Alan Colmes dead at 66

[DemPGH]

Yeah, R.I.P.

He was, mm, kind of conciliatory (seemed that Hannity got 75% of the screen time and was far more unhinged, from what I remember of that era), which I suspect allowed Colmes to succeed in an environment where he was surely up to his thighs in rattlesnakes. Who could possibly sit opposite Hannity and just take it? It had to have been tough. He played the part, though, with dignity.

On ESPN there's Kornheiser and Wilbon, who seem to be a more real version of the dynamic.