Gratuitous Plug For Rachel Maddow

TW: You may have run across Maddow on MSNBC (8pm CST). She is good. Far better than say Keith Olbermann who while highly intelligent and articulate has devolved into a purely partisan, bombastic, strident voice with minimal calibration. Maddow takes Olbermann's ante to be a progressive voice and raises the bar massively. She is and will be a huge asset for progressives.

From American Prospect:
"Maddow is not a Tim Russert or a Chris Matthews--an ostensibly nonpartisan interviewer who badgers politicians and policy-makers about contradictions in their records. Nor is she a Rush Limbaugh or a Glenn Beck--an attack dog who deals in calculated anger, bluster, and outrage. She's no mild-mannered liberal like Alan Colmes or a veteran observer like Wolf Blitzer or David Gregory. Maddow has broken the broadcasting mold. She has succeeded as an avowed liberal on television precisely because she is not a liberal version of conservatives like Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck. Unlike so many progressive media figures who sought to replicate the on-air habits of the aggressive shock jocks of the right, she stumbled upon a workable style for the left. She is liberal without apology or embarrassment, bases her authority on a deep comprehension of policy rather than the culture warrior's claim to authenticity, and does it all with a light, even slightly mocking, touch. She proves that liberals can attract viewers on television when they actually act like, well, liberals." http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=channel_changer_08