Roland Burris: Rachel Maddow is Shocked, Shocked, Shocked

After treating Mr. Burris for weeks as if he were a lovable but somewhat eccentric favorite uncle, Ms. Maddow is now shocked to learn that maybe, perhaps, he isn't quite as innocent as he had appeared. Not that it is Mr. Burris's fault, mind you. He was just caught in the corrupt aura that ex. Gov. Blogojavich spread wherever he went.

But, as I pointed out in January, Mr. Burris was suspect from the beginning. A man who would accept an appointment under the circumstances that existed had either to be corrupt himself, lacking in personal ethics, or so ambitious for the job (after multiple electoral rejections by Illinois voters) that he simply did not care. In short, under the best interpretation of his behavior, Mr. Burris came up lacking.

MSNBC Does Something Right: Rachael Maddow

Well, when I checked in with Countdown a few minutes ago, whom did I see but Rachael Maddow, not as a guest but as an MSNBC analyst!

Cheers to MSNBC, although it did take them rather a long time to realize that she is smarter than anybody else they have on the air.

Here's hoping that replacements for Matthews, Scarborough, and Carlson may be somewhere out there in the wings.