Oh dear Jesus, say it ain't so.

Rosie O'Donnell, who abruptly left "The View" on ABC last spring after drawing attention and ratings for her opinions on everything from the Iraq war to her co-hosts, is in serious discussions to return to television atop a new soapbox: a prime-time show on the cable news channel MSNBC, according to executives on both sides of the negotiations who have been briefed directly.

Under one scenario, Ms. O'Donnell would be given the 9 p.m. slot each weeknight on MSNBC, where she would go head-to-head with two heavyweights of cable talk: "Larry King Live" on CNN and "Hannity & Colmes" on Fox News. Her show would replace "Live with Dan Abrams," a relatively low-rated program that only recently replaced "Scarborough Country," which was also little-watched.

Now, I have nothing against Rosie ('cept maybe that she's awful close to being a 9/11 truther), but if they want a dark haired lesbian to host a show, my money is on Rachel Maddow, one of the smartest people on ALL of cable.

(P.S. Anyone else wonder why Rachel was on fTuckers show as a regular, then all of a sudden she is on EVERY MSNBC show except his?)

PSS- If you have an opinion about this, drop Mr Abrams a line at dabrams@msnbc.com.

Video is of Rachel's Campaign Asylum