contest of two billionaires. It's repugnant. Two things can be true at once! He doesn't deserve slavish fealty because he has unlimited money! He literally represent exactly what Bernie and Warren stand against, and the hosts act like their supporters are morons for not worshipping Bloomberg's pockets. They're principled, that's a good thing.