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Posted: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 5:39 PM by Countdown

Great unofficial MSNBC news today...be sure and watch tonight for more info.

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Excellent news!!

ek, mpls mn (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 5:47 PM)

Keith ---

Thank you for another great special comment.
I continue to be impressed with your insight and perspective.  Please continue to keep up the great work.  You often speak as a vanguard of freedom for our country and its principles.  

rick sterling, madison, south dakota (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 6:18 PM)

This is well-deserved! Congratulations to Rachel.

Linda SA (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:35 PM)

Woo Hoo.  We love Rachel!

Spivey Clan, Tacoma, WA (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:43 PM)

Rachel: Here's the new name of your show:  "I'M MADDOW AS HELL!"
Your thoughts?  

Sandy Ryan (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:48 PM)

I've enjoyed Dan's show.  Is he still going to be on?
That said, way to go, Rachel.  I know I'll look forward to your show as much as I do Keith's.
Congrats!

capegal (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:48 PM)

Hey Rachel,
We just knew when we spotted Michael Musto eating lunch in an outdoor cafe on Monday that it was a good omen...
though Countdown will have a hard time finding a substitute host that could do a better job than you have done.
Good luck and best wishes -- from your (and Keith's) dedicated fans downtown!  Muzz & Zeke

Muzz Z., NYC (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:53 PM)

Congratulations, Rachel!  The first time I saw you sit in for Keith I thought: "Give that woman her own show!"  Glad to know great minds think alike.  LOL!  If you need a band/audience but are low on cash, I'll volunteer to move to NY and kazoo you to commercial as well as laugh, applaud and give shout-outs at the appropriate times...

Melissa, Reno NV (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:53 PM)

Keep it it's not registered.
"Mad Maddow World" or just "MaddoWorld"
Frank Medrano

Frank Medrano, Los Angeles, California (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:53 PM)

good for rachel !!!!!!! Keith is one of the best

teddy of orlando (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:56 PM)

This is the best news I've heard since the birth of Countdown!  Congrats, Rachel and thank you, Keith!  Finally, 2 solid hours of witty humor meant to entertain and inform.  It feels like Christmas!

Diane C, Honor, Michigan (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:57 PM)

Dear Keith, I love your show. Last nights special comment was the bomb. You ROCK!! I am so glad Rachel is getting her own show too!

Jack Moore, Knoxville, Tennessee (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:59 PM)

Rachel show title suggestion:
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World of News

danatello, Valparaiso, IN (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:00 PM)

This is by far the best news show I have watched in along time. I am only sad that I didn,t start watching it soon enough> Keith is GREAT!

Vera Willis (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:00 PM)

Thank you, thank you, thank you and Congratulations to Rachel.  No one deserves this more---what a joy this will be to have her intelligence, wit, personality and incredible knowledge of world affairs on the air--on her own show--every night.

Carol-Madison, Wi (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:11 PM)

Congratulations Rachel! Any chance you can bring Kent Jones back? Great Special Comment last night Keith. Spot on as usual.

John D, Gloucester, Virginia (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:13 PM)

Keith,
I don't know if you had anything to do with Rachel getting her own time slot with msnbc, but if you did I want to personally thank you once again for having your usual brilliant insight. What a great addition to the reporting community.  
God Bless America, there is truly still hope.

Charlotte Peters, Prescott, Arizona (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:18 PM)

RACHEL!   I'm thrilled!    Too bad the name "Fresh Air" has been taken because it would definitely fit you!        

G N, Norman, OK (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:23 PM)

Congratulations to both Rachel and Keith for unbeatable and right on coverage of the news!  Now I will have two excellent programs to recommend to everyone I know!  MSNBC-TV is adding another winner to its lineup.

Harriet Stone, Berkley, MI (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:23 PM)

Congratulations. Let CNN be content with their Glenn Becks and their Nancy Graces. Exciting news.

OM (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:27 PM)

Darn, this means I have to start paying the cable bill again.  Congrats Rachel!

R Bucky Fuller (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:00 PM)

Maddow has become a solid anchor.  I liked Dan's show, and will miss it.  But it seems as if everything is on good terms, which is the main thing.  Maddow will do great, though.

