It's a bit distressing that Rachel ran out of time last night. I wonder what else she had ready.

[Towlie]

[PJMcK]

1. There's always tonight (n/t)

[stopbush]

2. Maybe she'd have enough time if she didn't spend the first 17 minutes of each show

repeating and rephrasing what should be a 30-second set-up to the payoff for the A Segment story. A little less verbal masturbation on her part would work wonders.

[OnDoutside]

3. I disagree, I think it's excellent and part of her style. Clearly her viewership agrees too.

[stopbush]

4. To each their own. It's boring and unecessary.

I don’t even bother with the first 15 minutes of her show. Haven't for a couple of years. That aspect of her "style" sucks.

[OnDoutside]

5. Indeed. That's the bit I listen most intently to, to figure where she's going with it.

[stopbush]

6. I have never been surprised by where she ends up going with it.

Get on with it already.

[OnDoutside]

10. Sometimes it's the journey rather than the destination ;)

[stopbush]

12. Not in this case.

[LanternWaste]

7. Hence, your current familiarity

"I don’t even bother with the first 15 minutes of her show. Haven't for a couple of years..."

Hence, your current familiarity with that same opening predicated on both relevant and up-to-date information.

To each their own, indeed.

[stopbush]

8. One can have the TV machine on and not pay attention.

In Rachel's case, I don't bother listening to the background babble of her set-up. Doesn't mean I'm not tuned in.

She did open last night's show with an admirable spot on John McCain's condition. That, I listened to. The ensuing rambling, not so much.

BTW - as I'm typing this, the Tour de France is on the TV machine. I'm half paying attention to that, but mostly focussed on typing this response.

[COLGATE4]

13. Amen! I find myself turning to CNN for the first 15 minutes or

so of her show, then tuning in to her. I don't find I've missed a thing except for getting pissed and yelling at the TV to "get to the goddamn point!".

[Yavin4]

9. We live in an internet world. There's no such thing as running out of time.

She could easily post it on the MSNBC website.

[themaguffin]

11. I didn't see it, but if she covered McCain, that would throw off her schedule as that news just

broke not long before her show started.