Rachel Maddow...

[jAZ]

Agree with her world view, or not... or somewhere in between...

She is one hell of a smart woman and she represents the progressive community extraordinarily well. To quote Biden... she's "articulate and bright and clean". Rhodes Scholar from Stanford and Oxford... and in a debate, she can hang with or destroy just about anyone representing her views.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Maddow

Here's her against Pat Buchanan and Chris Matthews on SCHIP.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/Media/Download/22092/1/Hardball-Maddow-Pat-SCHIP-10-03-07.wmv

[Adept Havelock]

[/Awaiting inevitable slam about "Air America"]

She does come across as very articulate and a decent debater from the short bit I watched.

[Taco John]

I like her very much as a politico. I don't agree with a lot of what she says, but when she's saying it, I know that she's put a great deal of thought into what she's saying, and she's not just an empty talking head -- like most of the women representing the conservative view point. That part of the market is saturated with a bunch of dumb bimbos, though I am very partial to Laura Ingraham.

[Frankie]

Maddow is one of the top pundits in business. I like her very much.

[HolmeZz]

And she eats carpet!!!

[Frankie]

And she eats carpet!!!
Irrelevant.

[cfl]

I think she is excellent. Randi Rhodes is over the top though.

[Taco John]

Randi Rhodes is brainless. She's terrible.