What do you think of Current's new addition: 'The War Room with Jennifer Granholm'?

Need more progressive shows like this. Current is on my Favorite Channel list! Keep this up there is a hungry audience for the Current Truth!

I wish a date would be determined in advance so I could do a support party with my friends on her first broadcast evening!!

Gov Granholm is brilliant. I will be watching the "WarRoom" regularly!!!!

I'm looking forward to the Jennifer's show, I HOPE Jennifer is considering an RSS Audio Feed for the program. I wish all the Current hosts would consider it.

It would be most helpful via internet Radio, Reciva, and a variety of other platforms as well!

Not everyone can stayed glued to cable TV.

Jennifer Granholm is a great voice and a honest voice. I have been impressed with since the first interview I saw her on MSNBC! Michigan's loss in the nation's GAIN!!!

I understand the idea behind the title (a reference to political campaign headquarters), but the majority of the audience won't, and may consider it off-putting. We've already seen that in the comments here. The Governor will need to put in a lot of work to make sure she controls the identity of the brand while figuring out how to lure viewers who read "The War Room" and think she's some hawkish centrist.

I have followed Jennifer for a long time, and i really think she is a tough and strong woman and a woman of substance. I am really looking forward to Jennifer Granholm's War Room.

I'm Super- Excited!

Gov Granholm as well as Cenk are terrific additions to Current TV and we are looking forward to their programs. Keith, Cenk and Gov Granholm...great lineup!

I can't wait! Jennifer Granholm is a great voice and honest voice....speaking of honest voices - BOOK RANDI RHODES!

Please Please Please,
Add the Randy Rhodes show. She is very knowledgeable about her politics. We need fear and balance information. Enough of the Rush Limbaugh and Fox news propaganda.

People Please, Ask for Randy Rhodes, we need a voice for and of the people.

Absolutely the right person I hope is NOT wasting time on petty politics. There is way to MUCH media concentrating on JUST politics, when the voter needs to learn and discuss public policy. For too long now the American people have let our politicians off the hook in terms of articulating long-term policy. Instead we end up with short term election style gimmicks that only seek to solve the candidates electoral problem while leaving the nation hanging for another 2 to 4 years. Gov. Granholm, Leave politics to the political pundits, do not become one yourself. What viewers need is: policy, policy and more policy discussed.

I think Jennifer will make a fantastic addition to your lineup. I look forward to seeing the show.

Governor Granholm a great addition! We need all the finest with Keith as a start the very best will follow. Welcome and good luck we happy to have you.

Jennifer Granholm will be a terrific addition to Current TV, I am looking forward to her new show! Now, can Current TV nab Cenk Uyger since he has left MSNBC? He would also be a dynamite addition!

I think she's great and will be a wonderful addition to Current.

outstanding

To Mr. Gore:

Dear Al,

I am sure you know I love and respect you dearly and have supported you for many years. You were actually one of the only candidates I can say I actually voted "for." I would not come here as frequently as I do willing to participate and spread information that I believe people need to know were it not for the fact that I do believe it matters and I am truly grateful for this venue to do it in. I have a deep passion for the environment and believe me, being associated in any way with your endeavors on that gives me hope. However, I have to be honest as someone who has been here since the first day and state that I am a bit disappointed with where this station is going. There are those of us out here who do not weigh everything based on partisan politics. But yet that is exactly the goal of this station it appears... to make everything a political issue. And while it may be from a democratic view, I personally think your lineup is overkill. It's exactly why I don't watch any other cable networks either.

