I think I figured out why Tweety sounds so pleading & desperate [View all]

[SoCalDem]

He used to be the Lead-in for Al Sharpton, and now he's following Sharpton..

Bashir-Hardball is a stronger lineup for him than Sharpton-Hardball..

The new timeslot for Hardball is probably better for East Coasters, but only if people have not turned off their set after Bashir-Shultz..

Lots of people don't remember, but Hardball was in danger of being canceled...and then we had the election of 2000, which put his show back on track, since there was not much of a lineup back then.

In his new time slot, he'll be the last yakker of the day (before the more true news shows), and by the time he's up, everyone else has talked the stories of the day to death by the time he's on..