Former President Trump might skip Wednesday night's debate, but he's ever-present in the minds of voters, according to numbers from the new partnership between NBC News, the Des Moines Register and MediaCom. J. Ann Selzer, the chief pollster behind this latest survey, joins Chuck to detail the toplines — and how most likely GOP Iowa caucusgoers are unlikely to support any candidate who "aggressively criticizes" Trump.

'It's mostly a personality test': Iowa poll dissects the GOP race

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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, joins Chuck for an exit interview on what she’s learned during her decades in Congress, and her ongoing fight to regulate Big Tech.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers targets Big Tech for her closing act in Congress

As regulators and election workers try to catch up to a technology evolving at a break-neck speed, one group is trying to give campaigns a list of do’s and don’ts when it comes to the responsible use of AI. Chuck talks with Ben Resnick and Matt Hodges of Zinc Labs, a Democratic group at the intersection of tech and politics.

Why Spring will make or break Biden’s campaign, plus AI’s do’s and dont’s in politics

Jonah Goldberg, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, joins Chuck to talk about an extremely weird week in politics and news.

Brain Worms and Normal People in Plato’s Cave: Jonah Goldberg

Stan Greenberg, a Democratic pollster and strategist who’s advised candidates from former President Bill Clinton, to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, joins Chuck to talk about his firm’s latest report, which he says shows a path for a Biden victory in November.

This legendary Democratic pollster says Biden is only on message once per week

How did lobbying evolve from influence peddling to a power center where “corporate lobbyists are the only ones with their thumb on the scale”? Brody and Luke Mullins join Chuck to talk about their new book, “The Wolves of K Street.”

'It's mostly a personality test': Iowa poll dissects the GOP race

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