Favorite MSNBC contributors/analysts? (I hope this is the right forum)

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Here it goes again!!

I feel that the analysts and contributors on MSNBC are the real draw instead of the hosts. Here are my favorites:

Michael Steele
Barbara McQuade
Joyce Vance
Jill Wine-Banks
Fernand Amandi
Neal Katyal
Kurt Bardella
Rick Wilson
Tara Setmayer
Joe Walsh
Jackie Alemany

Next?

[chillfactor]

1. add Andrew Weissmann n/t

[Polly Hennessey]

2. Yes, add Andrew W.

[Ocelot II]

4. I think he lives in their studio.

That’s not his home we see; it’s just a set. Apparently they are feeding him and caring for him, though.

[mitch96]

9. +1 the guy knows his s**t... nt

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. Mine include some of yours -

Also:
Harry Dunn
Harry Litman
Andrew Weissman
Maya Wiley

[William769]

5. MSNBC is like family

And of course in a family you should never pick a favorite.

[LAS14]

6. Barbara McQuade

[Sneederbunk]

7. Glenn Kirschner

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8. The downside of being at 30 Rock

I love various cameos by Innis Weisemann, but Andrew has been in studio so much lately instead of remote that we never see the dog anymore!! 😔

[MOMFUDSKI]

10. Love them all and

we really need their collective knowledge right now.

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21. Yes!!!

Now more than ever!!

[FM123]

11. Good list.

I also like Maya Wiley, she's great!

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25. I know

...and she loves her cats!! I remember once when she introduced her beautiful cat to Ari Melber and Nick Akerman in a panel discussion. So sweet. ❤❤❤❤❤

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12. Anyone know...

...where Michael Steele has been lately? Hopefully he has just been on vacation. It's also a treat whenever he guest hosts.

I was tickled to learn that Fernand Amandi and I share the same birthday (September 20th). Oh, I forgot to add Tim Miller on my list. Definitely read his book "Why We Did It" if you haven't already.

[eShirl]

13. I love Elie Mystal

He reminds me of a late friend.

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14. YES!!!!

Most of the people listed above keep calm, but Elie is one of the few who actually raises his voice in righteous anger. His was a comforting voice to me in June 2021 when Merrick Garland's DOJ was defending T**** in the original E. Jean Carroll defamation suit (DOJ of course now is no longer defending him). Thank you, Elie. ❤

[303squadron]

15. Neal Katyal

He should be a Supreme Court justice!

[Cheezoholic]

17. I agree

When you look at his resume he's all over the ideological spectrum and considers himself an "extremest centrist". It' pretty hard to peg him left or right and I think that's important in a SCOTUS pick.

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20. Absolutely!!!

I also love the fact that he has a Hamilton poster on his wall. 😎

[QED]

16. Ruth Ben-Ghiat

I may have messed up her last name. She's a fascism researcher and historian.

[spooky3]

18. Michael Beschloss and many already named. Nt

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19. Of course!!

He is one I don't think I have ever seen in studio. Love his fireplace. Be well!! 😊

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22. Michael Beschloss

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23. My Picks

Michael Steele - great sense of humor and insider insights - I just really like him
Jill Wine-Banks - quiet dignity and experience
Neal Katyal - good legal analysis
Rick Wilson - unsparing commentary with a cutting sense of humor
Andrew Weissman - interesting legal analysis
Elie Mystal - tell us what you really think, Elie - brilliant mind
Maya Wiley - calm, reasoned, compassionate

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24. True story

I wrote a letter to Michael Steele a couple of years ago and thanked him for being one of the few sane Republicans left. He wrote back and autographed a photo, "here's to sanity!" 🥰❤

[spooky3]

29. Very cool! Nt

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26. Claire McCaskill

She’s smart as hell and has a wicked sense of humor. Plus, cakes.

[spooky3]

28. I like her too. Nt

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30. The cake dome!!

I always love trying to guess what type of yummy dessert is there whenever she's on. MMMMMMM...CAKE. 🎂

[spooky3]

37. I am in awe that there are always uneaten portions there.

They’d be gone at my house.

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38. IKR???

Same here!! 🎂 🥮 🍰

[spooky3]

27. Jamie Raskin, Sheldon Whitehouse

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31. I love the historians

Doris Kearns Goodwin has the amazing talent of channeling the former presidents she has lived with in her written biographies. It’s almost as if they come alive through her anecdotes.

