Have we seen almost every room in Steve Schmidt's home?

[Fla Dem]

Well at least he hasn’t staged his on air segment in front of a bookcase or in his personal library. Claire McCaskill has also been giving us a tour of her home. Interesting from where all these pundits chose to broadcast.

[KT2000]

1. Somewhere on Twitter

is a thread that rates the pundits, journalists backgrounds.
I like Steve's dog getting in on the action tonight.

[renate]

7. It's Room Rater @ratemyskyperoom nt

[KT2000]

8. thank you!!

I find it very hilarious but lost the name of it.

[Fla Dem]

22. Thanks for the link.

[Blue_Adept]

36. I enjoy the humor of Bookcase Credibility @BCredibility

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2. Isn't there a name for it now...background wars or something?

In front of bookcases is old hat now.

[Laffy Kat]

3. I could have sworn he was broadcasting from his bathroom the other night.

At least I think it was him.

[madaboutharry]

4. I like Steve Schmidt's kitchen.

The flagstone is beautiful and there is this giant Totem you can see that is awesome.

[sandensea]

5. It forget who it was - but he had his antique typewriter, film projector, and clock behind him

Having the very things in my room, I noticed them right away.

Again, I forget who it was - but it was a Black guy in his 40s or so who appears from time to time on msnbc. Always right on the money.

[Drum]

14. That might be Trymaine Lee?

What you wrote rang a bell about a segment I saw recently....

[sandensea]

15. Bingo!

[Stinky The Clown]

6. I actually enjoy it. Kinda personal. A window into their lives.

Joe Biden was sitting with an open doorway behind his right shoulder and a few people were going in and out of a door that could be seen in the background.

I particularly enjoy seeing the homes of ordinary people. It is remarkable how alike we all are in some ways.

I do a lot of Zoom meetings and have five places I do them from, indoors and out.

[Sogo]

10. What we've seen of Steve Schmidt's home isn't exactly what I'd

call an "ordinary" home, at least in my corner of the world.... Just sayin'....

[Stinky The Clown]

12. I didn't mean him as ordinary. He's not. I meant truly ordinary people

Ordinary people who are getting interviewed for one reason or another.

[XanaDUer2]

30. They're palaces to me

I live in a cheap (for the area) dump.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

9. I really like when their dogs photobomb the interviews

[Native]

16. Heard people were renting llamas for Zoom meetings.

Just to have one walk by in the background.

[DeminPennswoods]

39. Just imagine if they were cats

Cats would be walking on the keyboard, in front of the camera, rubbing their heads on your arms and hands.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

42. My cat has joined my Zoom meetings with my students

And of course it's always the butt end that faces the camera.

[pamdb]

11. Views

I love John Heilemann’s dogs!

[R B Garr]

13. The doggie did quite a photobomb.

I think Steve was at a vacation house a few weeks ago, as it had a waterfront (maybe ocean) view as I recall.

[Fla Dem]

20. Yup, he was at the shore, for sure!!

[PlanetBev]

17. I like James Carville's kitchen

and John Heilmann’s two Great Danes. They’ve got heads the size of cinder blocks.

I also saw a painting in Dr. Irwin Redlener’s house I wouldn’t mind having.

[R B Garr]

19. Carville's kitchen is my favorite, too.

We mostly only see the upper cabinets and the wood ceiling, but that gives you an idea of how impressive it is.

[Fla Dem]

21. I liked Heilmann's kitchen, nice and bright and open.

[Hamlette]

18. but what's with the pineapples?

lots of shots with pineapples Steve and others. Maybe I noticed because it is not a fruit I have around.

[CTyankee]

26. I think it started when Joe Scar made fun of Heileman's pineapple (that it was a nice prop) so it

got to be a "thing" in everybody's remote shot in the kitchen.

It was a conscious joke but you have to be a MJ watcher (I am) to be "in on the joke."

Lame, I know.

[Blue_Adept]

37. The various lame jokes are always amusing though.

Such as the great heists Joe and Willie performed in their younger days.

Some of the baseball riffs are fun as well.

It's a small thing but it's the bit of humanity you really don't get outside of the morning shows. Everything else is single-hosted throughout the day.

[Hamlette]

41. ah, I'm a MJ watcher but I usually can't make it past 10 minutes

He just loves to hear himself talk and I don't find him that interesting. His guests are good when they can get a word in edgewise. IMO

Edited to add, what I intended to say: Thanks for the background. Maybe that's it. I've noticed sometimes they move the pineapple to a room other than the kitchen or they have two! Sorry for the snark above. Grumpy morning.

[Fla Dem]

23. Samantha Bee is doing her shots in the woods, but occasionally we see her bedroom.

Unfortunately the shed where she hosted the entertainment, blew down in a storm.

[DeminPennswoods]

24. Like seeing the Texas kitch behind Tim Miller

Claire McCaskill's kitchen's is about as "midwestern" as it can be. A warm and friendly place to sit down and have a chat.

Then there's Michael Bechloss' ladder to the top shelves of his bookcase.

I like to see if I can read the titles of the books behind the speakers. I was totally surprised to see a copy of "Che", the biography of Che Gueverra on the shelf behind Elise Jordan.

[Tracer]

25. I do that too!!

I actually get up off the couch and move close to the TV to try and read the titles.

[CTyankee]

27. Bechloss's ladder to the top shelves of his bookcase...so veddy British...and how many British

Edwardian era films have we seen with that "pedigreed" book shelf scene...

[DeminPennswoods]

38. Like Professor Higgins' study in

"My Fair Lady"

[MoonRiver]

28. I only have seen Claire in her kitchen, in front of some dishes.

[CTyankee]

29. she has taken the doors off her kitchen cabinets. It's a thing some people do..."why bother?"

[MoonRiver]

31. I like doors on the cabinets, just in case everything isn't perfect, lol.

[CTyankee]

32. If it's just a stack of plates...

[Hekate]

35. I incessantly tuck other things in the cupboard. I need those doors!

[MoonRiver]

40. That's what I'm talking about!

[Fla Dem]

33. She's moved to her dining room or study/office.

[Hekate]

34. Phil Rucker talks from a corner tokonoma with a painting & a simple flower arrangement ...

It’s very pleasing to the eye, and took me awhile to catch the reference.

The kitchens are fun, and range from Claire McCaskill’s very homey one to kitchens out of a glossy high end lifestyle catalog. The latter, with their wide expansive views of artsy fruit bowls and nothing else are just too good to be true — oh, my clutter

I love the libraries, oh boy. You can spot the books they’ve written themselves (of course) but it’s also fun to try to read other titles behind them.

And the dogs!