If the New Republic's Rebecca Dana is correct, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow is more deluded than anyone thought. In her lengthy piece about MSNBC president Phil Griffin, Dana claimed Maddow believes the reason President Obama hasn't given the cable network an interview since 2008 is because "his people know heâs going to get asked difficult questions": Many of MSNBCâs hosts are also more liberal than the White House is, particularly on issues like drone warfare, indefinite detention, and relief for the financial sector. And Maddow argues that Obama avoids the network (he hasnât agreed to an interview since 2008) in part because his people know heâs going to get asked difficult questions. âWhat MSNBC has done is help create something of a North Star for a lot of progressive opinion to follow,â says Erik Smith, a senior media adviser to both Obama campaigns. âBut as quickly as theyâre with you, they can be on the left of you. Itâs not like itâs a booster club on the air.â Axelrod noted the networkâs lack of support after Obamaâs poor first debate performance. âI wasnât terribly happy about it,â he says of the MSNBC backlash, âbut thereâs no doubt they were opinion leaders.â 
 Can you imagine any of Obama's biggest cheerleaders in the media - Maddow, Martin Bashir, Chris Matthews (Tingles!!), Al Sharpton, Ed Schultz, Lawrence O'Donnell - asking Obama a single tough question? The reality is Obama has no reason going on MSNBC. His shills there are already reading his talking points verbatim 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-s...msnbc-because-he-ll-get-asked-t#ixzz2OfMvSBZq Tough reporting like they used to do: <iframe width="480" height="270" src="http://www.hulu.com/embed.html?eid=d7vpb0gouuavvk-skqdcoq&et=506&st=0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
Think like a radical leftist and you'll see where Maddow is coming from. Here are the tough questions from the far left. 1. Why don't we just have open borders and be done with it? 2. Why do we have any drone strikes at all? 3. Why is Gitmo still open? 4. Why can't we just raise taxes as much as we like? 5. Why do you even talk to republicans? Can't we just abolish the republican party? 6. Why hasn't the government taken over the banking system? 7. Why don't we have price/profit control on the oil company's? 8. Why don't we punish/tax everyone who doesn't drive an electric car? 9. Why can't we kill George Bush? 10. Why can't we get rid of that stupid constitution and just do as Nancy and Harry see fit? You get the idea. Their problem with Obama is that he's not crazy enough.
Captain, You forgot question #11. 11. Will you send another tingle up Chris Matthews leg so we can see how he reacts on live TV?