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32. I am always impressed by the fact...

...that quite a few contributors/analysts identify as conservatives, whether or not they stay in the Republican party. There's Michael Steele, Kurt Bardella, Matthew Dowd, Joe Walsh, Tara Setmayer, Rick Wilson, Miles Taylor, Carlos Curbelo, Tim Miller, Charlie Sykes, to name a few. (To say nothing of hosts Joe Scarborough and Nicolle Wallace.) Quite impressive for a "liberal" channel. Does the Fox Propaganda Channel have even a token liberal analyst?

[Deminpenn]

49. Kurt Bardella actually works for Dems now

The others amuse me, but I always remember that as soon as Trump isn't relevent anymore, they'll go right back to working for and supporting conservative/rw policies and candidates and bashing Dems et al.

[Vinca]

33. It would be easier to name the ones I don't care for. There aren't any.

I like everyone you listed, plus Andrew Weissmann, Cornell Belcher, Eugene Robinson, Clare McCaskill . . . I could go on and on.

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34. Both Eugenes!!

Robinson and Daniels. Have they ever been on a panel together? One time, Joy Reid had Charles Blow and Charles Coleman Jr. on and every time she asked a question, both responded at the same time. 😂

[Vinca]

35. I forgot Elie Mystal, too. I love him!

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36. I need to read Elie's book, too.

The national security analysts are also top of the line...Frank Figluzzi and Clint Watts.

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39. I listen to MSNBC nearly all the time on the radio and frankly,

these names don't mean much to me although I'm sure I've heard them.

[ecstatic]

40. Malcolm Nance before he disappeared

The last I heard was he went to fight for Ukraine?

After that Rick Wilson and Steve Schmidt. Yes, I understand that they're republicans but Rick is funny as hell and Steve has hella righteous rants.

I can't really think of anyone else right now that I really perk up to hear what they're going to say.

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41. Actually...

I don't think either one are even affiliated with the Grand Old Patriarchy, ahem, Party anymore. Rick has said more than once on the Lincoln Project livestreams that he left the party some time ago. Not sure about Steve Schmidt.

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42. Jill Wine-Banks is my favorite.

Along with Joyce Vance and Lawrence Tribe.

[flamingdem]

43. James Carville

On now and then but always has a good line.

[Paladin]

44. Neal Katyal

Brilliant, erudite, personable. I hope he sits on the Supreme Court in the not-too-distant future---that's where we really need him.

[Trueblue1968]

45. Andrew Weissmann AND Neil Katyal are my favorites

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46. Also...

Jennifer Rubin
Hugo Lowell
Jason Johnson
Eddie Glaude
Juanita Tolliver

[Solly Mack]

47. I miss Tiffany Cross

But that wasn't the question. I enjoy Elie Mystal and Maya Wiley.

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50. I do, too!!

But I am also glad that Jonathan Capehart's show took her empty timeslot.

[DFW]

48. No idea. We don't get MSNBC where I live

I sometimes see its programs when I'm here in the USA, but that is only 10 to 12 weeks (not contiguous) out of the year.

A former friend of mine did have a regular show on there, but she seems to have gone completely nuts (RFK, Jr. style) and I haven't heard from her in ten years or so.

[Justice]

51. MSNBC programming should change with multiple Trump trials/proceedings ahead

Need a program with a host that talks about legal process. Too many nonlawyers speaking from emotion or without knowledge of the law. Can't stand the compound questions to lawyers that start with "I'm not a lawyer but....."

Really good to hear lawyers react to different bits of news - explaining procedures and process. Will need more of that in months ahead.

[lanlady]

52. Claire McCaskill

I just love her smarts and wit. Whenever she's on, I stop what I'm doing to listen.

[Ocelot II]

53. I like most of them a lot.

Especially the lawyers - Weissmann, Katyal, Wine-Banks, Mc Quade, Vance; plus Michael Steele, Jason Johnson (knows his stuff and can be very funny), Rick Wilson (also pretty funny). The only one I don't care too much for is Eddie Glaude - he's knowledgeable but he can be kind of pompous and humorless. Generally a pretty great lineup, though.

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54. Nailed It

On Eddie Glaude. Pompous and humorless. I can’t listen to the man.