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Michigan Polls Missed Badly, and Fox Says Democrats Face a Reckoning

Fox News columnist argues El-Sayed's streamer ties and refusal to call Israel an ally over Iran could cost him the Michigan Senate race against Mike Rogers.

On air: Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger on Wake Up, America
Published 5:15 AM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

Photo: P.J. Siquig · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

Photo: Mike Rogers (Michigan politician) — Photo: P.J. Siquig · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

At a glance

First reported by Fox News: “MORNING GLORY: The polls got Michigan badly wrong. Now Democrats may face a bigger reckoning”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 5:15 AM ET on Wake Up, America, by Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger.
Topics: Michigan, Fox, Democrats.

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Fox NewsMORNING GLORY: The polls got Michigan badly wrong. Now Democrats may face a bigger reckoning

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFox News says the polls got Michigan badly wrong, and its columnist argues Democrats now face a bigger reckoning in the Senate race between Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBadly wrong?
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's the column's phrase.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt also points to El-Sayed's ties to a streamer and his refusal to call Israel an ally over Iran as problems for him.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDoes this change my morning? I only came for the coffee and the doughnut hole.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOnly if you live in Michigan or like arguing. The column is one outlet's opinion, and it says nothing about your doughnut.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWhat happens next? And can a reckoning be rescheduled?
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNobody knows yet.