Joe Scarborough knows his MSNBC audience. He knows Democrats are depressed at their status in the minority and need some “Up With People” encouragement.
His opening of Friday’s Morning Joe was one long, self-indulgent spurt of schadenfreude over Republican struggles with liberals at town halls and rocky stock-market rides.
Scarborough opened with an extended clip of Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards being booed and jeered at a townhall meeting in Asheville — the North Carolina equivalent of Berkeley/Portland. Bet on a lot of MSNBC fans in that crowd.
Scarborough delighted in the Edwards distress. He should have praised Edwards for it. The Republican didn’t need to hold a town hall in Asheville. Despite the uber-liberal city being in his district, Edwards won his latest election by a comfortable 13+ points. Edwards let the audience know he would be taking…
