Watching the primary results last week on MSNBC I was struck by one thing: how did someone as sensible as Rachel Maddow make it onto a cable news channel? Seriously, she was the only one willing to tell the boring truth that nothing has really changed in the last few months, Clinton and Obama haven't been engaged in some thrilling back-and-forth, and voters couldn't care less about the various ridiculous scandals surrounding Obama. I also enjoyed watching her run circles around Pat Buchanan and then openly laugh at him.
Anyway, as Michael Calderone notes, she told NPR's fantastic "On the Media" that she is gunning for a show of her own (the whole interview is great and makes clear that she's thought a lot about the problems of cable news). Give someone who's smart and knowledgeable a political talk show? Now there's a novel idea.
--Sam Boyd