MSNBC has been playing musical chairs with its on-air hosts. One of those moves left talk show The Cycle without a steady co-host. Now that Salon senior political writer Steve Kornacki has been pegged to helm a new weekend morning show, MSNBC has announced that The Nation correspondent Ari Melber will take up Kornacki’s The Cycle… Read more »
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MSNBC Officially Welcomes Ari Melber As The Newest Member Of The Cycle
He’s been filling in for Steve Kornacki since that former co-host of The Cycle was announced as Chris Hayes‘ MSNBC weekend show replacement, so it was no surprise when Ari Melber officially joined the team this afternoon. Melber received a warm welcome from The Cycle‘s three other co-hosts, who grilled him about his favorite hip… Read more »
MSNBC’s ‘Cycle’ Gives Daschle Platform to Bash Hagel Filibuster; No Mention Daschle Killed Bush’s Estrada Nomination Same Way
Ten years ago, then-Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) held together a Democratic filibuster of President Bush's nomination of Miguel Estrada to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Tom Curry of NBCNews.com notes that Republicans tried to end debate and proceed to an up-or-down vote seven times before eventually giving up. Frustrated… Read more »
The 2012 Election Cycle Cost A Whopping $7 Billion Total (Or 50 Billion Polio Vaccines-Worth)
The Federal Elections Commission released a report this week saying that money spent on the 2012 election cycle topped out at more than $ 7 billion. That number includes money spent by political candidates, parties and outside groups. FEC Chairwoman Ellen Weintraub told POLITICO, “It’s a lot of money. Every presidential election is the most… Read more »