Mika's Lost

It seems to me that in the past, the only person trying to bring some semblance of balance to Morning Joke™ was Mika Brzezinski. At least she of all the hosts on that show, tried to stay on an even keel. She is now officially lost.

Ever since Sarah Palin came on to the scene, Mika has sat behind her desk in complete awe. She's fallen hook, line and sinker for the culture of Palin and has closed her mind to the substance of Palin. Using terms like, "amazing" and "skillful," Mika sits there completely dumbfounded, wonder why the McCain/Palin ticket hasn't skyrocketed and left Obama in the dust. It's Sarah Palin for Christ's sake! How is it that more people besides the Conservative base aren't seeing what Mika's seeing?! Perhaps it's because we still have the rational function working in our brains.

I've watched for the last half hour as she hasn't uttered a word, just shaking her head in confusion with all these pro Obama poll numbers, thinking, "But Sarah.... SARAH!!!!" The rest of the panel is analyzing while she is brooding. The question was asked: If the election were held today, would Obama win? Everyone said yes. Mika had one caveat. "Well anything can happen. But if it were held today," she said as her face sunk, "then Obama would probably win by default. Just like the debate." I wonder what debate she was watching. And Mika, winning by default means there's no challenger. That may figuratively be the case, but I mean running unopposed.

Mika has lost her way. She's forgotten or maybe refuses to realize that Palin is not at the top of the ticket. I never thought that the likes of Joe Scarborough wuld be talking Mika down. Mika used to look like this:

Now she looks like this:

Oh, and by the way, after she said the "default" line with a forlorn look on her face, she didn't say another word throughout the rest of the show - a good 45 minutes.