I am trying to like the new MSNBC show "The Cycle",

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5. No, it is not just you.

It is boring.

Four hosts is three hosts too many.

It reeks of 'yuppiness'.

Four months to go until the election, MSNBC should have given us a straightforward political campaign show ... not some program with four musing thirty-somethings interviewing obscure guests about the meaning of life and politics in the USA in 2012.

S E Cupp is really the least of the shows problems (frankly, I find the arrogant Touré much more annoying to listen to) --- for all of Dylan Ratigan's filibustering, at least he was very direct, asked some tough questions, stood for some clear ideas and really ran his own show; he was a good balance in substance and style to the wonderful (but clearly biased) Martin Bashir.