If you know me you KNOW I am not a morning person. Its long been a declaration of mine that I will only get up before 8:00 am for a flight and a fire. But that's not exactly true. I have to amend that statement to include my morning obsession: MSNBC's "Morning Joe" show. When I first discovered the show it was a serious effort to wake up to watch it Monday - Friday from 6:00am - 9:00am/EST - THANK GOD FOR DVR!
I credit this show and my subscription to "The Week" magazine with expanding my worldview. "Morning Joe" features host former Florida Congressman Joe Scarborough and co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist. Nowhere else will you find a more balanced presentation of views and ideas. This show definitely allows me to appreciate the Republican/conservative perspective, as presented by Scarborough and understand the positions of liberal/Democrats as shared by Brzezinski.
The round-table discussions are equally both informative and broad reaching. Just this morning, the show featured Republican Governor Chris Christie discussing education reform. Christie was on to discuss his work with teachers union and the $100 million he received from Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to reform Newark, New Jersey schools, Bradley Cooper promoting his new move "Silver Lining" and author Ken Burns discussing his new book and documentary "Dust Bowl" about the dust storms of the 1930s.
- Mike Barnicle, freelance columnist.
- Maria Bartiromo, host of CNBC's Closing Bell, & Wall Street Journal Report.
- Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor during the administration of U.S. President Jimmy Carter and the father of co-host Mika Brzezinski.
- Tina Brown, publisher of The Daily Beast.
- Jonathan Capehart, Washington Post editorial page writer.
- Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey.[15]
- Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's Mad Money.
- Donny Deutsch, CEO of the advertising/marketing firm Deutsch, Inc. and CNBC/MSNBC contributor.
- Harold Ford, Jr., Democratic Leadership Council chairman and former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 9th district.
- Chrystia Freeland, global editor-at-large for Reuters.
- David Gregory, current host of Meet the Press.
- Savannah Guthrie, Co-Anchor of "Today Show".
- Mark Halperin, MSNBC senior political analyst, editor-at-large at Time Magazine and co-author of the 2008 presidential-campaign history, Game Change.
- John Heilemann, writer for New York magazine and co-author of the 2008 presidential-campaign history, Game Change.
- Arianna Huffington, co-founder of the Huffington Post.
- Bill Karins, New York bureau Weather Channel meteorologist.
- Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews.
- Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, co-host of PBS television newsmagazine Need to Know, and former editor of Newsweek.
- Andrea Mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent, NBC News and host of MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports.
- Wes Moore, Speaker and Author.
- Mike Murphy, political analyst and Republican party strategist.
- Peggy Noonan, op-ed columnist for the Wall Street Journal.
- Lawrence O'Donnell, host of MSNBC's The Last Word and Emmy-winning writer and producer for the TV series The West Wing.
- Eugene Robinson, Washington Post editorial columnist
- John Ridley, screenwriter and Huffington Post contributor.
- Jeffrey Sachs, economist and Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University
- Dan Senor, fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and former deputy press secretary for U.S. President George W. Bush.
- Sam Stein, Huffington Post correspondent
- Richard Stengel, managing editor of Time. Stengel reveals the cover of the coming week's magazine every Thursday.
- Chuck Todd, NBC News political director and NBC News Chief White House correspondent.
- Mort Zuckerman, owner and publisher of the New York Daily News and editor-in-chief of U.S. News & World Report.
- Tom Brokaw, NBC News Special Correspondent.
- Richard N. Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations.
