Rachel Maddow

...guy———how does a true American stand him. And, how does MSNBC explain him. I will say, as liberal as she is, I do think Rachel Maddow is brilliant. And, very eloquent. (Another female Obama) Geraldo drives me crazy with his pro-illegal alien cr ap.The guy...

...it first, I think. I've seen a couple of minor reporters do it. Today, when I saw David Shuster deliver a line in a pure Rachel Maddow style, I knew the phenomenon was for real. I predict that in the near future we will see Bill O'Reilly doing the Maddow....

...about appointments, Digby has more about the announcement of Panetta as CIA director. As many of us recall, Rachel Maddow made a strong case (as a talking head on Countdown as well as on her own show) that Obama didn’t inform Feinstein & Rockefeller about...

...sentences, I'm so outraged these days. For the open thread: In addition to the justified distaste and embarrassment Rachel Maddow in particular has expressed about the petty decision, for patently false reasons, not to let the Obamas stay at Blair House (among...

... Dana Priest: No I can't. As much as I hate to admit it, I think we are either in for a decades long intervention which might, might, might produce results or for lowering the bar on our goals to the point that we accept the fact that Afghanistan is a feud...

...Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, with coverage led by Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow and Eugene Robinson, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. ET. on Tuesday, Jan. 20. MSNBC will continue live coverage from the Mall throughout...

... It’s really difficult, given the plethora of real and suspect facts that just keep getting flung in from various pro and con sources, to get an tangible and dispassionate grasp on who/what/why this is all happening. For every reasoned plea for civility ba...

...Palin. Behind Suzanne Somers and Tina Turner. Of Palin, FoxNews.com... The Munsters of MSNBC While interviewing MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on last night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart likened the characters of MSNBC to the characters of The Munsters, that family of...

...possess psychic abilities, we're both know-it-alls, and were pretty sure this qualifies us to weigh in on the subject. From Rachel Maddow's career change and Lindsay Lohan's political activism to Elisabeth Hasselbeck's identity crisis and alternative uses...

...Stewart takes on the media in their coverage of the Obama girls. And then uses the analogy that MSNBC is like The Munsters and Maddow is Marilyn. Our thanks to our sister blog TVNewser for this. Fill out the following information and click on the Send button...

...after the Palin pick. Showing how much TV had a part in everything, when MSNBC caught Republican talking heads Peggy Noonan and Mike Murphy speaking with their mikes still open, declaring that McCain's campaign was over, that made headlines. The media was...

...of State, Rachel Maddow is in Converse in Vogue...and Sarah Palin is a calendar. So, we're not quite there yet. Howard Wolfson...music blogger? It turns out Hillary Clinton's cranky spokesperson is a completely loveable music geek, blogging happily away on...

...a year dominated by election coverage, which saw stars made of the witty Rachel Maddow and the quick-thinking Campbell Brown, the best political commentary was still found on Comedy Central where Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert skewed everyone regardless of...

...views on Kennedy because "he feels Gov. David Paterson will soon pick her to replace Clinton." However, people still feel Caroline Kennedy is a lightweight candidate, as she has no political experience. Finally, at the same time, the NY Times reports Paterson...

...a couple of years ago that happens to publish a daily newspaper, The Wall Street Journal. Long before Fox News was a gleam in Roger Ailes' eye, the Journal editorial and opinion pages were dedicated to the mythology of free markets, supply-side economics,...

...he'll include them in his administration. Time will tell. But Rick Warren will have Obama's ear on important issues.” Tony Perkins, president of the über conservative Family Research Council, posted these thoughts about Warren on his website: “I'm heartened...

...of State, Rachel Maddow is in Converse in Vogue...and Sarah Palin is a calendar. So, we're not quite there yet. Howard Wolfson...music blogger? It turns out Hillary Clinton's cranky spokesperson is a completely loveable music geek, blogging happily away on...

...and "Hannity & Colmes," which were the two most popular cable news shows of the year, followed by "On the Record With Greta Van Susteren," "The Fox Report With Shepard Smith" and "Special Report With Brit Hume." (Hume, who anchored his last program Dec. 23,...

...when all this was over- No. Concentrate. Focus on the mission. Survive. A shout from my left drew my head around. Sheryl Crow, guitar still strapped to her back, had taken cover behind a pile of decaying corpses. Her once-lustrous hair, now limp and stringy,...

...sin (not to mention when they turn 18, become mothers or get fat). Something eerily similar took place in the small town of Wasilla, Ala., late this summer, when a vice-presidential candidate all too willing to preach virtue was plucked from obscurity and,...

...Stewart had Mike Huckabee on The Daily Show last night and the second half of the appearance focused on marriage equality. Stewart really is one of the best civil rights advocates out there. Argued Stewart: "Religion is far more of a choice than homosexuality....

...The biggest difference I see with MSNBC is, they didn't.'' And, for all the philosophical pronouncements in which CNN's Lou Dobbs wraps his own news program, Wallace suggests that CNN too has hewed to the lines. "I think they're more in our mold of separating...

... Wilshire & Washington highlights the enduring relationship between entertainment and politics. More than a mere curiosity, the intersection of these worlds play out daily in fund raising, celebrity causes, show business lobbying and creative expression. V...

...President-elect Obama and other high ranking officials who will be working for the future president," said Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, the new GOP House whip. Added Robert M. "Mike" Duncan, chairman of the Republican National Committee, "President-elect...

..."Wonkette" blogger Ana Marie Cox (shown in photo), a contributor to Time magazine and The Daily Beast, appeared on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show last night to discuss, among other things, a Los Angeles Times story about Bush cabinet members receiving talking...

...multilayered, major news story last night, each show had to find a way to make their Gov. Rod Blagojevich coverage distinct. Rachel Maddow had a unique method — "the first ever Rachel Maddow Show Enhanced History Reenactment Event." "You are innocent until...

...its buzz-laden lead-in, "Gossip Girl." "Bones," with its witty banter and sexually charged pairing (David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel), is proof positive that procedurals can be lighthearted and character-based. And in Season 4, it's finally enjoying the...

...soil. All because President Bush decided on his own authority, that this 28-year-old father of five, who was then living quietly in Peoria, Ill., was a dangerous associate of Al Qaeda. No proof required, and none has been offered in any court of law. But...

...got to get to the bottom of this … this … well, this something, surely something. And this morning I'm greeted by the likes of Michelle Malkin, who writes in the New York Post that "[U.S. Attorney Patrick] Fitzgerald says President-elect Barack Obama isn't...

...push such a proposal. Cantwell's goal is right on target, and Obama appears to agree. In an October interview with NBC's Rachel Maddow, then-candidate Obama talked about wanting to build a "smart grid" that would not only transmit power from wind and other...