Chuck Todd has recently increased the ick factor.

Before the debate, he was pontificating on the deck of the ship and favoring us with his wisdom. He got this REALLY sweet, gooey, coy look on his face (think a 40's ingénue from a B Hollywood movie), all doe eyed and open mouthed, and said he was looking forward to the moment when one of the candidates "connected" with a veteran. That's was what he was hoping to see in the forum. Gag.

Today when a guest was saying something mildly critical about trump praising putin, he displayed the same creepy look, and asked, but do voters really care about that? His guest seemed startled by a response more typical of a middle- schooler.

Gosh, I wonder which candidate will benefit from this increasingly dumbed down coverage?

Just....ick!!!!!!!!!!!