[spodefly]

“Simply put, the ratings for my program are not where I would like them to be. It is largely for this reason that I am stepping down as anchor of CNN’s “Campbell Brown”. ...The simple fact is that not enough people want to watch my program, and I owe it to myself and to CNN to get out of the way so that CNN can try something else.”

If she had handled her show with the same objectivity and professionalism she handled her resignation, she may have obviated the need to resign.

She is attractive, and could have succeeded in that slot for a long time, but her show was mostly left-wing tripe in a sea of left wing tripe.

I remember her curt dismissal of some mild dissent against golbal warming, trotting out the 'we don't need to discuss that, it's "settled science"' line ... that was the last time I bothered to watch.

[Sam Clements]

I agree that she is very attractive. Nothing wrong with that. I always considered that she was a party line democRAT with no ability to think for herself. I must say that her decision to step down is very well thought out. She is corect that good looks aside, there is nothing about her show that would ever be compelling enough to attract an audience. Secondly, the fact that she is a wife and mother is reason enough to direct her energies in a different direction than her show allowed. She has made a great choice and good for her. I no longer think that she can’t think for herself.