One eyebrow perked on her face in an expression of suspicion. Sometimes it felt like there was something deeper being acknowledged, especially when he asked her for her opinion and valued it over his own senior advisers -- some kind of mental game, or strange fascination. Was she too obvious? Maybe it was time for a curveball.<br/><br/>"Yes, I suggest you do it." she took a deep breath, trying to ignore the daggers being shot at her from all directions and the distinct feeling she was about to throw up from nervousness. "My reasoning is this: you probably won't succeed, but not because it won't be a good interview. Although Maddow is still undeniably leftist, it'll be closer to fair than, say..." she made sure to grimace slightly for effect, "Al Sharpton, or the unbearable Ed Schultz." That much was not faked; as much as Corinne liked her liberal politics, there were certain correspondents she wished would just retire or die already.<br/><br/>"You don't want any more comparisons to Mitt Romney, so maybe you can give them a chance to see you as someone else entirely. We don't give a damn about what the left thinks, we want to finagle the independent voters and sway them away from that image entirely. Make yourself impossible to dislike, even if they disagree with your politics."