Wow that was quite the parting shot. I do not feel it would good to have a raving lunatic lib with Hannity like Kieth Olbermann, I would like to see a somewhat charimatic younger lib challenge Hannity, like a Rick Sanchez.

He had my vote

I saw this last night, I have to admit I cracked up laughing with this segment, especially when he said 'my work is done'....

By the way, at the end he said "Rots of Ruck"...unless my hearing is going bad, which it may be.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

My only beef with Colmes is that he tends to play Devil's advocate no matter how dumb or out of place it sounds.

They should drop both of them and find a vehicle for Neil Boortz. Just do like they do with Howard Stern and televise an hour of his radio show. His ugly mug would be much easier to watch than that tired old hour of political Ren and Stimpy called Hannity and Colmes.

 On Obama...

Alan Colmes: Now that Obama is President "my work is done..."

Chris Matthews:  "My JOB is to make Obama succeed as President"

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2008/11/06/odd-job-matthews-says-his-role-make-obama-presidency-success

Ten or twelve years is long enough for any show. The show had become predictable and uninteresting. I stopped watching a few years ago, even though I'd drop in on occasion. None of the political shows, from PBS or MSNBC or Fox really have any attraction anymore, at least for me.

• Hannity & Colmes was a show where the "hook" was the debate. The problem, for me, was that the issues gave way to the TV stars. The hosts, especially Hannity, hogged all the airtime. Instead of asking a question, the hosts would give a mini-speech. Then the host would ask whether the guest agreed with the host. To top it off, five seconds into the guests' response, both hosts would interrupt the answer and continue his mini-speech. Recently, the speeches became the same, and the guests were getting less and less time before being interrupted.
• What I'm afraid of is that Fox tries a couple "opponents" in the Colmes chair, and they bomb, temporarily hurting the ratings. Meanwhile, Rachel Maddow exploits the momentary lull and picks up three or four viewers, in which case MSNBC trumpets her as the new wave. Then, Fox panics and flails around, and suddenly MSNBC really does gain ground.

So, what would I like to watch? How about a real debate? Let the issue be the star. Bring in two or more adversarial guests, treat them with respect, give them time to develop their answers, but demand they not interrupt. All you have now is a clique of Beltway people, jockeying for face time, shouting at each other. That's incredibly boring.

He's leaving now so he doesnt have to hear all of the 'I told you so's" from Hannity when obama's lies all start coming out

T

Frankly, I can't believe he's leaving. He's not going to have the success on his own that he enjoyed with this show. This is likely the first step towards being the last we hear from Colmes on Fox News. Not sure about his contract status, but it won't be long before he's on MSNBC. They don't much care about ratings over there, so he'll fit right in.

If he saw his job as to help elect a liberal, he is not a journalist, he is a political activist. At least they don't try to mask their opinions as news like in some other networks.