The New Meet the Press Host

[Pryderi]

Who is the best interviewer in the NBC/MSNBC stable?

[LiberalEsto]

1. Ann Curry nt

[babylonsister]

6. I agree. She's earned it, and she's so smart and personable.

I doubt it would happen, but would be happily surprised if she got that seat. They'd probably go w/Savannah Guthrie before Ann due to age.

[bigwillq]

20. Really?

She is just awful, imo.

[RiffRandell]

55. She's horrible!

When she read the news on the Today show not a day went by when she didn't flub her lines.

I stopped watching it because of her and love GMA...except for George.

[valerief]

24. Earnest Ann? Oy vey! nt

[cui bono]

2. Rachel Maddow would be the best host.

Good interviewer and does her research so she has the facts and only lets facts stand.

[NuclearDem]

18. Second.

[cilla4progress]

56. She'd be GREAT!

SHE's earned it (though I do love Ann Curry; I like her best out in the field where her compassion really shows.).

Listend to Rachel on the missing airliner last week, it hit me: she's a fabulous oral story-teller. Those first 15 minutes of her show every night are just riveting, no matter the topic!

[librechik]

58. yup--she would strike fear into the hearts of cons

who won't go on her show but might be compelled to show up on MTP

[Avalux]

3. That won't matter. It will be someone young.

They're going to make it all shiny and new and flashy for the younger folks and stick a youthful person in the chair.

[CatholicEdHead]

4. Luke Russert

Only fitting he replace his late father.

[Pryderi]

8. ugh. n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Except that he sucks even more than his dad.

[Hekate]

43. Luke Russert: Cub Reporter.

Sorry, he should still be somebody's sidekick/apprentice until he grows up and gets some gravitas.

[hatrack]

49. Luke Russert - Cub Fluff Boy

[KamaAina]

62. He's the broadcast equivalent of DimSon

[BlueCaliDem]

5. I think Martin Bashir would be perfect.

He's a true journalist who won't allow Republicans OR Democrats to pull a fast one on him. But he asks the hard questions and corporate America would never choose him.

Rachel Maddow is a good choice, too. She'd get those viewership ratings up in a couple of weeks! But I don't want to miss her during the week and I doubt she'd want to work six days a week!

[babylonsister]

11. I love and miss him; ain't gonna happen. Having said

that, he recovered from the debacle that was supposed to be about Michael Jackson? Maybe he's really a cat with a few lives left?

[BlueCaliDem]

15. I love and miss him, too, babylonsister. I loved how he asked the hard questions

and made them squirm!

Who knows? Maybe the head honchos will take another look at him? After all, just like you said, he's a (cool) cat with a few lives left.

[pangaia]

7. Mr. Ed.

[AAO]

34. Is that you Wiiilllbbuuurrrrrrr?

[pangaia]

46. Neeeeeiiiiiiiigh.....

[Tx4obama]

10. They should have FOUR - rotate them each week. Such as Maddow, Kornacki, O'Donnell, and one other.

That way they would have a lot of time to do research and compose good questions regarding whatever topic they are going to talk about,
and they wouldn't have to give up their week night shows.

Just an idea

[babylonsister]

13. Dammit, great idea! Send it to the knucklehead powers! nt

[Samantha]

39. I think this is a great idea as well (n/t)

[Hekate]

44. I like it! Very good idea. nt

[myrna minx]

47. That is a fantastic idea. It also wouldn't allow the coziness of

the weekly McCain and Graham power hour.

[brush]

51. Add Joy Reid to that list

She's right up there with Maddow and Bashir in asking the tough questions and having facts at her disposal.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

12. Melissa or Joy

They have the nerdy white geek demographic covered with Hayes, Maddow, and Kornacki.

[Awknid]

14. Something compels me to say

Andrea Mitchell. Although Rachel Maddow would be a dream come true, but a somewhat waste of talent.

[Politicalboi]

16. Mrs. Greespan

I'm sorry but,

She has enough money already. Martin Bashir or Rachel Maddow, or the weekly switch. IMO Mrs. Greenspan belongs at Faux.

[CatholicEdHead]

17. If not Rachel, then why not Ed Schultz

And base it in Fargo, ND, close to Ed's home.

Maybe in the KVLY/KXJB studios in Fargo. Fly everyone from DCA to MSP to FAR weekly.

