Why I Find Big Ed's Demotion To Weekends Troubling

[WCGreen]

55. Big Ed is a populist in the best way...

He speaks his mind and he doesn't mince words.

I really do think it is about his wife. There is a creeping sense of mortality that hits most of us when we get of this age. Maybe he is having regrets about all the time he gave to the cause.

The good news in all this is he will still be on the weekends where MSNBC really doesn't have a strong line-up. Big Ed would be a great start to week end stuff. They know most of the younger eyeballs will be out and about on Saturday and Sunday nights.

As far as the wonkiness of the younger people on MSNBC, they are all liberal and all have put in extensive time for publications such as Mother Jones and The Nation. Some of them are just broadcast journalists, if there is such a thing. But they are trying to reach out to those people who are progressive and entering their prime. It's a good strategy for MSNBC.

Big Ed, I didn't like some of the stuff he did, too much from the radio. Still, he helped get Obama reelected and put himself into the Wisconsin falderall helping to showcase a progressive grass roots movement that is far superior an organized than the stuff on the right that passes off as a citizen happening.