It's halfway through the show and I just checked my RSS feed; no new posts! Why? I can only guess it's because everybody who posts on the political blogs I subscribe to is also watching the Rachel Maddow show instead of posting on their blogs.
So what do y'all think? So far I find it pleasant to get analysis from somebody whose point of view is more like mine, but it's mostly a pleasure driven by simple fellow-feeling. The news value isn't that high--because the information she's providing is a rehash of things I saw on my RSS feed. No surprise there, I guess.
It seems to me the big potential benefit of her show is that it can serve as a conduit for getting "left wing" (i.e., reality-based) discourse out into the MSM newsstream. I think if Rachel can make that happen, she will be doing her nation a great service.
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