Rachel Maddow

<b>Rachel Maddow</b><br> <br> If this media cycle has a belle of the ball, it's the Air America radio host who's delivered big ratings gains for left-leaning MSNBC since she replaced Dan Abrams in September.<br> <br> Rare for a TV bloviator, Maddow has a brain (former Rhodes scholar), a sense of humor (she jokes about her butch style) and a relatively unassuming nature (her house has no TV!).<br> <br> On-air, she cracks wise like <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="/topic/entertainment/television/jon-stewart-PECLB004184.topic" title="Jon Stewart" id="PECLB004184">Jon Stewart</a> and isn't afraid to scrap with hard-core politico types such as former Bush scribe David Frum.<br> <br> <b>However:</b> Flash in the pan? Two months is really nothing in terms of TV longevity. We'll see.<br> <br> <b>Vote:</b> Yea

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Rachel Maddow

If this media cycle has a belle of the ball, it's the Air America radio host who's delivered big ratings gains for left-leaning MSNBC since she replaced Dan Abrams in September.

Rare for a TV bloviator, Maddow has a brain (former Rhodes scholar), a sense of humor (she jokes about her butch style) and a relatively unassuming nature (her house has no TV!).

On-air, she cracks wise like Jon Stewart and isn't afraid to scrap with hard-core politico types such as former Bush scribe David Frum.

However: Flash in the pan? Two months is really nothing in terms of TV longevity. We'll see.

Vote: Yea

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