Chuck Todd: Is Media Trying to Force a Contested Democratic Primary?

MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown host Chuck Todd wondered Tuesday morning, both on-air and by tweet, if the press corps were more interested in a contested Democratic primary than Democratic voters, who overwhelmingly prefer Hillary Clinton:

Todd’s musings built off an “Elizabeth Warren boomlet,” in which the freshman senator from Massachusetts has been floated in recent days as a competitive liberal alternative to Clinton in the 2016 primaries.

“Look, nobody in our business likes to cover a coronation,” Washington Post’s Ruth Marcus said. “We like to cover a brawl. So I am paying money for the “Christie/Cruz Smackdown Tour of 2016.” So, yeah, it’s not going to be an interesting Democratic primary unless there are some credible candidates. And how much more fun would it be for us if it’s two credible women candidates?”

“There’s something about presidential primaries, too, that if they’re both competitive there is a group of voters that vacillate between which primary to participate in,” Todd said. “There are going to be some independent-leaning Democrats to decide to play in the Republican a primary. That’s going to be good news for Chris Christie.”

Watch the full segment below, via MSNBC:

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