I honestly haven't made up my mind, but the reason I think I'm leaning the direction of not liking it is because throwing a politician into an anchor chair seems like a bad idea. Yes, Dean can speak about health care, but there should be somebody, even a biased somebody like Keith, directing the interview, otherwise it is an infomercial for a certain political perspective. I mean, if Sarah Palin or John McCain filled in for Hannity and said whatever she or he wanted to say for an hour (note that aside from counting down five stories, none of Countdown's regular features existed last night), Democrats would crap their pants (though comedians would love it). I don't know. In the end, Countdown isn't really a news show, so it shouldn't matter, but I still see a distinction between host and guest, and this could just be another blurring of the journalistic lines. Or it may be a rare and fortuitous instance of getting it from the horse's mouth. Like I said, I'm still on the fence.
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