UPDATE: Rumours swirl about of her intention to resign from the View in frustration at being the sole conservative voice among the liberal majority. I think the obvious career move that she is planning has been completyely overlooked, she's preparing to run for the office of Governor of Alaska.

ORIGINAL: She is a case study in career planning for students majoring in communications - sit still in the makeup chair and don't move around too much when on camera. Ennunciate when reading the teleprompter and smile but not too much. Have your demo reel ready and when you get some good national exposure, get it in the mail to every media outlet - PRONTO! It should take more than that to make it as a broadcaster, but we're not exactly living in the golden age of substance over style.

I never watched the view, as far as I can tell it is typically a platform for has-beens like the slut Barbara Walters who easily admits to knowingly having an affair with a married man (oh, let's not just dig the knife into the wife's back, little miss feminist)... and who the hell was Star Jones before, during or after the show?

I could care less about Whoopi who talks about there being in a different world- she's one to talk, if it wasn't for the world of America that gave her an opportunity to suceed she may well be washing Obama's brother's undies in that hut of his in Kenya.

Rosie O? Since when does that hairy-backed behemouth have anything positive to say about anyone who's not the crazy Tom Cruise?

Hasselbeck is the most realistic of the lot, which is probably why she comes off as weak- who in their right mind could possibly compete with some of the assanine comments the other hosts are making? If Hasselbeck had any lick of sense in her, she'd find some other conservative minded females and start her own show and raise the I.Q of her viewing public.

This show is like watching a couple of cows following each other around the barn.

Our Canadian federal election was held on October 14, 2008. I did not vote Liberal. I voted Conservative. So, in answer to your question/statement I do not align myself with Liberal ideology. Everyone around the table has made some questionable statements; however, from an outsider looking in...Elisabeth stands out with her unwillingness to see another point of view. I'm not saying she has to agree with that point of view, but Communications 101 talk me the most important part of a conversation is the ability to listen.

As of 10/1, I stopped watching/listening to The View because of Hasselbeck; have sent several e-mails to The View and hope others follow suit. Everyone on the panel is paid a nice sum, however, going to work every day where EH is allowed to over-talk, ad nauseum: Whoopi, Joy, and Barbara really earn their pay; Sheri S. is annoying, but at least not as much as EH, who surpasses stupidity.

I think that in general, trying to make comparisons between talk show hosts is like trying to pick fly crap out of pepper. They're all pretty bad, right or left, male or female. They are to real journalism what Star Trek is to Shakespeare.

This meat puppet looks a little better than some, but she's still a meat puppet. Moreover, she is a cartoon caricature Republican, a supposed counterpoint for the cartoon character Democrats beside her. Listening to political commentary from The View, be it from Whoopie Goldberg, Barbara Walters, or Elisabeth Hasselbeck is like getting restaurant reviews from the RIA Grizz gang.