Keith is the only person with the guts and intellect to go after O'Reilly.  A couple months ago Keith was at a party and Bill happened to be there, O'Reilly would look at him while he wasn't looking but then look down when Keith looked in his direction.  That shows you how scared Bill is of Keith.  Bill doesn't mention Keith on the air because he can't win intellectually against Keith. 

Rosie is a whole different story.  She is a lesbian and that's a disadvantage.  Whenever Fox brings up her name they show a clip of Rosie and Kelli holding hands in San Francisco after being married.  That's a cue to their conservative viewers that she is a lesbian and that you should hate her and her ideas (which they conclude are liberal and against their values because she is gay).  Fox has a three point strategy against Rosie; show the clip of her holding Kelli’s hand, call her crazy, and call her anti-American.  They are very effective.

This is what will happen.  Bill attacks Rosie soon after her show premieres.  She will refrain from counter-attacking.  Bill continues to attack.  Rosie pushes the button and brings up the sexual harassment case to which Bill goes nuclear and calls for his viewers to contact Rosie’s sponsors to get the show pulled.  This is the situation she has to prepare for because it will come.  She has to insulate herself and wait for the storm to pass.  In the past she has gotten scared and waved the white flag.  Bill O’Reilly is already starting his attacks; last night this was the first story on his show and this morning he was on another show to talk about her return.  He will do at least two more segments this week on her return.

I like Rachel Maddow but I think she has underachieved.  She is a Rhodes Scholar and doing radio.  Not a job a Rhodes Scholar should be doing full-time at least.  Rachel and Rosie are completely different.  I couldn’t see how that would work.  Rachel is too high-brow for Rosie’s liking.  Rosie mentioned on her blog how fond she is of Bill Maher’s format.  She might do something like his show with a panel of celebrities and intellectuals.  Her show has to have a strong emphasis on her people skills.  She knows how to connect with people one on one and energize a crowd.  That’s what her fans enjoy.

I don’t want to get excited until things come together.  When Barbara Walters announced Rosie would be coming to The View I was very excited and had high hopes.  Those hopes were dashed pretty quickly.