Ed Schultz Radio Show should be mandatory listening.

[liberalnurse]

I have grown to find listening to the Ed Schultz Show an essential tool for being in the loop. I sense he is the #1 Left talk show host. The Congressional Democrats seek him out, the political insiders do as well....He is commanding.

I did attend his show last Friday in Columbus. It was so comfortable and enjoyable....to be with your dem-friends, local and national political candidates and to talk about the issues while being engaged by a terrific host. I was in heaven.

Today's Show!

http://www.bigeddieradio.com/

10/31/2005) Monday on the Show!

Read Ed's Quick Take: It's a matter of Trust!

Thanks to the Plumbers & Pipe Fitters Union #189 and AM 1230 Progressive Talk for the great show in Columbus on Friday!

President Bush nominates Samuel Alito to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor today. - Will this bring a fight in the Senate?

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-IA, joins the show.

Sen. Patty Murray, D-WA, is our guest.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL, joins the show.

Ralph Neas, President of the People For the American Way joins the show to discuss the Alito nomination.

Democrats are urging Rove to quit over the CIA Leak. - Where will Fitzgerald's case go next?

Former CIA agent Jim Marcinkowski joins the show to discuss the outing of Valerie Plame.

[Nickster]

1. I think it all depends on where you are coming from as a person.

Myself, I'd rather listen to Mike Malloy or Randi Rhodes. Big Eddie is just not my cup of tea.

[mucifer]

3. yeah the more voices on the better then we can chose

I myself like Al Franken best but I listen to many others including Schultz and Malloy. I'm bummed that AAR is getting rid of Marc Maron tho.

[Nickster]

5. Exactly. That's what I think the focus was the whole time. Have a voice fo

r just about everyone. You can kind of see that by the diversity of voices. I can't take more than a few minutes of Al Franken at a time. Mike Malloy on the other hand, I podcast his show every day so I can hear every last minute of it.

[RockaFowler]

8. Why are they getting rid of Marc Maron??

He is the best in the morning. I love Marc & Mark in the morning. They are intelligent and wonderful to listen to. No yelling.

[mucifer]

13. yeah I am so gonna miss "sammy the stem cell"

he is great!

[FreedomAngel82]

9. Why are they getting rid of Marc??

:(

[melissinha]

22. whats the deal with the Morning Sedition?

I have heard them hint about it, but haven't heard the whole story... care to enlighten me???

I have to say even though I love Randi, the Morning Sedition is a show that I rely upon.... I will be sorely disappointed if they replace them.

[FreedomAngel82]

7. Same here

I'm more of a Stephanie Miller and Mike Malloy fan. But if you like Ed than go for it. :) He has some good interviews sometimes. I think he's good to have though to reach out to moderates and people fed up with Bush who might not support a democrat unless they knew more. We need a variety out there because there are all types of people out there and stuff. :) There should be something for everyone. Does he archive his show??

[liberalnurse]

14. Yes, that skill of reaching out to the moderates

successfully is a terrific asset....His goal is to get the issues discussed by the masses. It's working.

[snowbear]

15. I love both Stephanie Miller ~and~ Big Eddie..

~~

Problem here is... Steph comes on @ 5:00 a.m.. I only get to listen to the first hour of her show if my kid has hockey practice at 6:00 a.m.

I wish they had a re-run of her show.. She rocks!

[Todd B]

19. If it helps, you can download the podcast of each day's show a few hours a

If it helps, you can download the podcast of each day's show a few hours after 12pm.

I think you can get it at stephaniemiller.com, but I know you can subscribe to it in iTunes.

Or did you mean that you wanted an over the air broadcast?

[snowbear]

25. Thanks Todd...

I'll have to figure out how to do that... download it.. me --> :silly:

The reason they air her starting at 5 a.m. is because she has a ton of fans here in Anchorage that want her LIVE.

Incredible actually how many people from Anchorage call into her show! She is very much loved here! :headbang:

[snowbear]

24. Senator Harkin on now.. talking about SCOTUS..

VERY interesting stuff! Turn on Eddie!

[AX10]

2. On this we can agree. Ed Schults has spent a lifetime in the media.

He knows how to "work things" within it. Schultz knows that you must get your voice heard or else you have absolutly no chance.

[liberalnurse]

6. I enjoy the others, Mike, Randi etc....

but Ed has a commanding, professional approach to engage logical discussion. He does this with a an air of just being one of the gang....but can really articulate the message.

[Gman]

4. I switch back and forth in the afternoon between Schultz

and Randi Rhodes.

[liberalnurse]

10. I go and get the archives from Randi's show.

She is a great smack-down, go for the juggler type with a great sense of humor. I have concluded that Ed takes the prize when all shakes out.

[snowbear]

11. Big Eddie !!!!!!!!!!

[liberalnurse]

12. Oh my......

you just made my heart skip 5 beats!!!!!!:yourock:

[mucifer]

16. hey liberal nurse, I'm a liberal nurse, too.

I get suprised there are so many conservative nurses even here in Illinois.

[liberalnurse]

18. Keep in touch with me here....

I am part of an Ohio nurse group starting a Nurse Democratic Caucus with a PAC. We are working on the by-laws as I type. it will start in Ohio but then go national. Thats where I plan to excel and work in Washington, D.C.....

We will actively support Democratic issuers ANA won't touch because they graze on both sides of the fence.

Did ya know; 1 in 50 registered voters are nurses! We Have The Power if we gather the team.

Ed Schultz wife Wendy is also a nurse!

[ieoeja]

28. Conservative nurse told me this last summer.

Economic Boom: costs increase, while nurses' wages remain relatively fixed.
Economic Bust: costs and wages remain relatively fixed.

Nursing is one of those professions for which the demand remains fairly constant regardless of the state of the economy. So a bad economy works to a nurse's advantage; and a good economy, to a disadvantage.