Will, Galesburg, IL (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:37 PM)

I am pleased to hear the news about Rachel.I think she should call her show "The Righteous Sister". TADA

Robbie Lesko, Grosse Ile, MI (Sent Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:56 PM)

Kudos Rachel and well deserved.  I'm glad you're keeping your radio show, too.  It will be nice to see you nightly on the TV Machine.

Sue, West Allis, Wisconsin (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:37 AM)

Yah!  We love Rachel!  We had XM radio for a while almost exclusively so we could listen to her.

We have loved her since the launch of Air America.  She was such a powerhouse on the original morning show with Chuck D, and someone else whose name is escaping me.

This will be a must watch along with Countdown!

MSNBC, you just doubled the amount of time my family will watch your network.

Skip Huffman, Decatur, Georgia, USA (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:41 AM)

Keith,  Please, if you would, discuss why Rick Warren ,a pastor,would find it important to ask the candidates to define "rich",and to give an income number? and then when he was on Larry King , Pastor Warren said that there wasn't enough time during his forum to discuss             "poverty"!?!

Rod Hill (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:00 PM)

Rachel’s Realm
Rachel’s Maddow of Honor
Bellow Wryly the antidote to Billo

Pat Bush Louisville Ky 40205 (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:05 PM)

More Rachel!!  And how about Sam Seder as the host while you are on vacation?

Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle, Philadelphia, PA (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:18 PM)

Rachel,
How about "Maddow Knows"? (You know, a play on "The Shadow Knows"?) Just a thought.

MIke (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 1:03 PM)

Will enjoy seeing Rachel's world view nightly and like her idea of all things political backed up by a live band. A suggestion for her new show's name: "The Beat Goes On with Rachel Maddow."

CC, Crawfordsville, IN (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 1:10 PM)

Congratulations Rachael!!!  My sister and I love watching you and have always said you should have your own show....  Guess we were right!!  

Dee Small, Millersville, Md (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 1:15 PM)

Good move MSNBC on giving Rachel her own show.  May she be Stephen Corbert to Keith's Jon Stewart.  Tootles.

Melanie, Pensacola,FL (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 1:58 PM)

Rachel....congrats to your new show....I've got an idea for the name of the show....how about "The R Rating"?  OK....it's corney....can't wait to see you on a regular basis....

Rhonda O'Brien, Myrtle Beach, SC (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:03 PM)

When In Discourse of Human Events with Rachel Maddow

Reverberations with Rachel

Pat Bush (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:46 PM)

WOOOHOOO RACHEL!!!  And yet another AWESOME staffing decision by MSNBC/NBC.  I can't WAIT for your first show.  Go get 'em girl!!

MadFan, Tucson (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:17 PM)

Keith:

You were of mixed minds last night, feeling good about Rachel Maddow's signing but fretting that you will have to find a new guest host.  

Might I suggest Richard Wolffe?  He would be a fascinating fill-in, when needed, over the next few months, and once David Gregory's "Race To The White House" dies a merciful death on election day, Richard could slip into that slot right away.  

Kevin in New York, New York (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:53 PM)

Rachel,
You make me so proud! Congratulations from Colorado and hope to see you in Denver next week...meet you under the MSNBC banner, I'll be the the one wearing the RACHEL FOR PRESIDENT T-shirt!

Judie, Westminster, Colorado (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:24 PM)

Congrats to Rachel. I know you will do a great job in the 9 pm slot. I just hope my cable provider starts to carry MSNBC right away.

Sean, clemson, SC (Sent Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:24 AM)

Congrats to Rachel.Looking forward to her show. Also, John McCain is quoted in the current Readers Digest that he is against the draft. I wish he would make up his mind, He is, he isn't, he is, he isn't.........(Isn't that a sign of aging??)

Mary Jo Dupre, Houston, Texas (Sent Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:31 PM)

Love your show Keith. Have watched it every night...for years!! Thanks for bringing us Rachel Maddow.

Bob Church, New York City, New York (Sent Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:35 PM)



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