Campbell Brown

I liked Campbell Brown, whose CNN show airs opposite the two juggernauts, "Countdown with Keith Olberman" and "The O'Reilly Factor." The other two are terribly partisan, particularly Olberman (O'Reilly is imminently stomachable compared to the rabid Sean Hannity, whose singular I-Hate-All-Things-Democrat makes me wretch).

Campbell Brown anchors a good, balanced show. She also writes good commentary pieces every week for CNN Online. And she's pretty. So who, exactly, is she? I went to Wikipedia to find out.

  • Grew up in Louisiana; her dad was a State Senator, Secretary of State, and Insurance Commissioner. Raised Catholic.
  • After graduating from Regis University, a Catholic school in Denver, she spent a year teaching English in Czechoslovakia.
  • Married the president of a realty company. It didn't last.
  • Married Republican consultant Daniel Senor, and converted to his religion, Judaism. So Campbell is obviously a woman of deep religious conviction...NOT.
  • Is currently pregnant with her second child.
  • Began her journalism career with the NBC affiliate in Topeka, Kansas, then went to the affiliate in Richmond, Va.
  • Joined NBC News in 1996. Was asssigned to the Pentagon, covered the Kosovo war, and later became NBC's White House correspondant.
  • Covered politics for CNN, and became Brian Williams' main substitute.
  • Left for CNN in 2007.
Nothing particularly impressive there. I was just wondering about her background.

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Steve DennieCareer-wise, I've been hanging around and writing about and cheering on churches and pastors for the past 25 years as my denomination's Communications Director.
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