I came here in the hope of discovering new young talent making news at its source and telling us interesting stories with us as well as the participants and frankly, I don't think it was given a fair chance. So, here I am again going out on a limb and telling you what I think would be an absolutely necessary show for this station since "speaking truth" was something you told Cenk Uyger was what you wanted;

You wrote a book titled "Our Choice" which gave us a very clear roadmap as to the solutions to climate change/biodistress based on actual solution summits with scientists and other involved in them. We don't have a show that lays that roadmap out to give people information, access and hope to these solutions. Why can't we have a show that is non partisan that lays out that roadmap? Why can't we have as part of that show segments where we go to the places experiencing climate change so people can actually see how it is affecting the world ( which could also include participation of members here?) Why can we not have a show that gives us segments on places in the developing world using these solutions already and introducing some we may not have known about? A show that is not based on political spin, but moral courage and hope for the future? A true environmental show that sends a message that we are all connected in this?

You know the effects of climate change are now becoming more pronounced and what they are affecting (water, agriculture and access to both.) People need to know this and the solutions and see that they are being implemented and are making a difference. They need to know they are viable and accessible in a media where all we see are propaganda ads for oil, natural gas and now even tarsands. I think this type of show is relevant, important and urgently needed. It is along the lines of an "Environmental Vanguard."

Beyond all of the politics there lies a more important underlying issue: the perception we have of this world and being made aware of the paradigm shift we need globally in order to change that perception to sustain this planet for the present and future. I know you understand this. I would love to see that expressed here and frankly am not impressed by shows called, "The War Room" where political prognosticators get to show off their egos in an attempt to one up the opposition. We need real solutions to this and I just don't think that will happen the longer we stay embroliled in these partisan political back and forths. Now do I think this will be listened to considering I'm just a lowly citizen? I can only hope, because it' s way past time.

Thanks,
Jan

Glad to hear it!

She was the best Governor Michigan every had, in some of the worst times the state ever faced. I am THRILLED with the new program.
She pulled Michigan out of a 6 billion deficit in her first 4 years, only to be handed a new 4 billion deficit by the Republican legislature lame ducks who did away with the Single Business Tax, and a Bush admin that met with her challenger while refusing to meet with her. She struggled mightily to improve matters in spite of a Republican legislature and the tanking of our economy thanks to national Republican policies. But she managed to help negotiate the survival of the auto industry and bring in many new manufacturers, especially for green energy such as electric auto batteries and wind turbines.
HOORAY!

Oh and.....She always RAN the Mackinac Bridge walk on Labor Day, and our current disgrace of a governor walked across with a blanket wrapped around him. Enough said.

I like her vision. She is well spoken, and is wonderful person. I was disappointed with her in the end of her last term because of a few decisions she made, but I am so excited to listen to her thoughts on this show. I am certain it will be excellent! Can't wait!

Jennifer Granholm wouldn't have been reelected. She was the worse governor we ever had. Thats why the republicans swept the state this year.

Love it! Welcome to the team!!!

Her test will come in January, but from what little I have seen and heard, she's impressive. To think that anyone, KO, Cenk, Rachael, Lawrence, Ed. or Jennifer don't have warts is just naive...in fact its that humanity thing that makes them real and more like us...

Now I realize that there are posters here who believe they are wart-less and serve as the Wart Police, but most of them are just people who hang around sites like this looking for the opportunity to defecate their grand opinions as fact that came directly from on high...

I want to see it, bring her on.

I am a Michiganian and love Granholm, she drew the film industry to our state and now our "nutjob" Gov. Snider is trying to destroy it (he ran on being a job creator -go figure) Great pick Currrent but please CHANGE THE NAME,it doesn't fit her. I like Rachel Maddow and Ed and watch Keith faithfully. You're lineup is starting to shape-up. Count on me to tune in come Jan.

As a Michigander, I love Governor Granholm for her intelligence, charisma, and charm--she's a great choice to host a show. However, I want to see her come out of her Democratic shell and not tow the party line--if she does, I won't tune in. The whole point to "Current", for me, is that you represent a leftist alternative to the status quo--don't become the status quo Governor!

YES! I loved her as my Governor and look forward to seeing her influence the rest of the country with her brilliance, wit and sense of humor.
Rock on Jennifer !!

