Funny. Nicole Wallace is subbing for Rachel and wearing all black

[drray23]

Like Rachel usually does. I wonder if it's part of the deal when replacing Rachel..

[dubyadiprecession]

1. A republican subbing for Rachel?

[a kennedy]

2. a fellow MSNBC host.......but it's not Rachel, I'm going to something else.

[madaboutharry]

5. Nicole Wallace says she is no longer a republican.

She does an excellent job on her own show.

[kstewart33]

38. She's come a long way.

The ratings for her show are huge.

[JCMach1]

43. She's good

Former Republican, but she has a brain...

[trueblue2007]

20. both Steve Schmidt and Nicole Wallace have LEFT the GOP party !!!!!!!!!!!

she isn't a Republican

[stopbush]

33. I love Nicole.

[chillfactor]

3. Rachel not there again tonight....

so I turned to CNN to watch Chris Cuomo.....I usually catch him on reruns but he has a very good program today and I get to watch it in real time.

[Raine]

4. Nicole Wallace, ugh no thanks...

[malaise]

6. Tennis from DC for me

Not watching Nicole Wallace in Prime Ime

[Mrs. Overall]

7. Where's Joy Reid?

She's the only Rachel sub who I enjoy watching.

[NurseJackie]

8. I'm interested in the stories... I'll watch her.

Rachel's staff did the research. She's a newsreader, a presenter. No big deal.

[Blue_true]

10. Exactly.

Plus, Rachel likely pre-approved a list of people that could sub for her and Nicole was one of those people.

[oasis]

16. Nicole's guests have a high degree of expertise in their respective fields.

She allows them to guide viewers through the issues. Her format and interview style differs from Rachel, but also yields valuable information.

[dhol82]

9. I still question her wholesale jump from the republicans.

I enjoy her show at 4pm but question why MSNBC has suddenly put her into Rachel’s time slot.

[drray23]

11. They have not. She is just subbing for Rachel who is off tonight. Nt.

[dhol82]

12. Sorry, I did not parse my words well.

[Blue_true]

13. She has been sliding more toward the left since 2008.

I think Sarah Palin was a writing on the wall moment for Nicole.

[dhol82]

15. That would make me more friendly.

If she had a change of heart after the whole Bimbo Barbie episode I would be more accepting.
As I said, I do enjoy her show and she has great guests.
Heard that she was on The View as the token conservative. That made my skin crawl.
Guess it will take some more time to totally accept her.

[Blue_true]

17. Honestly, I see where you are coming from.

The only former republican that I trust is Liz Warren, but she has long been the real deal as a progressive.

[moondust]

36. She cracked a joke about Palin tonight.

When she introduced Steve Schmidt she said something to the effect that she and Steve had worked together with "someone who could see Russia from her house."

[Cosmocat]

32. I watched her afternoon show - 2 things stood out

1) during an earlier segment in the show, one of her guests, a democratic strategist, was saying we should do what the Republicans would do if it was a Democratic president right now, she cut him off and loudly said "what lie?"

2) her last segment was on LeBron, and the new school that he opened. She talked about him like one of our liberal folks would have talked about him, just gushed.

She pretty much hates Republicans at this point. Her shows are just absolute blood lettings against republicans.

[drray23]

14. Republican maybe but I don't detect that in the way

She covers events related to Trump. She really does not like Trump. Kinda like her former colleague Steve Schmitt who also despise Trump, yet they both used to work for McCain and Bush.

[dubyadiprecession]

22. So it's possible that Sarah Sanders could convert one day...

and we will see her subbing for Rachel in the future?

[drray23]

25. I think Sanders is beyond reach.

She is dumb as a box of rocks and completely brainwashed.

[Generic Brad]

37. There's only one way we see Sarah after her stint ends

And that is if we are incarcerated in the same prison as her and watching her on the penitentiary’s closed circuit tv.

[oasis]

18. Nicole's got Steve Schmidt on. She turns him loose on Traitor🇷🇺Trump

with regularity. He doesn't disappoint.

[NurseJackie]

21. That was awesome!

I don't understand the haters here.

[oasis]

24. I do.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

27. +1. N/t

[manor321]

19. Horrible show

No discussion of the Murray Waas piece. Instead inane conversation about nothing.

[oasis]

23. Steve Schimdt calling out GOP. "Epidemic of cowardice".

He's making good sense about the survival of the Republican Party.

Very informative show tonight. Repeats at 9:00 pacific.

[donkeypoofed]

26. I used to be leery of Nicole as a former Republican,too

But she is so darn likeable and has a very good show that I can't not watch her.

Chris Cuomo also has a good show and I watch when it's repeated for the west coast as often as I can.

[AnnieBW]

28. She's a poor substitute

OMG, she's terrible! She sounds like she's reading the teleprompter in a monotone!

[Awsi Dooger]

29. Very good show

I had no idea she was subbing for Rachel. I turned to MSNBC and saw Nicole Wallace with Steve Schmidt promised later, so I stayed throughout.

If it had been Rachel I would have clicked away to Cuomo. I can only tolerate Rachel's style for so long.

[blogslut]

30. Black is a good color for TV talkers

[TeamPooka]

31. from what I have read and seen on air the two are good friends now

Nicole has come in the from the cold, as it were...

[stopbush]

34. We say that we need RWers to wise up and stop supporting tRump

and then when people like Nicole and Steve Schmidt do just that we say “ugh. Fuck them.”

Smart.

[Luciferous]

35. I listen to her show most afternoons and think she does a good job.

[oasis]

39. K and R. Great show repeats at 9:00 pacific

[quickesst]

40. You just have to laugh....

.... At the Nicole Wallace haters. They profess their love and respect for Rachel Maddow, but do not trust nor respect her judgment in choosing a replacement for her show.

[Upthevibe]

41. I really like Nicole and have for several years....

Sarah Palin DEFINITELY pushed her and Steve over the edge. The movie Game Change was excellent. It's all about the 2008 Election - Nicole and Steve were both portrayed in the movie as major characters and were played by Sarah Paulson and Woody Harrelson. I really enjoyed Nicole when she was on the view. In fact, her contract wasn't renewed because:
"Nicolle Wallace Axed As ‘The View’ Regular After Proving Herself Insufficiently Shrill And Kardashian Illiterate" (Deadline Hollywood, July 15, 2015)

[dhol82]

44. Well that makes me feel better about her stint on The View

Was having a problem visualizing her as the token conservative shill on that program.

[lamp_shade]

42. I schedule my day around her show. Her guest line-up is always the best.

[eppur_se_muova]

45. There's been a mutual friendship between Rachel and Nicolle for quite a while now ...

Nicolle's first appearance on MSNBC, AFAIK, was as a guest on Rachel's show. After a few more appearances she got recruited by MSNBC.