Halperin examines the campaign to escape midterm blame
Joe Cunningham discusses Southern races, while Scott Martin offers an optimistic economic outlook in the week's most watched upload.
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2026 Midterm Blame Game: Who’s Taking the Fall?
Election results are not in, but Mark Halperin is already examining who might be held responsible for them. Across a busy slate of 15 uploads, Next Up returned repeatedly to a parallel political campaign: avoiding the blame if November goes badly.
The most watched new upload, "2026 Midterm Blame Game: Who's Taking the Fall?", reached about 17,000 views. Halperin describes Republican sources beginning to point toward President Trump and the White House over affordability, Iran and campaign spending. He also asks where Democrats would direct their frustration if their high expectations go unmet. These are arguments about possible outcomes, not results already decided.
The episode broadens beyond Washington's finger-pointing. Former South Carolina congressman Joe Cunningham discusses Annie Andrews and Democrats' prospects in Southern races, while Scott Martin makes the case for a possible economic boom. Cunningham's discussion also appears in "Can Democrats ACTUALLY Flip the South Blue?" Elsewhere, Buck Sexton considers potential military decisions involving Iran, and Halperin distills debate performances into gaffes and "gladiator moments."
The blame theme carries the strongest momentum, too: the full episode and two related monologues occupy the channel's most active viewing spots. Subscribers were unchanged over the week, and daily viewing is currently well below its usual pace, despite roughly 341,000 views across the seven days.
For friendly context, Interesting Times had a larger weekly audience, while TREX LABS had a quieter week. Halperin's channel remains particularly focused on the question behind the campaign messaging: not just who wins, but who gets the bill for falling short.
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- Channel
- Next Up with Mark Halperin
- Subscribers
- 105,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 341,062
- Videos published this week
- 15
- Video published
- October 13, 2026
- Video views so far
- 17,400
- Views on its first day
- 15,917
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