They break it down helpfully in separate segments and there is one on the discussion I am referencing.

Of course, I could be wrong and Joe just had his talking points just in case the pick was Ryan...but in hindsight I am still suspicious...oh, well, not that it matters now...

He also was enthused about Christie, more so to me.

I don't know that they intended to throw so much of the spotlight on Christie as they wound up doing...

The post on DU made it sound entertaining though. Poor Mika, she really does have to assert herself or she will be talked over by everyone.

some kind of weird "roid rage (she's a determined runner). And of course, Joe is similarly unhinged ALL the time...

I'm surprised she hasn't tried to strangle him. He drives her nuts.

Joe "talked up" all of the possible veep candidates.
Hell, Mika even got involved in it, trying to make Chris Christy sound like he was the answer to all of Romney's problems, but it won't work.

Romney still has his income tax returns to release.
And the longer he refuses to release them, the less support he will have from common, ordinary folks who will wonder what he is hiding.

Only right thing to do.

for those who don't stare glassy-eyed at the Faux channel. If the balloons are lead they fall to the ground. If they catch a wind, Rush and the rest of the RW bloviators chase them for the rest of the 24 hour news cycle.

I used to watch, and noticed that too. Talking points are started there.

"we" as in "all of us" are at fault for buying homes we couldn't afford and runnng up our credit card debt...even Mika was nodding, looking very serious. And, of course, that was the Wall St. Journal's big argument, too.

AFter that, I began to realize that MJ was laying out the RW spin first thing and set the tone...

I don't think all those editorials over the last few days from the right-wing about how Romney had to choose Ryan were written people who were not in the know, Romney had already picked Ryan and those editorials were likely planted to help rile up the base for the announcement.

but it also looked like another excuse to talk about "when I was in Congress". Scarborough is so flaky and undisciplined, I don't know if he could be trusted with a secret like that. But then again, that could be exactly what the Romney people wanted. Joe did seem like he was in conservative heaven and he had a certain GLOW about him.