Sen. Chris Dodd must watch The Rachel Maddow Show.

TheDebbieDee

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Thu Mar-11-10 05:03 PM
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Sen. Chris Dodd must watch The Rachel Maddow Show.

Edited on Thu Mar-11-10 05:04 PM by TheDebbieDee

Just last night Rachel was discussing how Sen. Dodd had ceded the Democratic majority of his finance committee and was working in a bi-partisan way with Sen. Corker on a banking regulation bill.

Rachel mentioned that Sen. Corker was the recipient of huge gifts from the payday loan industry and this might compromise Sen. Corker's judgment.

I guess Sen. Dodd did not know that til Rachel dropped that dime. Anyway, Sen. Dodd decided to take control of that committee and write the bill without Sen. Corker's help.

Thanks, Rachel.

Edited because proper names start with capital letters.

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alstephenson

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Thu Mar-11-10 05:05 PM
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1. Thanks, Rachel!

You're the best.

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Cleita

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Thu Mar-11-10 05:08 PM
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2. Gawd we need more Rachels to set the

policy makers straight. I wonder why she doesn't run for office? She has the political education background, media savvy and the youth so that she could become a powerful member of Congress in the future. It's really time to start weeding all the corporate DINOS out of Washington and replacing them with true progressives who know policy.

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damntexdem

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Thu Mar-11-10 05:12 PM
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4. For that matter, we need Rachel in the Senate.

Hey, Franken made it!

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Cleita

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Thu Mar-11-10 05:14 PM
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6. She's a native Californian. I can see her replacing DiFi. n/t

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Warpy

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Thu Mar-11-10 05:13 PM
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5. She's better heading a research staff

and telling a growing audience what they're digging up on the only news show worth tuning in. She'd be one voice of 100 in the Senate, kept stifled because she'd be threatening the cash flow of the other members.

She's a marvelous teacher, able to explain just what sort of shenanigans are going on clearly and concisely and without talking down to her audience.

The only thing I'd love to do is move her to CBS Evening News when Couric's contract runs out--or any other broadcast news that would deliver a larger audience than cable/satellite.

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Cleita

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Thu Mar-11-10 05:16 PM
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8. CBS would be a bad move. She would be censored

and probably made the object of a witch hunt like they did to Dan Rather if she refused to comply. I prefer her uncensored.

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upi402

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Thu Mar-11-10 05:10 PM
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3. Rachel Maddow speaks for me

:bounce:
Take the party back!

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Rhiannon12866

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Thu Mar-11-10 05:15 PM
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7. What would we do without Rachel?!

She's "must see" TV! :applause:

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ThomWV

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Thu Mar-11-10 05:16 PM
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9. I am so pleased that we have Rachel, there is no one else like her on the national stage.

Edited on Thu Mar-11-10 05:17 PM by ThomWV

Honest, respectful, and seemingly far more intelligent than her contemporaries.

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wryter2000

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Thu Mar-11-10 05:35 PM
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10. I love her, too, but there may be another explanation

According to Hartmann, there was some meeting of progressive media people yesterday, and they all lit into the Dems pretty loudly. He thougth that might have changed Dodd's mind.

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