[marbuc]

17. I have a hard time taking seriously

a person that refers to himself as "Big Eddie."

[AZBlue]

20. Only if he gets some reliable fact checkers

[LincolnMcGrath]

21. I am VERY leery of ANY ex repub. Schultz, Brock, etc.

But, Big Eddie is growing on me. I believe he can bring back a few wayward Hunter/Gathers.

AND he supports unions!

[snowbear]

26. You shouldn't be leery of him..

He goes into extensive detail ALL THE TIME about why he was once a Rethug, and what it was that opened his eyes.

If you go to his website and log on during one of his live chats, he's an absolute blast to talk to!! :headbang:

[Enraged_Ape]

27. Big Eddie directly connects with the huntin'/fishin'/football fan...

who also happens to think that the hard-workin' people in this country are getting hosed by a bunch of rich old white guys in $3,000 suits.

Whether some of the people on DU like it or not, that is a HUGE demographic to be mined, one that neither the GOP NOR the "hard left" truly represent. Ed Schultz appears to resonate with this group quite well, and that's why he has the most popular "progressive" radio show in the country.

I enjoy Ed's show and listen to it every day. He was a major champion of Cindy Sheehan before the rest of the media even really caught on. He doesn't screen his calls, and I have never heard him fail to shut a rabid wingnut down with anything but the most efficient common sense.

[LincolnMcGrath]

29. The only 'Hard Left' I hear of comes from the mouth of GOP

spinmasters. What, in your opinion, represents the 'hard left'.

[Enraged_Ape]

40. The one that comes from the mouth of GOP spinmasters

Unfortunately, they've done their jobs so well that there is a large portion of society that really DOES feel like the Democrats or a bunch of effete snobs who want to go into their houses and take their guns away. Big Eddie plays against that stereotype.

[jean]

32. What more does David Brock have to do to prove himself???

[NCarolinawoman]

35. Well, we can't grow the party if we are leery of former Republicans.

Remember the Reagan Democrats? The Republicans welcomed them. We have to welcome them BACK; particularly if we are going to take over any congressional committees.

[LincolnMcGrath]

36. There are plenty of working folks to lure back before I worry about

any ex repubs.

[recoveringdittohed]

38. Ex-Repub here whose favorite radio talk host now is Big Eddie

Also listen to a little Morning Sedition on the way to work in the AM regularly and recently have begun listening (in small doses) to Randi's show.

Democrat 1971-1976
Republican 1976-2000
Independent 2000-2004

I guess officially again a Democrat when I vote in the 2006 primary but as a increasingly progressive independent I already have ticked off one of my Republican cousins by trying to point out to him some of the flaws and hypocrisies of the * Administration.

[mitchtv]

23. my favorite? Bernie Ward

kgo-am 810
http://www.kgoam810.com/complexshowdj.asp?DJID=3450

[JJackFlash]

31. Bernie Ward blows dittoheads out of the water

with his awesome memory and command of the facts.
Thom Hartmann is great, too.
"Big Ed" cannot apply the smackdown and doesn't put much work into learning the issues. He doesn't get it. He was screaming "I THINK HARRIET MIERS IS GONNA MAKE IT!" long after it was obvious she was toast.
Koresh, I wish AAR would get rid of Jerry Springer.

[tallahasseedem]

30. I agree....

I dont always agree with him, but everytime I listen to him I have this feeling that he is connecting with a lot of people. He is a man's man and that is what will help us bring over some from the dark side.

[NCarolinawoman]

33. He's doing a great job enlightening the white male voter that the Repubs.

claim to own.

Today I heard a Republican from Ohio call in and say he "agreed with Ed more than he cared to admit." Then he went on to say that Ed should be heard on Arm Forces Radio.

He 's reaching those people who were talked about in WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH KANSAS. Those Red Staters aren't going to read that book, but they will listen to BIG ED.

I also love Stephenie Miller. Al Franken can be pretty boring, but has some good guests on his show.

[mucifer]

34. I was lucky enough to grow up listening to Studs Terkel on local

Chicago radio. He's in his 90's now a bit too old for radio shows, but he can pack a good punch in an interview. If you read his books he really could pull the liberal out of a conservative. He's still writing.

[Griffy]

37. I agree.. I listen daily and have been on the air...

it is great to hear Americans from all over, even the koolaid drinkers call in and Ed calls them on spouting talk points.

I have been saying for months, here on DU, that WE could create more of a stir if we organized and called these shows daily... from many people... and create an echo chamber of our own...but as of yet.. I find myself still working on my own... spreading the truth!

BE the MEDIA..

go BIG ED...

[Festivito]

39. I'm still not confident about Ed. But, he is a good radio host.

Like that one commercial he's done that pushes the CON disingenuous recalculation that a recession started in the Clinton administration.

But, I love his statement for "strong fiscal policy. Don't let the other guy own you."

[Totally Committed]

41. He's a middle-of-the-road good ole boy

who likes to talk about sports, hunting, guns, and himself a little too much for my taste. I listen to him, but usually end up turning him off after only so long because I just can't stand it.

Yes, everyone stops by his show. It's because its CONTENT is the least controversial of all the Left shows. He's a former Republican, and though he argues progressive issues, it's rarely beyond a certain point -- somewhere around the Red-State center.

What we here, at DU, must remember is that most of us are far left of those in the rest of the Democratic Party. I see it in my friends, and even in those in my own family who identify/register as Democrat or even Green. I am to the Left of almost every one of them.

So, Ed appeals to far more of the Dems, than Randi Rhodes does (unfortunately). His listenership is growing faster than any other show in Left Radio, and that includes Al Franken's. It's happening for a reason, whether or not people like me can stand him for more than about an hour at a time.