I used to turn on MSNBC to catch a little Morning Joe in the mornings.  What great guests and interesting talk about substantive matters.  Besides, I’m a news and politics junkie (I DVR Hardball With Chris Matthews every day and a select group of the Sunday shows each week).

But, I can’t join Morning Joe right now.

Joe Scarborough has always had a tendency to bloviate, but that seems to be growing at the same time he’s becoming more of a bully on the air.  To top that off, his analysis is repetitive and seems about an inch deep.

Before I sort of overlooked him in favor of the line-up of other regulars and guests.  Recently, he’s crossed some invisible threshold that makes him too irritating to watch.  What a shame.

This is not all bad, though.  Today I’m back to turning on the radio in the mornings.  Ah – Morning Edition to the rescue!