I had read that Comcast had been given the OK to buy NBC. Perhaps the new owners didn't like him?? I'll venture a bet that Madcow & Chrissy Matthews aren't too far behind.
That's what I was thinking, Thor. The timing is too much to blame on poor coincidence. Rush was speculating on what might happen with Comcast as the new owner just yesterday, and was speculating that they might actually want to make some ad dollars on the time slot.
On a related subject, I have to say I'd never even seen Rachel Maddow until they had a snippet of her on Fox and Friends when they were doing the segment on Olbermann. Is she(?) a transsexual? She has the voice and look.
As for Olbergrupenfuhrermann, well, hell, we've actually got Al Franken in Congress, so I wouldn't bet against this scheisskopf from running in some DUmmie district or state, and winning.