I've written more than once in praise of Shepard Smith as the best newsperson on TV; today he proved it once again interviewing Michael Steele. I wish I had a transcript.
Things I remember include Micheal Steele talking about his new "Fire Nancy Pelosi" website, and Shep asking him, "Who's going to join your 'Fire Nancy Pelosi' movement? The people with preexisting conditions who can now get insurance? The people who couldn't afford insurance before and can now afford it?" Steele sputtered in response.
Then it was on to the language of the Republicans. After a series of quotes including language like "Armageddon," Shep asked Steele, "Armaggedon? Is that appropriate?" When Steele defended such language as the "feelings of the people," Shep asked him, "Armageddon? Do you know what Armageddon is?"
Then Steele got onto small business and how they hate the bill. "Is that the same small businesses who are getting a tax credit because of the bill?" asked Shep. More sputtering from Steele.
And to top it all off, later, referring to Bart Stupak, Smith actually referred to him as "anti-abortion" and not "pro-life." I don't know of a single other newscaster on any other station (not sure about Rachel) who would use that language.
Update: P.S. - Now that this post made the rec list, I'm a bit embarrassed. Why? Because I hate hate hate the expression "PWN". This was the first (and hopefully the last) time I've ever used that ridiculous expression in my life. Apologies to anyone else who shares my opinion on that subject!
2nd Update: From the comments, a video link (warning: ad precedes video!) to the segment in question.