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It may be the middle of election season and Keith Olbermann might be enjoying record ratings, but things aren't going nearly as swimmingly for MSNBC's Dan Abrams. In late 2007 he returned to an on-air role after a shortlived (and, by all accounts, unsuccessful) stint as the network's general manager. But despite the hoopla at the time that he'd help bolster MSNBC's sagging lineup, Abrams has yet to make much a dent in the ratings. His show Verdict, which debuted in March 2008, doesn't hold a candle to Hannity & Colmes, which has nearly four times as many viewers. And his rather obvious effort to gin ratings by copying his more successful colleague Keith Olbermann—he now uses a good part of his hour to mock Fox News personalities like Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Brit Hume, and Shepard Smith—has yet to pay off the way it has for Olbermann. The clearest sign of his struggle to stay afloat? The guests he's booked over the past few weeks...

When you're forced to book Pauly Shore as a guest—and he's asked to weigh in on the Obama campaign, no less—it's a pretty good sign you're hovering perilously close to Tucker territory.

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