My goodness now every week night I will be watching this impressive line up from 7p til 10p. Jennifer G is an intelligent breath of fresh air in a country where money is more important than people. Her "no worker left behind" program here in Michigan shows her heart and soul are with the suffering middle class. Congratulations Current!!! I watch Keith all the time and he does not disappoint. Keep up the great programming additions. I LOVE IT !!!!!

Ann from Southfield MI

great.

I think it's great. Can't wait to watch it. Also looking forward to Cenk in Nov.
Keep them coming. It is so refreshing to be able to experience true and clear perspective of current affairs, without all the slanted spin of the "talking heads" on the mainstream media, who are spoon fed their q's & a's by God knows who,

Congrats and thanks

I think she would make a great president!!! but I think she was born in Canada.

Great catch.

Proud resident of the state of Michigan and Gov. JenJen was one of the best we had. She was faced with picking up the pieces after another disastrous Republican regime with an obstructionist legislature in her face 24-7. She did a great job.

Now we've got another Republican a-hole that people want to recall but where were their brains during the election?

It will be nice to see her again.

Wow, not one post this time saying "bring back the pods"... I guess the brainwashing is working.;-) And also notice not one program where the real "democratization" of television takes place as it is still the "one way" dialogue Mr. Gore rightfully spoke against that we see on any other cable network. I was hoping to see a program where we the people who are told we are appreciated so much here have a real voice in the program. I really am naive aren't I? And daring to be honest about how I feel too? I know, stepping out on a limb here now.

jennifer granholm went from a gun control supporter to a governor endorsed by the gun lobby. beware mr gore. granholm is a mistake. she will not argue any progressive view if she thinks the idea will face resistance.

Great score Current!!! Jennifer is impressive.

great move,like this womans style of political discourse.

Awesome. Current can become the center of progressive journalism as the true liberal voice of the American people. VP Gore is building a powerful network.

How about: "Against the war room"?

I've heard her speak several times. i think she's going to be great.

I love Jennifer! I am from Michigan and REALLY wish she was still governor!

Awesome, wonderful addition.

Awesome she is wonderful! Well spoken, intelligent and a great addition to Current TV!!!!!!

I, too, am liking the idea of her being part of Current's line-up. And I, too, think there is a more palatable name for the show, waiting somewhere in the wings. I hope the name gets changed before the show airs.

I look forward to the show, but I find the name of it a very unfortunate choice. Sad. Why must you use violent references re: political news? Doesn't the right wing do that enough? Does the left also have to be "Locked and Loaded"? Sheesh!

I have always liked Jennifer Granhole and her political idea's and I can't wait for her new show!!!! Thanks Current!!!! Keep up the great work!!!

The very title, "The War Room," attempts to normalize what should never be a "normal" state of affairs for any nation or people.

I am actually quite sad as much as I am growing to dislike MSNBC I do like the Ed show and quite frankly there would be no #occupywallstreet without his first coverage of Wisconsin. I will continue to watch and record one I guess. I would really like to see someone compete with Morning Joe that one has become a joke lately and I am still waiting for Cenk when will he be on

Awsome! Now just find a good spot for Elliot Spitzer and you have a true progressive, inteligent News channel.

Maybe in a Sunday format like Meet the Press?

Excellent choice! Looking forward to it.

WOW!!! Governor Granholm is a stellar addition to the Current TV lineup!!!
Congratulations, Governor Granolm, you will bring a unique and informed perspective to the important issues of the day.

She is too much of an insider. She has defended some of the worst of Obama's rightward moves with a smile. You should have seen her on Bill Maher a couple of weeks ago. This is discouraging to me.

Oct 12 (Reuters) - Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has quit Dow Chemical's board of directors to host a political TV show on Al Gore's cable TV channel.

Granholm, who joined the board of the largest U.S. chemical maker less than seven months ago, will launch "The War Room" on Current TV this January.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/12/dowchemical-granholm-idUSN1E79B1KQ2011...

I'm happy to see Current adding these kinds of shows, because I no longer watch the news channels. I hope that Current will eventually be a liberal alternative to the other news channels. It is really needed.