Arianna Hosts The Rachel Maddow Show with Guests Bill Maher, Lawrence O'Donnell, Nate Silver, Cory Booker and Google's Eric Schmidt

Monday night, Arianna sat in for Rachel on the Rachel Maddow show.

She asked Google CEO Eric Schmidt about whether Obama will be America's first Internet president and how he can use the Internet to promote a more open and transparent government that will lead to a more engaged electorate. Scroll down for more interviews from the show.

Bill Maher, comedian and host of Real Time with Bill Maher

Nate Silver, of FiveThirtyEight.com

Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC political analyst and HuffPost blogger

Cory Booker, mayor of Newark

Comments

[JeremyO]

I was just thinking how I would so much rather watch an Arianna show in the morning rather than "Boring Joe" with Mika the Puppet. Give Arianna a morning show and toss the Moring Joe Blow.

[panchovilla]

Thanks Arianna. Re. Lieberman, if I were Obama, I'd say publicly that I don't want him kicked out of the DP caucus. At the same time, I'd send Rahm Emanuel to pay him a friendly visit late at night, reason with him a little, and make him an offer he can't refuse.

[GabrielVH]

Bill Maher there was a great move. i should know, i posted a comment suggesting him on the earlier thread posted by Ms. Huffington... Bill's funny, you're a pleasure to listen to (speaking intelligently is great, but the accent just makes it awesome) and overall the show was pretty good.

[ssughrue]

Hi Arianna,

You asked perfect questions that really got the information I was looking for. I found your interview with Nate Silver especially enlightening (Alaska Race could safely be called Mark Begich, an explanation as to how the votes are counted in Minnesota and why it favors Franken, Georgia a complete unknown, etc.). I also appreciated your grace and intelligence and depth of knowledge.

My pattern is to click on MSNBC and read your page while I download Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann after work each day on my laptop since I don't get MSNBC in my cable package (Englewood, CO). You we're really smooth and professional. I enjoyed Rachel's show just as much as I always do tonight, which is a strong compliment to the tightness and flow in the interviews and discussions tonight. I hope you regularly guest host either Rachel or Keith's shows in the future. Nice Job!

[Netizen]

Great job, Arianna! And I hope you will actually post a petition of encouragement for Grandmother/YaYa Robinson to move to the White House.

[janeInCA]

Arianna, thanks for the great show tonight. Also thanks for showing your mother and encouraging the first Granny to be in the white house this coming January. We look forward to see her living in the white house for the next eight years.

[CynAnne]

You've definitely got a fan club, Arianna - we all think you were AWESOME earlier this evening! *hugs* Please, please, please consider a regular program with you hosting..maybe a weekly "Huffington Post Live"? It would be a perfect antidote to the regular 'Sunday Morning' talking heads..! ;) ...

[spartanmom]

Here Here!

[socratiskiss]

Great job!

[PiscesGirl24]

I just absolutely love Cory Booker. If he represents the future of politics, that is going to make things really great for this country.

[KQuarksSuperKollider]

He is an amazing candidate for the future.

[RButler]

In the few minutes I've seen Mayor Booker, I'd say he is the one to watch for the future. He is inspiring, articulate and what he says is fresh and original and not the usual blather. I wish he was mayor of my hometown and we've got a great mayor already. It would be good if he was selected for a position in the new administration but I doubt that Newark would let him go. He's too valuable.

[castorita]

Arianna, I loved your show tonight, for Rachel. She takes a much-needed vacation.
Your own spicy, incisive commentary was different from hers, and was original and very appreciated. Your political experience and sophistication were evident. You looked great, too!
You have changed the face of go-to news on the Web....! And maybe the outcome of elections to come, since the Repubs have been so slow to catch on to the Internets, etc.

[joanndarc]

Very interesting show!
Arianna, please, get your own weekly show. Something similar to your Sunday round up HuffPost.

[duze]

Arianna, when will you get your own show?

[stella801]

You were awesome tonight! Loved your guests, your comments and the fact that you were actually sitting in for Rachel. I wish you could have a show of your own.

[Ed and Deb Shapiro - Huffpost Blogger]

Angels fly because they take themselves lightly is on Deb and my emails this month. When Arianna spoke of her mother saying this to her as a child I loved it. It was one of those great moments!

Having the cool comedian Bill Maher on was super. Actually all of her guests were a delight.

Thank you Arianna.

Oh, and yes Michelle's mom should not hesitate to move in. Aren't there 126 rooms in the White House? (or around that number)

Cheers, Ed

[BarackstarObama]

An amazing group of guests, tonight... Eric Schmidt is so cool... and he said Obama should place a Mac on his desk in the Oval Office because he is also on the Board of Directors of Apple.

[RobinSeattle]

"Eric Schmidt is so cool.."

Agreed. Let's see more of him MSNBC.