New Rules was great, Beshear is a decent Democrat but he has to do better than tonight. I give Michael Steele points. Bedingfield— good to see her without constraints of being a presidential spokesperson.

Think I prefer one GOPer on show that everyone can debate.

For the others to argue with, even if it's just him. I've certainly seen him do it. What he doesn't seem to recognize is that he audience doesn't appreciate it. One great moment that stuck in my mind was an Overtime conversation between former Alabama Senator Doug Jones and Ali Velshi. I forget which one received the Overtime question, but the two of them really got into it, going back and forth on the topic in an extremely informed way. I guess Bill felt left out so he eventually ended the Overtime segment.

He says it's just a building while Steele held forth on what an important symbol it was. My high school class has a monthly get-together for lunch at a local restaurant during which we strenuously avoid political discussion because not everyone is on the same page. At yesterday's get-together, everyone was talking about the East Wing and shaking their heads. This resonates with people, more than I had guessed but probably far more than Maher will ever understand.