I disagree with a few snippets.
You claim that Big Eddie morphed into an "extreme progressive".
Ed Shultz evolved into a Pro-Working Class Democrat,
which IS mainstream "Centrist", or should be.
When I joined the Democratic Party 46 years ago, supporting Organized LABOR WAS Middle-of-the-Road.
Sadly, this is no longer true, but just because the Democratic party has moved so FAR to the Right, THAT doesn't make Ed Schultz an "extreme progressive".
I was lucky enough to discover Ed Schutz while he was still broadcasting out of Fargo.
His "Red Meat Eating, Two Fisted, Hard Working, Gun Toting, DEMOCRAT" approach appealed to a large Mid-Western demographic, and he gave MORE people permission to vote FOR the Democrats than any other Talking Head I can think of.
The Right Wing had been very successful with their propaganda campaign to stereotype Liberals and Democrats as "Latte Drinking, urban, intellectual, limo riding, wimpy, Alan Colmes Elites".
Ed did much to combat this stereotype.
MSNBC is making a huge marketing mistake.
Rachel and O'Donnell already have the intellectual, policy wonk viewers.
Adding Chris Hayes won't bring anything to the already saturated market that comes to hear Rachel and O'Donnell.
But many tune in to hear Ed Schultz' "Two Fisted, Gun Toting, Red Meat Eating , Big D Democrat" approach.
THOSE people WILL eventually leave.
DURec for your post!
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