The best political analyst on MSNBC

I have a total girl-crush on Rachel Maddow, who hosts her own show on Air America and appears all the time on MSNBC. She is so smart -- and liberal -- when younger women are rarely allowed to be either on television. I just adore her.

Check out her bio here. A choice bit:

"Rachel has a doctorate in political science (she was a Rhodes Scholar) and a background in HIV/AIDS activism, prison reform, and other lefty rabblerousing.

She shakes a mean cocktail, drives a bright red pickup, hates Coldplay, loves arguing with conservatives, spends a lot of money on AMTRAK tickets, and dresses like a first-grader."

I want to go get a beer with her.