Is MSNBC grooming Rosie O'Donnell to be the next Keith Olbermann?

Word has it the cable news network is interested in the former View cohost for her abrasive personality and left-leaning political views. Because, as Jacques Steinberg theorizes, "the cable channel believes there is ratings gold in shows that criticize the [Bush] administration with the same vigor with which Fox News's hosts often champion it."

The only problem? Hiring another polemic pundit means you're only catering to a small, albeit fanatically devoted, subsection of the general population. Kind of like what the majority of successful Republican candidates tend to do right around election time.