If MSNBC were smart, they would waste no more time and give Rachel Maddow her own show. With Keith Olbermann on vacation this week, Maddow has taken over the helm at the popular MSNBC news show Countdown, and incredulously, I find myself even more eager to turn on the television at 7 PM every night just to see that cute little Maddow smile in all its askewedness (not a word, huh? Sorry.)

To me, there is nothing sexier than a woman who has an IQ 100 points higher than my own. Not that that is a huge feat. Still, I think Rachel Maddow is one of the most refreshing and intelligent political minds out there. She knows her stuff. And in a world dominated by testosterone slathered egos and spittle-spewing gray-haireds (Chris Matthews, I am talking to you), I must say that it is nice to find a woman, who is my age mind you, that can hold her own against the big boys.

I tell you what, give Maddow her own show, add a dash of that hottie Michelle Bernard and a little Andrea Mitchell to give the mature crowd a little brain-candy, and I will be tuning in religiously. Hell, Maddow could host the Ag News at 4:30 every morning and I’d watch. Well…at least I’d TIVO that shit.

MSNBC, where you at?? Let’s get to work on this show. Maddow, Bernard and Mitchell…and throw in a little Chuck Todd just to mix it up a little. I’ll be waiting.