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So you’re thinking to yourself, groan, I know what these two are going to say already, I don’t have to listen, it’s going to be boring. But let me just say that I’m no fan of Chuck Todd either (although he’s better on his podcast than he was on Meet the Press).  I have always liked Rita Hart and some who opine she’s too old or too moderate or too this or that, should check out this conversation which surprised me in a variety of ways and was actually lively and entertaining.  Hart strikes me as having a good balance of perspective, experience, and historical memory, alongside an open mind and an even temperament. She also has respect for process and wants to find consensus.

She should be our MOC in IA-01 instead of Miller-Meeks. She never brings that up because she’s not all about ego or other petty concerns. I think she gets points for that. Chuck did bring it up.

There was plenty of nuance here and it turns out I did not know what Chuck Todd or IDP chair Rita Hart were going to say after all.