• The Hollywood Reporter, Wednesday, October 12, 2011 4:26 PM

Who may just be "the most likable partisan person on TV," a point "right and left actually agree on"? That's Rachel Maddow, according to this interview with MSNBC's "primetime superstar" that dissects her appeal as the host of the network's top-rated show.

Maddow's numbers helped MSNBC move into the no. 2 cable news spot away from CNN, which it has beat for eight consecutive quarters. 

While writer Marisa Guthrie also calls Maddow a "poster girl for civilized give-and-take in an increasingly unpleasant and contentious political climate," a sidebar spotlights jabs she's taken at folks including Bill Clinton, whom she called "The best Republican president the country had, if you look at the policies he passed."

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