Maury is a Shrub golfing pal. He's called "Po" or "MoPo"...(pregnant pause)
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/07/business/07msnbc.html.... The as-yet-untitled, half-hour program - a review of the week's news that will fuse elements of "Meet the Press," the defunct "Crossfire" and "The Daily Show" - will appear on Saturday mornings and be rerun on Sundays. The executive producer is Lizz Winstead, a co-creator of "The Daily Show" who, until earlier this year, was the host of her own program on Air America, the talk radio network.
MSNBC is expected to formally announce the pairing today, but the principals - including Rick Kaplan, president of MSNBC - discussed the program in interviews late last week. The network, long a distant third to Fox News and CNN but improving a bit in some periods, is willing to consider moving the show to a more prominent slot if it finds its footing, Mr. Kaplan said. It will have its debut at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006. ....
Still, in commenting on the news from Washington, Mr. Povich has one potential conflict: he is an acquaintance of President Bush, having known him as a golfing buddy before he was governor of Texas. The president still occasionally sees Mr. Povich, whom he calls "Po" and sometimes "MoPo." Mr. Povich says he gave $2,000 to the president's re-election campaign. And yet, he says, he has some disagreements with the administration that could find their way on to the new program. ....
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