Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann will no longer anchor election coverage

This move is long overdue. What I love about it is that NBC has now admitted what the rest of the world has known for months. Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews are blatant Obama partisans. Olbermann is more gratingly offensive than Matthews is; Matthews is more fun and less earnest, but we'll never forget the tingle Matthews famously felt up his leg when he listened to Obama speak, either.

It must be noted that Olbermann and Matthews will still serve as analysts for MSNBC election coverage, but they will no longer be the primary anchors. This story gives further details about Olbermann's attacks on Republicans while MSNBC coverage of the RNC was in progress last week. Apparently, that was the final straw for NBC.

Note that MSNBC, despite its bump in ratings over the last year, still remains mired in 3rd place against Fox and CNN. I find MSNBC's only redeeming moments anymore come when they bring Pat Buchanan on to comment. But maybe that is just me.