[presently no screen name]

as rude and obnoxious

Maybe what you think is rude and obnoxious is, merely, keeping their feet to the fire and making them accountable for the lies they say. Most times, he's much too gracious.

[perez24]

There is an element of holding feet to fire. However, next time there's a debate, just listen to the tone, logic, and quality of argument from him, and pretend that he is David Gregory or Russert interviewing the President.

To me, he substitutes shrillness and illogic for substantive and reasoned positions, something for which we justifiably deride liberals in the press.

That being said, he's a wildly successful talk show host and I'm not.