[BlueStreak]

22. 'cause he's a goof. A lovable goof.

But it would be a better show with Ed than it has been for 25 years. It might even be worth watching sometimes.

[Hekate]

45. Ed's a bit of a blowhard. I wish him well, but he would not draw me back to MTP. nt

[BainsBane]

53. It has to be someone perceived as non-biased

for that show to work.

[cui bono]

60. He fights the good fight but he's not that knowledgable.

He would not be able to keep up with the facts and call them on things as they are said.

[karynnj]

19. Lawrence O'Donnell

A liberal, but not as partisan as some others. He has a very calm demeanor as he engages in thoughtful discussion with various people - over the Democratic portion of the political spectrum. Unlike a few others, it would not be a reach for him to moderate over the full political spectrum.

His background is eclectic enough to make him both interesting and very competent discussing complex issues. He was a former chief of staff of the Senate Finance committee under Moynihan. On any economic or tax issue, he is among the best anywhere explaining what options Congress has. (Even on other issues, his ability to read a piece of Congressional legislation and interpret it was seen when he - long before anyone -even in Congress - looked at the law itself on the "IRS scandal" issue. )

I love Rachel Maddow, but I am not sure she would be comfortable taking a neutral role. (Forget Ed Schultz - his opinion may change, but what doesn't change is his very strong advocacy for his position. This is NOT a negative where he is, but not for a moderator.

[pscot]

26. Yes!

[valerief]

27. This makes the most sense. nt

[Pryderi]

32. Agreed.

[Samantha]

40. He would be pretty good, I think (n/t)

[kwassa]

21. Jiminy Glick

[pscot]

28. Ed Grimley

He's got the moves.


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[kwassa]

29. He does have the moves.

[geek tragedy]

23. Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler.

Really.

Really?

[valerief]

25. Maybe they can woo that Cupp creep back from Fox. nt

[kwassa]

30. "What's Up With That"'s DeAndre Cole

[Walk away]

31. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert so it can be Fair & Balanced! nt

[RoverSuswade]

33. I think NBC should just scrap "Meet the Press'

and start showing reruns of "The Lawrence Welk Show."
I might start watching again.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

36. This right here ^^^ Because it's still going to be right-wing crap no matter who sits in the chair.

[csziggy]

38. Family story about "The Lawrence Welk Show"

My parents loved watching it a did so faithfully every weekend when the local educational station showed it. With Dad passing away last summer, I made a special effort to visit Mom as often as possible. Over Thanksgiving weekend, Mom turned to Lawrence Welk. It was a retrospective, showing the cast members and their children over the years.

Mom was talking about how many years it had run, so I went to the computer to look up when it had started. On Wikipedia I found out that the last original show was filmed in 1982 though updates with a little added material were made for at least a while. When I told Mom, she was outraged, "You mean I've been watching re-runs for over thirty years!?"

When we visited Mom in January, for the first time I can remember on a weekend, she did NOT turn over to Lawrence Welk. I wish I had looked it up on the internet years ago!

[earthside]

54. Bingo!

The Sunday morning news/politics shows are relics of the past.

They cannot help but be little more than outlets for establishment/corporate propaganda.

I stopped watching them a couple of decades ago.

By the time Sunday morning rolls around, who doesn't already know what John McCain thinks, or the other half dozen regular 'guests' that they 'interview' have to say?

In the age of MSNBC, CNN, Aljazeera and Fox-PAC 'News' ... who needs 'Meet the Press'?

[Vashta Nerada]

59. I haven't cared about MTP in years.

I agree with this.

[AAO]

35. Keith Olbermann - he would grind up McCain and his buddy Lindsey Fucking Graham.

[Samantha]

41. They would have to make that pay-for-view (and I surely would happily pay for that)

I can dream, can't I? I love LOVE to see Keith Olbermann and Ted Cruse go at it.

Sam

[AAO]

61. Just think of the RATINGS, NBC!!!

[RoverSuswade]

57. Keith as MTP Mod would be the Holy Grail of TV programming.

Won't happen tho. NBC execs' heads too full of poo.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

37. Triumph.

[JI7]

42. piers morgan

[africanadian]

48. Joe Scarborough

[leeroysphitz]

50. Howard Stern! n/t

[chillfactor]

52. Rachel or Lawrence...

no two better on networks or cable