Maddow goes to the big show

From Atrios comes the most welcome news that starting Sept 9, Rachel Maddow will be taking over the 9pm Dan Abrams' Verdict slot. She has been terrific subbing for KO and undoubtedly will be a great addition to the MSNBC lineup. Well deserved congratulations go out to Rachel.

Let's see, that makes it now:

• 1 liberal TV host and
• 2 openly gay women hosts.

I guess that means they'll have Pat Buchanan replace David Letterman to compensate.