So, who will MSNBC give the new show time-slot to?

[SoCalDem]

I'm betting on Michael Steele

edited because Bashir is moving into Dylan's slot & leaving the earlier one open

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	Michael Steele
	0 (0%)
	Jonathon Capehart
	1 (17%)
	That Comcast guy-Traynor
	0 (0%)
	Mr 9-9-9 himself
	0 (0%)
	Keith Olbermann (insert laughing smilie guy here)
	4 (67%)
	another hour re-run of Hairball
	1 (17%)
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[truebrit71]

1. Martin Bashir. I thought it had already been announced..?? No??

[SoCalDem]

3. So Martin gets 2 hours now?

That's okay with me.. better than them beefing up their conservative line up.

[Lugnut]

8. Really? Two hours of Martin?

Yay!!

[abelenkpe]

2. All of those options bite

except for Keith and that will never happen.

[doc03]

4. I sure hope it is not Alex Bennett, I can't stand that ahole. I don't know how the

hell he got on Sirius Left.

[HappyMe]

5. I would hope Martin Bashir.

[blogslut]

6. Martin Bashir is taking the time slot

However, that leaves the hour previous open for a new host/show:

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/dylan-ratigan-leaving-msnbc_b132034

[Not Me]

7. I wouldn't mind seeing Bill Press

especially since I don't get him on my morning commute on XM anymore.

[JitterbugPerfume]

13. Bill Press has a morning show

on Current tv

[Zen Democrat]

9. Chris Hayes

Bill Press has a morning radio/TV simulcast on Current TV.

[CTyankee]

17. I wish. But he has 2 weekend shows that are 2 hours each in length.

He's gotta be too busy with them!

I vote for Jonathan Capehart.

[SoCalDem]

21. He might like to start sleeping in on weekends

They could give the hour to Mika

[CTyankee]

23. Only if she has an awakening. I would hope that she does.

[flamingdem]

25. +100 for Chris Hayes

He's great

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

10. I'd like an hour of good old fashion news

without having a panel to discuss it.

[Raine]

11. So would I. Having MSNBC on most of the time I feel uninformed

about what's going on if it doesn't involve politics.

[CTyankee]

29. try chris hayes on the weekend. his show is full of brainy people who are

really sharp on everything! It's amazing, they are so good. Nothing like the networks news shows (all dinosauers and old farts).

You just gotta see chris and melissa harris perry on msnbc.tv Sat. and Sun morning, 8-10 am edt.

[Raine]

39. THANKS I'll give them a look. nt

[RZM]

12. 3pm will likely go to somebody in house

I'd say Wagner and Hayes are most likely, with the outside hire taking the slot vacated by whoever gets the 3pm show.

[magnifisense]

14. Is there any chance Keith would come back?

Just a thought.

And a hope.

[SoCalDem]

15. When hell freezes over

[magnifisense]

16. Well if Tweety leaves, then I'll say hell has frozen over. lol

MSNBC just isn't the same since Keith left.

They've lost their mojo.

Rachel is great. But there's just not that level of energy since Keith left. It's like they lost their homerun hitter.

[SoCalDem]

19. They do this from time to time.. They start to veer left, and then they get scared

and head back to the "middle", but by that time, the middle is even more "right"...

[JoePhilly]

18. Some "liberal" who is disapointed with Obama.

That way, they can offset the many right wing anti-Obama comments during Andrea Mitchell, with lots of left wing anti-Obama comments during this hour.

[AJTheMan]

26. They tried this with Cenk Uygur and it didn't work out.

[Enrique]

30. as soon as someone on MSNBC goes off-message from the Obama campaign

they get rid of them.

[JoePhilly]

32. You mean like how they fired Andrea (Greenspan) Mitchell and Joe Scab?

Oh wait ... they get 4 hours a day.

But I have noticed that Alex Wagner's show NOW, appears to be including more right wing talking points.

[cynatnite]

20. Michael Smerconish is my guess...

He's done some guest work on MSNBC shows like Hardball. I could see him taking Ratigan's slot.

[KamaAina]

22. Melissa Harris-Perry

Please?

[politicasista]

37. +1 n/t

[FarLeftFist]

24. Krystal Ball!

[Bake]

27. Did they dump Ratigan?

Enquiring minds, etc.

Bake

[AJTheMan]

28. Yes, Dylan Ratigan and MSNBC are parting ways.

Here

[johnfunk]

31. Vince the Sham-Wow Guy

"You're gonna love my nuts..."

[woo me with science]

33. ...

Hairball! I never heard that before. That's perfect!

[Puzzledtraveller]

34. The Godfather, for gits and shiggles

[Hassin Bin Sober]

35. Luke Russert. Because politics is cool and stuff.

[kentuck]

36. Ezra Klein, I hope...

He's not real charismatic but he's very intelligent and comes up with some very enlightening comments from time to time...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

38. I think they should shake it up entirely. really...when you watch one right after another

they all start to repeat things.

Why not something totally different? A liberal talk show of some sort. You could have someone funny as host...but only concentrate on having political type guests. maybe something on the line of Bill Maher.