Is this that thing ... Isaac Chotiner?
If Zippy The Pinhead wore a partial toupee...
All jokes aside, the author is largely correct in his assessment. Ailes knew how to pick his frontmen.
Not many talk hosts would have stayed to absorb all the snark and abuse, albeit goodnatured. Colmes was the perfect foil for Hannity back then. One far less telegenic than the other, one far more able to articulate the positive aspects of his party vs focusing on character slander and the shrill arguments of touchy feely, unsettled science.
It was like big time wrestling, but while wearing suits.
Television is all about entertainment and redirection.
From the looks of him, I’d say he likes little boys...