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Hannity & Who?

JP notes:

After the end of the year, Alan Colmes will not provide a spirited defense of liberalism to Sean Hannity on Hannity & Colmes. Unlike for the past 12 years, the reason will now be that Colmes is not on the show.

Fox News has announced that the often-outshouted left half of the cable debate show will be leaving Hannity & Colmes at the end of the year. And TV Decoder is reporting that Colmes may not replaced, with Hannity—whom Fox recently signed to a rich new deal—possibly taking the show solo instead.

The folks at Fox News clearly need some help here. So we find ourselves with today's Swampland Commenter Contest: What person (or cartoon character or inanimate object or whatever) should replace Alan Colmes? (Keep it clean, please.)

UPDATE: Commenter FlownOver takes an early lead, with this one:

I'll guarantee who it won't be: Robert Gibbs!

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  1. How about Mort Kondracke. He onced played a liberal on the McLaughlin Group in the 80s. Or Michael Kinsley, he once played on on CNN and again here in Swampland. You can have Faux liberals on Faux news.

  2. Who is Hannity going to belittle? They ought to put an eight-year-old kid in the chair next to him and let him yell at the kid until the kid cries every show.
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    That would be the closest they could get to Colmes.
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    "Stop yelling at me! Stop it!"

  3. I'd vote for the Python sketch character: A Small Pool of Brown Liquid, Possibly Creosote.

  4. Inanimate Carbon Rod! Inanimate Carbon Rod!

    In rod we trust!!!!!

  5. I'll guarantee who it won't be: Robert Gibbs!

  6. A toaster:
    "Well how do you respond to the accusation that Obama will kill small businesses with tax raises, Mr. Toaster?"
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    "...ka-CHUNK!"

  7. Ana Marie Cox. She'll do or say anything for money and exposure.

  8. Cliff Schecter is the answer. Well, if they wanted liberals to watch.

    My serious guess, since he is under contract would be Lanny Davis. I am trying to think like a Fox exec here.

  9. George Clooney

  10. trifecta...think like a Fox exec? Please, no oxygen depravation...you're too valuable a commenter here.

  11. Alan Keyes! The only way to fight crazy is with more and better crazy.

  12. Remember folks that the working title of the show was Hannity and LTBNL for a liberal to be named later. Hannity is genuinely a big money maker. They can't have somebody who challenges him too much. If intrade held odds, I would seriously bet on Lanny Davis. Kinsley is actually "too feisty". He was fine for Buckley, but not passive enough for Fox. He also is dealing w/ his illness. Not good for a 5 day gig.

  13. This would kill Hannity: Phil Donahue

  14. The other possibility I see is Bob Beckel. He is on contract at FOx, is semi muzzled since the "indiscretion", and is a former political consultant, so would do anything for a few bucks, or some beef jerky.

  15. Trifecta, what was Bob Beckel's "indiscretion?"

  16. There must be another Eunuch with broadcast experience running around.

  17. Beckel had the same indiscretion as Jerry Springer. He used personal checks to pay for female company.

  18. Anybody have the problem with their posts just disappearing completely? Not going into moderation just when you hit submit it just goes away. It's happening to me when I try to post at work.

  19. What a maroon. Couldn't he just wire transfer like Eliot Spitzer?

  20. "What person (or cartoon character or inanimate object or whatever) should replace Alan Colmes?"
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    Personally, I would like to see them tap a middle age white guy. We need some new perspective.

  21. Hugo Chavez, watching the two go at it would be like watching a nuclear explosion everyday.

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