I very much wish to believe you're right. As you might easily tell, I have doubts.
As for Maher, his schtick is growing old.
Yes. I think so, too.
When he was on network, I actually enjoyed his "Political Incorrect." His guests seemed to be more evenly distributed and he seemed to treat everyone with what I thought at the time was incisively uncomfortable questioning.
When he moved to cable, all that seemed to disappear. He became overly partisan. He stacked the deck against his more conservative guests. I stopped watching after the second broadcast. Now, I don't even consider watching.
Appears that he has only gotten pettier and petulently mean-spirited.
When you have a host that has to have two liberals on just to confront one conservative (and even then some of them aren’t actually a true conservative), you know the guy is a light-weight.
Maher needs a three to one advantage just to cope. Now there’s a brain trust for ya. There’s a guy who is well grounded in his knowledge and realizes he has the upper hand in any debate against him and liberal marxist policies.