Proof that prime-time progressive TV commentators matter:

[brentspeak]

A couple of days following the http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/25/rand-paul-supporter-stomps-head_n_773857.html">Rand Paul supporter head-stomping of a Moveon activist, I was behind in line to an elderly gentleman at a store counter. This old guy was wearing hunting fatigues, and it was impossible not to overhear his loud diesel truck engine idling outside.

He did not seem a likely candidate to say the following to the cashier (paraphrased): "So I was watching Ed Schultz last night and he was showing video of some girl in Kentucky getting her head or neck stomped on by some person who didn't like that she was protesting his candidate. I mean, what kind of country are we becoming when people use violence to shut people they disagree with up? What the hell's happening to us?"

The powers-that-be who control the media are very much aware of the small but real gains that the MSNBC progressive hosts have achieved. Expect those head honchos to roll back as many of those gains as they possibly can.

[CTyankee]

1. Well, we'll see. Ed, Rachel and Lawrence are still there.

This may have been a personality conflict between Keith and the network. I am not sure because I really don't know. If what you say is true, then we should expect a major firing of the other 3 who are going strong on the network. Until that happens, we don't know...

[Laelth]

2. k&r for the truth. n/t

-Laelth