Peppermint Patty's Exit Strategy

[rogue06]

It looks like old Joe's press secretary, Jen Psaki, is getting ready to bail and is being “feverishly courted” by both CNN and MSNBC to be a host.

Both are in sore need of a new star as CNN lost theirs through scandals and rumors are that Rachel Maddow is looking for another job and not eager to return to MSNBC after her sabbatical.

Source: Jen Psaki Talking to MSNBC and CNN About Her Own Cable News Show: Report

Following in the footsteps of former White House communications staff turned media personalities like George Stephanopolous, Nicolle Wallace, and Kayleigh McEnany, Jen Psaki is reportedly in talks to join a cable news network as a host.

Dylan Byers, a founding partner and senior correspondent at Puck, reported on Wednesday that Psaki, who is expected to leave the White House this year, is being “feverishly courted” by both CNN and MSNBC.

Byers detailed that despite CNN’s deep internal turmoil in recent weeks, “CNN interim co-president Amy Entelis and CNN+ programming lead Rebecca Kutler were in Washington for a top-secret and mission-critical recruitment assignment.”

Additionally, “NBC News Chairman Cesar Conde and MSNBC President Rashida Jones made a similar pilgrimage to Washington to meet with the very same talent, in the hopes that she might one day join their networks in a flagship role, and perhaps even take the top spot in primetime on MSNBC.”

That talent Byers refers to is Psaki. Both MSNBC and CNN lag far behind Fox News in the ratings and are in need of a shake-up.

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Bluntly, this should be taken as a sign that both networks are in desperate shape if they think Psaki's less than stellar performance as Press Secretary with all her stumbling and fumbling marks her as being a successful host. Of course I could be wrong but my bet is that she'll do about as well as Chevy Chase did when he tried his hand at late night comedy.

[Mountain Man]

Not a surprise. The job stopped being fun when she was forced to defend Joe's endless screw-ups. Her smirk turned into a haggard frown a long time ago.

[rogue06]

Not a surprise. The job stopped being fun when she was forced to defend Joe's endless screw-ups. Her smirk turned into a haggard frown a long time ago.

It is a tough job, but I think she thought it would be a relative breeze (and likely could have been if old Joe hadn't made a mess of everything he got involved in) and would look great on her résumé.