When will Rachel Maddow & MSNBC get hitched?
It’s been great fun watching the rising star of Rachel Maddow, Air America host and ubiquitous MSNBC political analyst. Since we last caught up with the openly gay news personality, Maddow’s hosted Countdown a number of times, most recently for a week earlier this month when its usual host, Frankenstein’s monster — I mean, Keith Olbermann — was off on “vacation,” which probably means he was standing on a lawn in Chappaqua, yelling “Shame on you” over and over. (We hope he took BFF Dan Patrick with him.) And now, here comes the inevitable speculative-anchor New York Times profile piece. It doesn’t quite say that Maddow’s going to get her own show, just that it’s very very very likely — because, seriously, why else would the NYT be doing a profile piece on her? The article even has MSNBC President Phil Griffin saying, “She’s on the short list. It’s a very short list. She’s at the top.” The Times isn’t known for having such a soft touch, but it’s a remarkably puffy piece, stopping just
