The Return of Rachel Maddow!

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Hey, it's a new month, and I haven't run a Rachel Maddow blog post in many days. Mostly because she's been on vacation of course. But if you've landed at this blog, there's a better than average chance that you share some of my interests.  The article excerpted below is an excellent write-up on Rachel, and explains her appeal in a way I've attempted to in the past (less successfully, I'm sure).  Check it out.

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Rachel Maddow: The New Voice Of The Left, From Cable News To Capitol Hill

In his New York Times column last week David Carr notes that there have been times of late when it seems that the “Democrats picked up talking points from Rachel Maddow.” Carr places Maddow in a group that includes Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin, whom he describes as having “become an important source of political wisdom for many Americans.” While one suspects this is perhaps not company that Maddow would prefer to keep, it is interesting to see Maddow included in the upper echelon’s of media’s political heavy hitters. . .

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