So Morning Joe (without Joe) faces reality.

[Graybeard]

They claim all the political insiders (or "elites" as they described them) are saying the same thing, "The President's got this."

[lindysalsagal]

1. One down. rMoney to go.

It's a start!

[NNN0LHI]

2. I liked the comment Mike Halprin made

(Paraphrasing here.) Might have a poll or two that still shows it is close, but the rest of them can't all be wrong.

Don

[Raster]

5. Cry and protest as they may... it's the votes, stupid!

And these votes belong to the President of the United States. I cannot wait to see how little the Koch Brothers money or the KKKarl rove funny money bought the election. We need a good strong message to the so-called republican power brokers.

[Cathryn]

13. Right on!

I can't wait to see what Obama does in the next 4 years. I think he's just getting warmed up!

[The River]

3. I Almost Never Watch It

but I knew it would be good this morning. That Joe wasn't there was
a bonus. He will be back eventually and be even more sour-faced than usual
when he has to eat crow.

The campaign is over. There is nothing left to spin and they know it.
All they can do is offer up excuses.

[Mike Daniels]

7. I generally watch the program but I've decided to not bother until after the election next week

At this point each day is basically a repeat of the day before...."blah, blah...national race is close...blah, blah....swing states show minimal change but candidate x or y is still in the lead in such and such state...blah, blah...

If Obama wins I'll tune in on Wedndesday to watch Joe have a stroke or commit hari-kari

If Romney wins I'll give it a few days until Joe can come back down to earth.

[marions ghost]

11. I never watch it

but I turned it on to see what they might be saying about the effects of the storm.

Gosh, it's SO much better without Joe!

[Yul A]

14. So true!

How about replacing the rude, boorish blowhard with Chris Hayes?

[marions ghost]

16. I would second that for sure

Chris Hayes intelligent, positive, & deals in truth rather than spin

Joe--petulant, entitled, negative, obstructionist whiner. Supposed to play the stolid voice of reason to cutesy, bubbly, erratic Mika. Not working if it ever did.

[Dman292]

17. They should

Replace Mika with Chris Hayes

[JoePhilly]

4. They've kept the race close claiming its "too close to call" ... now they race to call it.

The networks have collected as much political advertising money as they possible could. They've ensured everyone watched the horse race.

Now, with only days to go ... the "race" will be the race to be the first to call it.

[RevStPatrick]

6. And this hurricane is giving them the perfect cover to do that.

It's timing couldn't have been "better" for the media.

[VWolf]

9. Yep. What a break for the M&M.

Perfect excuse to "change" their narrative.

[marions ghost]

12. Yeah first thing I thought too

...everybody busy putting on their new "Forward" smiley faces.

Also face-saving for Rmoney and co--wah wah, we got Sandied"...

[BlueStreak]

8. Exactly. Just like clockwork. They all want to show how "accurate" they were.

Just like the pollsters. After 3 years of spinning, their future credibility depends on this little game called "coming clean in the last 5 days."

Somebody with a good stomach, please watch Faux for us and let us know how their 5 stages of grief are going.

[JoePhilly]

10. Chuck Todd will say that "It always looked close, but you could sense Obama was going to win."

And then he'll point out the improving economy, and then Obama's response to Sandy as the clinchers.

[BlueStreak]

15. It is amazing these talking heads are never wrong.

Just once, I'd like to hear one of them say, "The conventional wisdom was ____________, and now it is clear that what really made the difference was _______________ and we all overlooked that."

[Zambero]

19. Telling remarks

I've always sensed that Todd was a closet progressive, much less overtly so than a Chris Matthews, but given his role he tends to position himself close to the center in order to appear not partisan. His style is often "Devil's Advocate" where he lays out scenarios and consequences, sometimes favoring Republicans, sometimes Democrats. In doing so he sometimes pisses me off, and at other times he makes perfect sense. For him it seems more like a balancing act. Conservatives don't care for him either.

[BlueStreak]

22. My view of him

is that he doesn't offer any useful insight. In about 98% of the cases, he simply repeats the current Beltway insider's narrative and cherry-picks data to support that position.

[bleedinglib]

18. Joe the dumper!!

Actually, Bill Press & Stefanie Miller have much better morning shows with that great liberal bias!!

[BlueStreak]

23. I don't get Current but I do have Sirius radio

Stephanie is on XM 127 late morning. But I really can't listen to that program. Stephanie is fine, but the other jokers on mic with her just seem to do this "nyaa-nyaa-nyaa" thing for the entire time. It is annoying tome as a liberal. I can only imagine how off-putting that would be to a person who is a little more to the middle.

Is her Current-TV show any better than the radio program?

[madmom]

20. Let's not get complacent folks! We need a landslide, everyone VOTE!

[julian09]

21. Joe doesn't show up when Obama had a good previous day, he might have to say something good about

him.

[Zambero]

24. Hung over perhaps?

Visiting his psychiatrist in order to avert a major head explosion? Withdrawing $1,000 at the bank in order to pay off Nate Silver when he loses a certain bet? Who knows!?