I agree that the adulations are a bit much, but for fill-in hosts you can’t do much better than Jeff Kuhner or Rick Roberts. I think they are superb.
Can’t satisfy the Savage bots, it’s either Savage or bust.
Andrew Breitbart is a good fill-in.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393798/posts?page=105#105