Ed Schultz Says Keith Olbermann Will Resurface

By: Michael McIntee | January 31, 2011

Talk Show host Ed Schultz at the 2011 Blue State Ball

MSNBC and radio talk show host Ed Schultz calls Keith Olbermann a “trailblazer” for liberal talk TV. Olbermann suddenly signed off from his popular “Countdown” show on MSNBC last week. Schultz predicted Olbermann would “resurface” soon. Schultz made the comments while addressing the “Blue State Ball” in Minneapolis this weekend.

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