Olbermann v Maddow

[Pryderi]

If you had to pick between the 2, which one would you pick?

[sakabatou]

1. There should be a "Both" option.

[Creena]

4. +1

Both have their own, unique style.

[Cant trust em]

5. The both option is no fun.

Yeah, they're both great. But if you haaaad to pick one, who would it be?

[sakabatou]

10. Hmmm... Olbermann

[Jazzgirl]

23. +2

I don't think it's fair to pit them against each other. They both are awesome in their own way.

[orpupilofnature57]

35. +4

They both have rthe same slant ,the truth

[Cant trust em]

38. If your TV only had enough juice to watch one hour of TV, which one would you pick?

I don't know why, but the inability to answer little hypotheticals like this kinda bother me.

It's just my thing, I guess.

[hootinholler]

47. I would so like to be part of that 3-some! n/t

[parasim]

12. right but then the premise of the poll (if you had to pick one) wouldn't work.

So, if I could only pick one, I'd pick Rachel.

[Political Heretic]

2. If I was forced, I'd pick Rachel. Substance over style.

And the funny thing is, I think if asked, Keith would say the same thing. Keith is gutsy and entertaining, but Rachel is a Rhodes scholar, PHD in political science and her team does some of the best political investigative journalism in American mainstream media today. Her self-proclaimed "wonkishness" is sorely needed, even more than Keith's bravado, though it is very cathartic.

[Greyhound]

6. Perfectly put.

I'd take either of them over any other talking head on the air.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

3. Sorry can not do it

Love both - that would be like picking my right eye or my left eye:freak:

[Cant trust em]

7. Rachel. Keith is a little too intense for me sometimes. nt

[movonne]

31. If we didn't have some that were intense we wouldn't get any real news

at all..they have...they have done stories that we tend to forget...especially Rachael...I love them both...and Big Ed too.

[Cant trust em]

36. I think that intensity and the stories they deliver are separate.

He's a little over the top, IMO.

But by in large he does great work.

[NYC_SKP]

8. In a knife fight or hand to hand, Maddow would murdelize him.

In a gun fight or duel, however, it would be a toss-up.

:P

[Ohio Joe]

9. Sorry but...

I see no reason to choose between these two, I'll take them both and pass on voting in this poll.

[BlooInBloo]

11. Without the Special Comments, Maddow. With them, Olbermann.

[sunwestdog]

14. Impossible question

It's like asking "Snickers or Butterfinger" How do you choose between 2 of the best.

[BlooInBloo]

15. Like this: Snickers.

You're welcome. :P

[sunwestdog]

17. I too chose Snickers

But dang it, I still crave a Butterfinger.

[dorkulon]

13. That ridiculous thing about Pat Boone in 'worst persons' last night

seals my vote for Maddow. Olbermann is given to going off half-cocked. And no, that's not a sexist slur.

[sunwestdog]

16. Boone did portray himself as an idiot.

Hard to argue KO's point.

[dorkulon]

42. I certainly wouldn't question Boone's idiocy.

But simply referring to cancer cells as black (which they are) does not make him a racist. The article in question is completely stupid, no doubt. But the idea that it's blatant racism is pretty ludicrous. I have to say it was among the more boneheaded things I've seen Keith said.

[nini]

18. Why is this necessary?

It's like having to pick between your kids - you love them both.

[Stinky The Clown]

19. Ed Schultz

[Mudoria]

39. Schultz by a mile

[Raine]

44. I love Ed ... all them of them really! nt

[Bjorn Against]

20. I like them both, but I chose Maddow

I think Olbermann is much better at delivering a rant but Maddow has superior journalism skills. While Maddow may not get us as riled up as Olbermann does she is more effective at exposing the truth and that is why I chose her, she is great at digging up inconvenient facts.

[napi21]

21. I ALWAYS watch Ed, Hardball, Countown & Rachel! On any given night,

one is better than the other, but I LOVE them all!

[Pryderi]

22. I don't like this poll either...n/t

[malaise]

24. Thankfully I don't have to make that choice

Both

[abbiehoff]

25. Love them both, but gotta go with Maddow

[vademocrat]

26. Rachel - she does better interviews

She'll ask a question and let the person answer. Keith talks too much and tends to pontificate and then ask his guest to agree with him.

[CTyankee]

27. Rachel. Love 'em both but I get better info from Rachel.

KO is great and he is fun. Rachel delivers the goods and lowers the boom. She has the intellectual firepower that I need to discuss issues. KO delivers some great points and I love it. He is a fierce advocate when Rachel gets intellectual but at the end of the day I need intellectual firepower to make my arguments and she's got 'em.

[RoccoR5955]

28. 3. Mike Malloy!

He may not have a TV show, but he's better than the two of them.

[H2O Man]

29. Other.

Both.

[moondust]

30. Divisive much?

[Pryderi]

33. Sensitive much?

[Dude_CalmDown]

32. Maddow. Olberman rocks but I think she's better at explaining what needs to be explained.

Personally I love Olberman's style. Fucking hysterical to me and I often find myself cheering when he's on. But as far getting people to understand important issues and addressing the really important issues, she's able to take people by the hand and slowly walk them to seeing what needs to be seen from it better than Olberman can. Olberman works for people who are already paying at least some attention to the world around them - and so does Maddow. But Rachel also seems to know how to make everyone who isn't paying attention, but is at least a bit curious, get it. And for people that won't watch her because she's a lesbian - fuck em. Do you think anyone that would hold that view at this time in history can actually hold a rational thought?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

34. both

Keith is a goodlooking sumbitch, dresses like a Thirties Gangster (sharp!) and is really bright.

Now, if I was gonna go play for the other team, Rachel just might make me jump.....

BOTH.

[LWolf]

37. Other:

Neither, or either.

I don't listen to, or watch, media talk shows, so they are both irrelevant for me.

[bermudat]

40. Maddow

[paulsby]

41. olbermann is a clown. maddow is a treasure

fwiw, i don't hate olbermann. i just think his schtick gets old after about 5 minutes.

i have been saying this for long before maddow even got her own show.

i remember her on tucker carlson's show, and just knowing she had star quality. whip smart, well spoken, funny, charismatic. just wonderful.

keith, imo, is a clown. and his act gets old.

i turned on a few of my repub friends to maddow's show fwiw. one of them really likes her. she's THAT good.

[Raine]

43. Keith ... now ... but I go back and forth on them

a few weeks ago it was Rachel. I LOVE em both and I LOVE Ed too! :-)

edit: typo

[orleans]

45. damn you! I CAN'T DECIDE!!!

i adore both

[Pryderi]

46. Rachel wins. Thanks for taking this tough poll!