5 Reasons Rachel Maddow is the best news personality on TV now.

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12. We are not really in disagreement

My point is that it takes a very intelligent person to explain a complex issue correctly and in terms that are easy to understand by someone who is not familiar with the issue. It is not easy boiling the relevant facts of a story or issue into a simple narrative that is easy to understand by someone who is cold to the issue or who is not as intelligent. The best trial lawyer have this talent. The trial lawyer gears his narrative or story with a large audience in mind and that audience is not as knowledgeable about the issue as the trial attorney. The top trial attorneys who have this talent are very very bright.

As a corporate lawyer, I have to break down the details of a deal or transaction in such a fashion so that my clients can understand all of the aspects. My clients tend to be very bright and so my job is easier with some clients than others. When I am explaining some of my legal issues to other lawyers who do not practice in my area, it can be a challenge while the job is very easy with people who practice in my area. My mentor is a very very bright person and now he is one of my clients. My mentor and I tend to talk between ourselves in a fashion that other people have trouble following and I occasionally have to translate for the other lawyers on a deal.

Rachel is great at making a complex issue understandable to a broad audience. Many times, I have already read about the issue that she is discussing and so I get to sit back and watch/admire her work. When Rachel is discussing voter id and similar issues, I have fun because I can usually predict what her next point will be.

My first explanation in my first post on this thread showed that I did not do a good job of explaining my point. Rachel would have done a better job.